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Original poster

to think that strangers crying at todays royal wedding is ridiculous

36 replies

fedupalready · 29/04/2011 17:05

One woman in the crowd admitted to crying whilst watching the event, what is wrong with people, why would you cry, is this mass hysteria or AIBU?

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5GoMadOnAZ650 · 29/04/2011 17:07

Yabu, I cried too, it is very emotional witnessing such a personal moment.

icooksocks · 29/04/2011 17:07

YANBU - I enjoyed watching it-it didn't warrant tears though IMO.

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 29/04/2011 17:08

People work themselves up into a right bloody frenzy. God knows why.

Mind you, B&Q was practically empty today, which was good for me. so let them get on with it.

If there could be some other royal event at the end of May when I go on holiday, that'd be great. We'd have the beach to ourselves Grin

LilQueenie · 29/04/2011 17:08

Perhaps for some people it brings up personal emotions. YABU

amberleaf · 29/04/2011 17:08

Do you think its reasonable for a person to cry when watching an emotional film scene?

This is the same but real life. IMO

strandedbear · 29/04/2011 17:09

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DramaInPyjamas · 29/04/2011 17:09

Maybe the tears are brought on because it reminds them of happy/sad events that has happened in their own lives?

potoftea · 29/04/2011 17:10

It's the emotion of it all.

I cry at soap opera weddings, watching a baby being born on tv, people recieving special awards for bravery etc.

Doesn't mean anything except that I get caught up in the emotion. It can however be embarrassing if I'm at Sunday mass and it turns out to be a funeral mass. Listening to people talk about the deceased makes me fill up, and I feel rediculous as I'm sitting at the back carrying on like the chief mourner Blush

thisisyesterday · 29/04/2011 17:10

actually i think yabu

i didn't even watch the wedding, not really that interested in it all, but i did go onto the bbc news site to have a look at the dress. while there i took a look at them taking their vows and it made me cry!!!!

ok, i admit to having got a lot more emotional since having kids.... but you know, it was lovely

SilveryMoon · 29/04/2011 17:11

I cried. I thought the whole day was very moving. But then I've been known to cry at adverts Blush

ShowOfHands · 29/04/2011 17:11

It's not ridiculous, no. It might not be your reaction but people cry at all sorts of things. Because they're moved, happy, reminded of their own lives and the lives of others. It's just an expression of emotion.

It's easy to ridicule people. You don't have to join in or even understand it but it's not necessary to mock it.

BelleDameSansMerci · 29/04/2011 17:12

YANBU... Although, having said that, I think the analogy to crying at a film is a good one. I do cry at sad films, etc, but I didn't cry at this. I am not a royalist by any stretch of the imagination but they do seem to love one another and it looked like they both genuinely wanted to be getting married.

Original poster
fedupalready · 29/04/2011 17:12

you soppy lot

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unfitmother · 29/04/2011 17:12

YANBU, you have every right to find it ridiculous, as much as they do to blub.

Highlander · 29/04/2011 17:13

YABU, I nearly cried watching Mr Middleton trying his best to keep it together walking down the ailse

BigSooz · 29/04/2011 17:14

I couldn't care less about either of them, but even i got a tad misty-eyed when she arrived at the pulpit and he whispered 'you look beautiful'. I suppose some of us just sad cases get carried away with the romance if it all.

I think all the people who actually left their houses to go and get stuck in a crowd in the cold cheer on the procession are a bit bonkers, though, to be honest.

Ripeberry · 29/04/2011 17:14

Better to be soppy than a hard person all your life.

farkthatforagameofsoldiers · 29/04/2011 17:19

I cried, so what? I had a lump in my throat from the moment the princes walked out of Clarence House to the end.

It was a lovely event and a lovely day and they looked so happy.

exoticfruits · 29/04/2011 17:21

I think that it is lovely to be soppy.

hairylights · 29/04/2011 17:30

I just spat my tea out at personal Grin

Op yanbu.

Animation · 29/04/2011 17:35

Quite unexpectedly, my eyes watered for William and Harry as they stood together at the bottom of the aisle, then for Kate as she set off in the car with the veil over her head - and then as she arrived and revealed her dress.

I think my emotion was linked to Diana.

StewieGriffinsMom · 29/04/2011 17:36

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AccioPinotGrigio · 29/04/2011 17:45

I had a tear in my eye. The wedding of two strangers evoked the memory of happy family events that have been and gone, loved one's that have been and gone, the rapid passing of time, of love and of life. It all seems so vital today but soon it will be a memory.

posterofagirl · 29/04/2011 17:49

I'm preganant so allowed to cry at strangers looking happy. That is all. [cgrin]

pilates · 29/04/2011 17:55

YABU - all my family did.

It was a beautiful day and I think it was tears of happiness for a couple who look like they truly love each other. Whats wrong with that?