What Made You Cry Today?

Ciaran · 11-12-2012, 01:46 PM

I've been much more tearful and prone to crying (for a whole gamut of emotions from happiness to sadness and much inbetween) in the past 3 years or so than in the past. Not sure why.

Over the weekend, I cried once - at the cenotaph yesterday as part of Remembrance Sunday commemorations.

Interestingly, yesterday evening on BBC I watched a live interview with a British WWII naval veteran. He must have been in his late 80s / early 90s, still looked to have physical strength, was incredibly articulate and composed in detailing his memories of the comrades he had lost. Then, suddenly and without any warning, emotion took over and he burst into tears.

It was very poignant and, without words, said more than any platitudes or such like ever could. I don't think anyone who watched the interview could not have been touched nor to view his tears as any sign of weakness.

11-12-2012, 01:46 PM	#11
Ciaran Member How Do You Identify?: Altocalciphilic Preferred Pronoun?: Papa Smurf Relationship Status: Curmudgeonous spinster Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London (but from Belfast) Posts: 678 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 471 Thanked 3,654 Times in 602 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I've been much more tearful and prone to crying (for a whole gamut of emotions from happiness to sadness and much inbetween) in the past 3 years or so than in the past. Not sure why. Over the weekend, I cried once - at the cenotaph yesterday as part of Remembrance Sunday commemorations. Interestingly, yesterday evening on BBC I watched a live interview with a British WWII naval veteran. He must have been in his late 80s / early 90s, still looked to have physical strength, was incredibly articulate and composed in detailing his memories of the comrades he had lost. Then, suddenly and without any warning, emotion took over and he burst into tears. It was very poignant and, without words, said more than any platitudes or such like ever could. I don't think anyone who watched the interview could not have been touched nor to view his tears as any sign of weakness.