Has your boyf / hubby ever cried in front of you?

[LlamaMamma]

If so, over what?

He cried at my fathers funeral before we were married.
He cried when his father was diagnosed with a life limiting disease.
He cried when he father died.
He cried when I had PND and needed him.
He cried when we had troubles.
He cried at our DC school reports.
HTH

What a weird post. Why do you need to know this? Do you think your partner cries too much?

Mine cried last night. A childhood friend passed away recently.

He also cries at Pixar.

He doesn't look the type but he's a marshmallow. Love him.

Of course, men cry not just women. They’re also individuals so what’s the point in knowing what makes others cry?

My DH cried when his Grandfather died. Not loud crying just tears in his eyes.

When I was very distressed during infertility. Only time, as far as I can remember.

His sister death
His mum's death
At his grandfather's grave
When our son was born

Yes, through grief, through fear. He's amazingly strong, though, he's been through so much.

Yes, in the days after our daughter was born. One was in the hospital when we were knackered and the second time when my grandfather dropped off a card to congratulate us. Not sure why that got to him!

And recently when we thought we had lost one of our new baby animals. This was partly I think because the mother was seriously ill and she was our favourite. Luckily all was well (and he cried when I called him to say I’d found her). It was a very stressful time and I think the tiredness had got to him.

When all 4 children were born , when I found a lump in my breast , when he proposed , on our wedding day , when we moved into our forever home , when the children's rabbit died , graduations of our 2 eldest children and once when we were going through a bad patch and I said I wanted to leave him

Since we had kids, my husband cries when we watch emotional things about kids/parenting on the TV. I think he might have cried watching Daddy's Home 😂

Yes - at the IAAF World Champions when Mo Farah won gold in his last 10,000m race. I think the atmosphere got to him 😆
The only other time was a couple of years later when he was severely struggling with his mental health, a bit of an existential crisis. We've been together for over 17years, married and 2 kids but not a tear shed for those life events though!

Yes of course. He cries a normal amount when something has made him sad or angry

Yes - he's human. And has been through enough. Why do you ask?

Yes. When his father died.

The night after his fathers funeral
After a "discussion"

In front of me when our child was born and when his Grandad died.
No idea of any other times but he isn’t particularly emotional😀

Sorry just reread ‘in front of you’! Apart from those examples no

No not seen him cry in 20 years of being together. He's not experienced any bereavements though, so he might if he lost someone close. He's never had 'happy' tears at the birth of our dc or our wedding either.

Yes, at least once a year when something very sad or very good happens.

There is a huge thing that men have been brought up to be strong and hide their emotions. My dh is one of them and I've seen him cry once when his dm died. Even then he told me he was being stupid. I'm suprised at the amount of men who do cry so far on this thread!

A boyfriend cried after we spent the night at a nightclub and he thought I'd been giving other blokes too much attention. Big fat tears, full on snotty nose and gulping sobs. He was over 6ft tall and fairly well built. The ick set in so fast, I got rid within a week. I later that he had therapy to get over our break up. No drama, no cross words, he was just an emotional mummy's boy.

*heard

I find this thread so sad.
Why can't men cry in front of their partners?
And women getting the ick from men crying?
At what age are babies/boys supposed to switch off their emotions?
I wouldn't be in a partnership with someone who either couldn't/didn't cry or wouldn't do it in front of me.
'Real' men are strong enough to show emotion and vulnerability and 'real' women respect that in them (and vice versa) in my world view.

Only once. Our son had RSV when he was 12 weeks old, he was very poorly for a while and needed help with oxygen and an NG feed, that's the only time I've seen actual tears. Got classy eyed during my 2 c sections for our son and daughter but no actual tears.

Only once in our 5 years together, in the first year. We’d gone away for his birthday and I’d bought a few very inexpensive fun presents and a little birthday cupcake, all hidden in my hand luggage. He was completely overwhelmed by my perceived efforts.