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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

Fairy Non Bio is sponsoring the Mumsnet Talk App, and, in light of this, they’d like you to talk about the moments you’ve realised that you’re a softy. Do sentimental moments on TV make you weep? Perhaps all it takes for you to forget an entire morning of screaming and hair-pulling is a sweet little apology from your DC?

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IonaAilidh11 · 03/04/2017 17:33

when my children are performing at school/dance classes i just fill up with pride, they say embarrassing

dizzytina · 03/04/2017 17:59

I seem to be getting softer the older I get! I can easily cry at a sad Programme on TV or a film. having said that when it comes to dealing with something really tough I tend to handle it fine without tears :-)

mumpetuk1 · 03/04/2017 18:39

When they show me the puppy dog eyes

devito92 · 03/04/2017 18:44

Watching my son in his first school nativity

bevmichelle47 · 03/04/2017 18:45

I like to put up the whole independent, " I don't need anyone" front, but a when a tender hug is offered, i melt in a heap of tears after storing things up for a very long time.

Bestbuddy77 · 03/04/2017 18:46

I'm a huge animal lover, which I hate. I cannot bare to see animals being badly treated & this can really be a downfall. I think (well know) I care more about animals than most humans.
Last year I found my neighbor had locked his puppy in his shed. For two weeks I heard yelping/crying but couldn't see anything when I looked. I couldn't work it out! Then one day when I was hanging my washing out I heard the crying again. I walked over to the neighbors shed, where i then realised the puppy was in there.
I called out the owner & demanded she open the shed. It was a brick shed, with no bedding, no food or water. He was just sitting on brick.
To try & cut a long story short, I called the RSPCA & I have been off work ever since.
I was heart broken by the fact I couldn't take him away & care for him. I took bedding to the owner & demanded he left the shed door open.

spanglisher · 03/04/2017 18:51

Too many to count but this week, bawling my eyes out during Beauty and the Beast and when my son phoned to say he's finally got a start date for his army training

hayls83 · 03/04/2017 19:00

I cry at so many films, including the latest Beauty and The Beast film. When my children write me beautiful cards or do something to make themselves proud I always have happy tears in my eyes!

michaela2002 · 03/04/2017 19:15

Yes it was me. i cried when all the volunteers and staff at the charity shop i work in put up balloons and banners and got me flowers for my birthday ... got love em all thankyou x

baconbap · 03/04/2017 19:25

pet rescue and challenge anneka used to have me in tears everytime

lindseystuart855 · 03/04/2017 19:51

I only realised I was such a softy when I became a mum to my daughter Heidi and a fur baby mum to our cat Molly!
Any sad stories to do with cats or children make me cry so much!
I notice I am a huge softy when I hear my little girl talk to her dolls in the same way that I talk to her.....So so cute and kind

ElizaW922 · 03/04/2017 19:56

I always cry watching sad films and avoid them where necessary - I even have to find out the endings before watching films/tv shows these days as I don't want to end up in tears.

I also find I cannot read or watch anything that involves cruelty of any kind, especially to children and animals.

pinkspideruk · 03/04/2017 20:25

I'm a tough nut to crack but watching Mufasa die in the lion king had me in streams

meggysar · 03/04/2017 20:28

We recently watched The Secret Life of Pets and guess who was the only one in tears!!

Lydiag1 · 03/04/2017 20:31

I must of seen The Notebook 10 times and each time I cry more , the storyline is close to home as my father in law who is in his 50s has dementia so it breaks my heart each time I watch it . Apart from this I cry watching the Soaps, DIY SOS, and even X factor , I am an absolute softy who feels sorry for everyone , but I think a bit of softness is a good thing shows a gentle nature

jandoc · 03/04/2017 20:34

it's whenever I see any of the kiddies crying

sweir1 · 03/04/2017 21:16

Watching my boy's first christmas nativity got me!

MEGaskell · 03/04/2017 21:18

Whenever my children say I love you mummy xx
Great competition, thanks for the chance to win such a fabulous prize.

nicholaire1987 · 03/04/2017 21:18

currently writing my dissertation at the moment so have not been spending as much time with my kids as usual. My eldest who is six told me "mummy you never play with any more!" today i took a day off took them out for tea to the swing park and then we played mouse trap before bed lol - i realised i need to make sure they realise they are always the priority in my life and that was my soft moment haha please dont tell anyone though itll ruin my reputation lol

alsproject · 03/04/2017 21:30

I tend to tear up at sad parts of movies but try to hide it

katieskatie82 · 03/04/2017 21:34

i'm a softie as my ds only has to flutter his big eyelashes and look at me with his big blue eyes and i tend to give in! haha

steveyh · 03/04/2017 22:32

Getting emotional while watching 'Supervet'!

SpandexPandas · 03/04/2017 22:46

Oh god I am a complete softy!! Every single time I go out in the rain and the snails start slithering out onto the footpath I just can't leave them there to be trodden on! I will literally pick up and rescue them one by one, and sometimes it takes me hours and makes me late, but I can't leave them there to be squished. I missed my bus before because I was rescuing rogue snails off the pathway and moving them to safety! I need to get a life dont I? lol

Chlobuzz · 03/04/2017 22:49

Everything makes me so tearful recently! Sad stories, happy stories, videos of cute children on the internet, my kids, my cat literally anything! Wonder if it's my hormones changing!

natholland82 · 03/04/2017 22:51

Well, funny someone mentioned adverts, because when I was pregnant - anything even slightly emotional advert wise would bring on floods of tears.

But what made me realise I was definitely a softy recently - was when we went to see beauty and the beast. I relentlessly had to hold back the tears, until I could no longer at the end. It was a childhood favourite and I found it quite overwhelming seeing it brought to life in a new way. Furthermore.... my husband cried too! :) The kids on the other hand... did not. :)