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It takes a man to cry but it takes more of a man to watch that man cry
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As I crossed near my house, I saw this big young chinese man - on his 20’s, on his mobile when I heard him shouting, “WHAT?” with a sudden burst of anger and cried like a big old wolf. I thought he was only kidding. But since I am the nosiest person in this entire civilization, it made me ponder for a minute. Well, talk about emotion, you can sing about it, dance about it, cry about it. But why would this man cry like a banshee? Man, hagulhol.
I haven’t seen a man cries in public. I swear I did, like few many years ago. I cried when my father died and so were the rest of my brothers. It was devastating but that’s another story.
For women, tears are very handy in such a situation when you want to be forgiven for something you did and what else, broken hearted, you, cry. Isn’t that such your strong weapon? I just think that it’s a woman thing, you know they cry a lot. And upon seeing this guy, it’s just funny how the same tears comes from a man - and it looked so powerful to me as when a woman cries.
I began to think that my ears had deceived me. Does he figured it out he was cheating and his gee-friend called it “quits” and could not simplify things and just break? Was he suffering from a serious hernia (he walks as if he’s wearing a diaper under his shorts)? Was he bleeding in pain? Had he broken his arms from a soccer match? Did his parents told him not to come home because he didn’t go to school that day? Did someone actually try to kill him? Had he lost his wallet? Did he won in the lottery? I would cry if I did too.
How about…
crying humorously absurd?
or crying from too much laughing?
Anyways, I bowed slowly forward away from that man, covered my face with my hands. He could see me from the bright post lights when suddenly I began seeing a clouded horror of my mind condensed into vivid thoughts about him as me.
I turned my head back from the distant and saw him, this time, sitting on the floor as he covers his face and the crying has worsen with a broken sobs and gasp of anguish.
I do not know for sure if I’d go back in which I was very much politely anticipating my intentions to offer help, but what I saw was a human being in torment. So sad.
Whatever the reason could be, seriously loneliness is such one killer feeling.
there is always this side of us humans that would drag us to crying, and the other side not to
if only crying was not created and endowed to man, I can’t imagine how would we burst out to let such pains out.
and K, thanks for the link too.. ah and the blogger of the minute
maybe his gf cheated on him, maybe he’s having a very bad day, or maybe his loved one died or something…you’ll never know. anyway, i think it’s still very manly for a man to cry. i know in our culture, they regard crying guys as not very “macho” but for me it’s okay. ok lang umiyak and not being afraid to show and express emotions. =)
btw, you removed your Box widget huh?
Dimaks, I would say, if laughing is normal for everyone, why not crying, right? Men are reserved and protective so I guess, it’s ok for a man to cry thru emotional crises. It shows the sensitivity and the true heart of a man. Sige iiyak din ako pag di ko nabili yung flat screen TV na gustong gusto ko, hehehe.
Galeng mo kasi, dimaks - and call me bias for that, but you deserved to be noticed.
Diane, sorry for the box.net player (and apologies to the mp3 lurkers too, hehehe). I have now reached the monthly available bandwidth so for the meantime, suspended muna. What can I say, free is good but not so cool to start with.
in a way, i like to see them cry especially if they lose someone they love so much. that, i can understand. and it is good for them to cry it out because it helps minimize the chances of depression.
Belle, I agree. Isn’t it healthy to cry? I admit tho that men don’t always know what to do with their emotions - it’s tough, I should say. We react less to an emotion and forget about it faster. Note to self: if something hurts or scares me, I just have to say so. I know it is just a feeling.