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Tell Fairy Non Bio about the moments you’ve realised you’re a softy - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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JustineBMumsnet · 22/03/2017 14:02

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FlukeSkyeRunner · 05/04/2017 07:58

The school play - I always have to fight back the tears!

Bechoole · 05/04/2017 09:46

Hearing people talk recently about losing their jobs and others that talk about the support they currently offer. They were so passionate for the support they had received it really hit me!

usernamewastooobv · 05/04/2017 11:13

I always thought of myself as quite a hard and cold person and then I had a child. Everything she does amazes me and warms my heart. When she is upset, I am upset. When she is happy - I am happy. I've never cried so much with both joy and sadness since having my child.

"Please mummy" pretty much guarantees she will get what she wants and "I'm sorry mummy" pretty much excuses anything. "I promise I will be a good girl" fools me every time. But "I love you mummy - you're my best friend" brings a lump to my throat and my 2 year old is fast becoming the boss of me with a few, well chosen, sentences.

AngelwingsPetlamb · 05/04/2017 13:16

Oh this is easy - it's the school nativity play - every time!
All those small children, so keen to please and doing their best to remember the words and the songs. Dressed in home made costumes that don't really fit that well.
Parents silently willing each one of them to do well but with the inevitable hiccup.
Those children make me cry every time, they are just the sweetest thing.

lolly2010 · 05/04/2017 16:47

I realised I'm a softy when I melt when I see some of my childrens art work or something they have achieved,

Cookies77 · 05/04/2017 20:35

DIY SOS!

rhinosuze · 11/04/2017 07:28

Always! That John Lewis ad with the penguin made me cry every time I saw it the other year. Also a homemade card or gift always sets me off

Mozarmstrong · 11/04/2017 09:37

When a little text to say hello is sent to me from friends a n d family I always feel happy then sad if they are not soo close to home. A little tear never hurt anyone x

Squeezed · 11/04/2017 19:04

Always been a softie but I melt when the dds are sweet with each other.

GiraffesAndButterflies · 11/04/2017 22:19

When I read a story to my DD about having a baby brother... I could barely get through it for tears Blush

clopper · 13/04/2017 22:10

My older DC laugh at me as I even weep at adverts. There are certain films that I will never watch again as too upsetting...up and war horse among others.

HalimaB · 19/04/2017 00:25

My kids drive me crazy insane 99% of the time however its so easy to forget all that when my 3 year old daughter will give me a stroke and hug when im upset and affectionately move my hair from my face to kiss me and check if im ok

catgirl2 · 19/04/2017 11:26

Hearing my little one sing. Hearing my very little one learn more words, especially as it has been challenging for her. Well up regularly at these things!

OutandIntoday · 20/04/2017 06:40

I love it when my 9 year old son starts to sing in the car- he is normally quite shy and it makede tingle.

HannahLI · 20/04/2017 12:57

The disney films nearly always get me sobbing. We also have this book harry and the robots which also gets me crying everytime. It kind of caught me by surprise as I hardly cry at anything, but this book when Harry leaves his robot to look after nan in hospital, the tears come! I love it when you share this special moments with your kids.

NeverTwerkNaked · 20/04/2017 23:36

I have to be all professional and a tough negotiator when representing clients at work, but if any colleague tells me any happy news, however small, I'm there pretending (unconvincingly) that I must have something in my eye.

Also, now mine are both out of nappies, I claim to be "not really into babies" but one cheeky little grin from my nephew and I'm putty in his adorably chubby arms

Dixiestamp · 21/04/2017 02:15

I've only got to hear 'Julia's theme' at we end of Eastenders and I'm off- even if it's a character I don't like it if I haven't watched it for months. I didn't even cry when my DC stared school or when they sang a duet in the school show...Blush

Bearsinmotion · 21/04/2017 11:13

The DC mispronunciations get me. DS (2) loves his Dandad, choc choc and popple juice, not to mention playing on the bi-pad!

Givemecoffeeplease · 21/04/2017 15:11

Just the fact that I thought I'd be a stern parent, with traditional values, and the occasional firm loud voice. I'm not that person at all, I love-bomb them, let them get away with more than I ever anticipated, and am a softly-softly parent (whilst having decent boundaries!) And it's working, my kids are mostly lovely, kind and polite. Who knew?!

Ren1974 · 21/04/2017 20:56

Since I've had kids I can cry at an advert!!

Katy Perry's Firework video always chokes me up too.

Anything can move me to tears but I even surprised myself recently when watching the news. The end story was about football (which I have no knowledge of and it does not interest me at all) but I was half listening and it was about how a team had been promoted to a higher league. The players/fans etc were being interviewed and I found myself tearing up at the pride they all had. Ridiculous!

Passmethecrisps · 22/04/2017 19:00

Everything all the time at the moment!

Children's books set me off - Julia Donaldson's Paper Dolls particularly.

Earthmoon · 26/04/2017 21:16

Around the second semester of ds1 pregnancy.

stabbybitch · 27/04/2017 13:06

At the moment it's realising Iv given to my toddler again and he's having his third actimel yoghurt drink of the day!

khajiit13 · 01/05/2017 11:49

I always used to be pretty tough except when watching the lion king, oh Mufasa! but since having DS I cry at all sorts now. TV, movies, adverts. When DS falls over and cries I have this involuntary response where I start to produce tears despite being a very laid back "jump up and shake it off" kind of mum. No idea why, i'm sure I look quite neurotic...

JanuaryQueen · 04/05/2017 22:07

I realised I had 'something in my eye' when my youngest hurt her leg and her big brother would piggy back her around without being asked.