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Do you cry?

#21 User is offline   Aptorian 

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Posted 30 January 2023 - 03:52 PM

Finished Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune yesterday. I was crying happy and sad tears on and off through that book and full on ugly crying for most of the last hundred pages. Like my cat was worried about me.

It's not even a sad book, it's full of love and happiness. I think there's just something incredibly touching about the way the characters show love and grieve for the lives they lived or never did.

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Posted 02 February 2023 - 04:30 AM

Hmm, I don't think I cry very much in "real life" situations, but my life isn't very stressful. I definitely cry a bunch from books and shows and even certain songs, though!

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I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.
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Posted 02 February 2023 - 09:08 AM

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Posted 12 February 2023 - 08:15 AM

I tend to get choked up quite a bit these days, often when I'm watching something with the kids. Usually something I've seen before, like the end of Return of the King or something like that, but even stupid sentimental moments in kids movies.

Work makes me proper cry. Not while there - usually after or on the drive home if its been a death-heavy day. I'm on resus a lot, and while many days are quiet, I've sometimes seen a couple of deaths before morning tea break.

It's the details that get me after. Like the personal belongings sitting there, the bag packed as they were about to be discharged before they collapsed; or the clothes they had put on that morning cut off and laying nearby.

One day i had a busy one, and I came home, and watched The Sound of Her Wings (Sandman ep 7?)

Proper broke me. It was very therapeutic though, and it has been since; it's a strange thing to witness the end of someone's life, and putting a gentle face on death has made a difference.

Had a bit of a private cry in the shower after a colleague killed himself at work last year. I'd been strong for everyone all day, but getting home, telling my wife about it, and having a large gin really wrung it out of me.

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So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.
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Posted 21 February 2023 - 01:51 PM

Music can make me into a quivering, bawling blob on occasion, especially if nostalgia's involved. Other than that, heroic animals or selfless deeds, stories of ultimate sacrifice, it touches me deeply. Rarely, a piece of art.

Other than that, not so much, no.
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