Do women cry for fun?
 

Every time I think I've got women figured out something like this comes up. Ive recently been informed that women cry for fun....something about letting everything go. :rolleyes: Is this true? And if it is, how many of you do it?

Re: Do women cry for fun?
 

I wouldn't say I do it fun, but it can be cathartic just to let it all out.

Then again, I cry if someone looks at me cross eyed on a normal basis. Add in extra pregnancy hormones, and I average about 3 crying jags per day.

I suck.

I'd have to say yes - oftentimes...and I'm a woman myself. I hate to see grown ass women bawling in public over minor issues. It's different if it's hormones, grief, or severe pain. Too many times I see women use tears to manipulate. :mad: :mad: :mad:

No, I don't cry for fun. It's been two or three years since I cried (not counting when i'm PMSing, lol). Even then I didn't do it in public.

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Wow. Do you have self esteem issues?

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Not really, just overly emotional. It's a family trait.

And I've come to the conclusion that pregnancy makes me insane.

I thought women eat ice cream when they feel down. They don't?

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So basically you overreact, right? Is your overreacting a result from being pregnant or are you always like that? I know you said its a family trait but I'm having a hard time understanding that one. My mother overreacts on a lot of things and my father does on insignificant stuff (oddly enough he doesnt flip out when major shit hits the ceiling), but I don't overreact at all.

I don't. I blast music when I'm down.

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I tend to cry not only if I'm upset, but out of frustration, joy, stress, etc. I rarely yell and scream, I usually just excuse myself, and go someplace, cry for a few minutes, and then I'm good. I say it's a family trait b/c my mom and grandmother do the same thing. My great grandmother used to tell my mom that her tearducts were too close to her bladder.

Normally, I might overact a little. But being pregnant (I did this with my daughter, too), I do tend to blow things way out of proportion at times. It's basically like my stress level jumps up about 5 times what it normally is, and lots of little things that wouldn't normally concern me bother me.

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I don't cry for fun, I don't especially like to cry. I usually just get quiet when I'm down (which is unusual for those who know me) :o

Tears help relieves stress
 

Interesting article about tears in the Boston Globe

Here is an article that helps explain the nature of tears and crying.

Crying helps release hormones that relieve physiological stress on the body.

Living a woman's life, it figures we cry more!

Crying in public....ummm.....NO…the only time I cry in public is at a funeral.

But you know...nothing is wrong with a good cry, once in a while.

I haven't had a good cry in years, I used to have them twice a year, just to let it out and it wasn't at the drop of a hat, I don't understand how people can cry at a drop of a hat.

I just usually sit in my room think about some things and just cry, it doesn't last long, I don't throw hissy fits and after the cry is over, I go about my business. But mostly I turn on some really hard pounding music.

I love listening to music, but I have found myself listening to it more and more and I think that has "relieved some of the good cry mechanism”

Probably. I forgot to mention that I drive really fast when I'm upset, too.

Did you like the movie "Vanilla Sky"?

Never saw it. Should I?

I'm more likely to cry out of frustration than out of sadness. Crying makes me uncomfortable... I hate to see other people do it in public. My last roommate would absolutely bawl watching a sappy movie (read, the Notebook :mad: ), and it was so weird to me. She had a bad handle on her emotions, like a lot of girls seem to do. I think more than crying, finding the good or the humor in a situation is the healthiest way to handle things. Granted, I tend to shed a tear or two if it's about to be that time and I happen to be watching Oprah. :D

definitely go rent it.

I drive when I am upset--- usually too fast, but the windows down, music on, and the speed of the car usually calming! There is no room for tears while driving 90+ mph.

Dang, all you women are reminding me of Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky. That movie is the reason I wont let women drive when I'm in the car.

Actually, I'm more often compared to Charlize Theron in "The Itallian Job", what with driving my MINI the way she drives her (and being blonde).

i use to hardly ever cry.. and i still never cry just to cry

though since my great-grandmother died (who was like a mother to me), I cry anytime someone loses a love one on a movie, tv show, etc... sometimes i will be straight out bawling, i think this is just my way of dealing with the loss plus i cry sometimes when something upsets me when I am pmsing (it could be something that normally wouldn't make me cry)

I do feel tons better though after crying, just letting it all out

I thought "Vanilla Sky" was a piece of crap. I saw it four years ago when it came out. I was so excited about it cause I love head trippy movies, but that movie was a little much. Lately, Tom Cruise has not been of much interest to me lately, but that is beside the point.

When I am under a tremendous amount of stress (happens often when I am driving), I will just bawl. It is very relaxing (and painful). Some people scream their lungs out, I just cry. Honestly, I could be raving mad, cry for a few min., then I feel rejuvinated. I dont do this in public. But crying is one of my solutions to de-stress my body. However, sometimes I take it to far and get migraines.
I have been learning other ways of relaxing, so I am not completely a lunatic.

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I don't cry, not ever. Yes, I'm a freak of nature :)

When I was growing up, my family was really big on the "don't ever let anyone know you're hurting because they'll think you're weak" and "you have to toughen up" schools of thought. So my sister and both learned to suck it up and hide whatever we were feeling.

Somehow she's no longer like that, but I'm still pretty stoic in most situations. This was very frustrating for my chapter's Rush Chairmen, especially during Pref parties. (Tracy, can you please try to show some emotion???)

One more thing: As far as crying to manipulate, my MIL wins the prize for that one. She was the only female in a house with Mr. KR, his two brothers and their dad so she learned that all she had to do was turn on the waterworks to get what she wanted. When she and I had a disagreement concerning the wedding guest list, she tried that with me but I let her know that it wasn't going to work (and was really pi$$ing me off) and to cut it out. People like her give women a bad name.

I hate crying. It dries out my contacts. But it never fails--when I get angry or frustrated, I start bawling! Aaargh.

For manipulation, relief, "letting it out"...yes. But how many of those things are fun activities? I tdon't think that's the right word, but it's definitely not always genuine.

Stop stalking me.

Ha, don't flatter yourself. ;)