What was the last thing you cried at?

[Shortbreadbaby]

Today at the circus I was very emotional watching my niece enjoy the show and clap along. Then as the performers were singing Christmas songs at the end I released that they probably wouldn’t be seeing their family this year as the shows go on till Christmas Day. I just started weeping. Luckily it was fairly dark.
What was the last thing that made you cry?

My dad died young in his 40s. It would have been his 59th birthday yesterday. My brother is still breaking inside and he sent me some very sad texts about how he was feeling and that he didn't want any help. That he knew he had his own battle with grief but how he misses our dad so much and it breaks him all the time. That made me cry.

My dad messaged me to tell me that the chemo is worse than the pain from the cancer. He's run out of options.

This may be his last Christmas.

I watched The Snowman with my kids and got super emosh because it's over my hometown of Brighton and the South Downs and I got very homesick from my overseas location. I also love the music .

My adult DD on the phone in tears after a horrible few weeks. She's had such a lot to contend with in life outside of her control and has been so brave. She's probably the best mother I've ever known to her little boy but was just overwhelmed with life.
Once I put the phone down after two hours she'd said how much she loved and appreciated me and how she was feeling a bit better just for me listening.
I put the phone down and cried
There's no feeling in the world like your child hurting

Dd1 (13) being absolutely and needlessly horrible to me on Monday night. And then texting from school to apologise on Tuesday. I think she knew that she had gone a bit too far...
This too shall pass, this too shall pass...

@wrongsideofhistorymyarse so sorry love

When I realised I’ve got to set my alarm for 4am Boxing Day for an early shift.

peachgreen - thank you for that kind thought. It is appreciated.

Life/ exhaustion/ overwhelming stress/ feeling like a failure at work and as a mum. All of that at that same time. You know when are so tired you could cry? That.

Short answer: spilling my new bottle of lovely Marks and Spencer fabric softener on my new kitchen flooring on Sunday evening.

Long answer: spilling my new bottle of lovely Marks and Spencer fabric softener on my new kitchen flooring on Sunday evening after a hideous bedtime where overtired DS had been horribly rude and aggressive towards me and his dad at the end of a day when I felt really scarily ill when a long-term condition suddenly decided to flare up worse than it has in years for no apparent reason, and I just ran out of coping ability and ended up literally on my knees on the kitchen floor.

Today - I was there with the family when they found my neighbour's dead body. He was 50 years old and a lovely man. I've been crying all day. Life is so unfair and can be snatched away in an instant.

The Repair Shop and the couple who brought in the samovar which is the only thing they have left from their family past in Iraq.

A CBBC short film called “ Nativity” starring Martin Freeman. It was absolutely brilliant & I laughed & cried in equal measure. Please watch it if you can. It was made in 2009 & also stars Ashley Jensen & some very talented primary school kids

My step dad has hours left. He's been the most amazing part of our lives for 30 years.
I'm just on my way back up the hospital to say goodbye.
This has been the worst 2 years of my life
My dad died last year, a close friend died a year ago , my husband left 7 months ago with no notice leaving us in dire straights and now my step dad.
I've sobbed a lot the last year or so.

Today doing my kids homework, they had "the little match girl" for reading. That story always makes me cry

Facing my second Christmas without STBXH and the realisation that our family has been broken apart and life will never be seen again. Every time I let my mind wander and intrusive thoughts creep in I cry.

I'm more of a bottler than a crier and I avoid things which might make me cry, but DS2 told me last week that he cried in the middle of a film his school took him to see. He asked me if I had ever cried at a film. I choked up just explaining why the song Baby Mine in the original Dumbo made me cry. My mother and SIL firmly agree that it is the children's film scene which broke a thousand mothers.

Driving home today I kept thinking about dying, then about 2 minutes later I caught up with a queue of traffic behind a hearse. My thoughts of me dying turned into thoughts of my children dying. That made me cry. I had to put the radio on to try and distract myself.

Reading an article with the title: ‘Many of our children don’t get presents’: schools open over Christmas for families with nothing

And knowing it's not going to get any better for a long time..

On another note - NOTHING can make me cry like The Little Match Girl - it's brutal!!

This morning, listening to theGuilgy Feminist podcast about the refugee crisis in Lesbos. There’s such fucking cruelty in the world and there’s so little I can do to help.

Does anyone else feel like 2019 has been a FUCK of a year? Jan - March my cousin committed suicide, leaving two boys behind, my dad died. June - August, DP had a serious relapse into a scary MH state, involving hospital trips, self harm and the revelation that he’s racked up so much debt that he was going to lose the house and his business. He tried to blame me and was vile and tried to kick me and DS out.

During that time I developed a reaction to stress that I think is a stomach ulcer, where I spend 24 hours vomiting up bile in crippling stomach pain every 4-6 weeks.

Just getting on an even keel again now and DP has revealed that, again, he’s ‘run out of money.’

I so wanted 2020 to be better, but I think, given the political climate, it’s just going to get worse.

having to suddenly decide to have my horse put down

A video from Reddit about children receiving puppies for Christmas. I'll cry at any old crap though.

I think I have misread the tone of the OP post I'm so sorry about your dear horse NoMorePoliticsPlease and to everyone else who's really struggling

@dancemusicsexromance I'm really sorry.
Life is a pile of shite sometimes.

Mother died in 2007 .