I’m a 40+ year old man. I can stub my toe and not cry, I can stand on Lego and push the pain aside and bang by funny bone and remain tear free.
But, if I watch a short video that has cute kids or acts of human kindness or hell, even kids movies I start to tear up.
My wife never does. What exactly is happening and why do I start to tear up when watching these sorts of videos?
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I think social expectations of masculinity have a lot to do with it. Personally I think guys that can show emotion have healthy masculinity. Before I came out of the closet I had an extremely unhealthy view of masculinity and emotion. I am not exaggerating when I tell you before I came out I didn’t cry–from pain, emotion, or any other reason–from the age of 8 until my grandmother died at the age of 18. Ten years. After I came out of the closet I let go of unhealthy preconceptions of masculinity, and today I’m like you and like my mother–I cry at [sappy Amazon commercials](https://vimeo.com/204611682), for pete’s sake!
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