Ottakee Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 This morning at church I spent the last 15 minutes of the service wiping away tears.....no Kleenex to be found and in the middle of a crowded row. The pastor was interviewing 3 people from the church.....one lady adopted as an infant, one father with 4 kids adopted through foster care, and one mid 20s guy who had aged out of the foster system never having been adopted and had gone through 15 foster homes in his preteen and early teen years. Looking around I was, as almost always, about the only one shedding tears. I hate that I am so sappy. I cry at books, songs, commercials, when frosty the snow man melted, etc. Of course today was super touching as we have 3 adopted through foster care and currently have an 11 year old foster boy who has been in care 3 different times and we are his 2nd home this stint. I see and hear of so many kids needing homes and always wonder if we should take one on....or more. My son's bio brother had a girlfriend for years that was in foster care and the day after her graduation she was booted out by her foster family when their payments stopped. Anyway, is anyone else someone that cries at anything remotely touching or sappy? I am a pretty tough person and handle a great deal. Put me in a crisis and I can take charge andanage everything without a breakdown but showe a hallmark commercial and I need a box of Kleenex. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I cry at everything. It annoys me. Except things that probably SHOULD make me cry. A kid singing a song? Tears. Someone else crying? Tears. A touching story? Tears. A well choreographed chocolate commercial? Weeping. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hallmark commercials are the bane of my existence. I cry like a baby. Yes, I cry with sappy things or when my husband and I have an argument. (And, it's not to manipulate. I honestly can't stop the tears. lol) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 In general, no...but if it's TTotM, all bets are off. In fact, I've cried 2x already tonight...and that's just been in the 20 minutes of putting youngest DD to sleep. :crying: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 LOL I'm with alisoncooks. What time of the month is it? That very much affects my answer. ;) The week before and week of, I will cry for anything from puppies to babies to a mess on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I recently read somewhere that adrenal issues wreak havoc on one of your glands, maybe the hypothalamus, but don't quote me, I could be wrong about which gland it is. Here's the kicker: that gland is critical for consolidation of memories and for regulation of emotion. IOW, my memory issues and the fact that I tear up at every little thing have a physiological basis. Holy, moly! I thought it was just me all these years. So, what's your cortisol tellin' ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'd have been tearing up with you. I cry at the drop of a hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Well, that would be my DH around here :D He tears up at commercials, and pretty much any other sappy emotional thing. I think it's funny, because I'm not sensitive in that way at all. He just completes me, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Recently I watched an episode of Friends where Phoebe told everyone how she'd never had a bike so Ross surprised her with a brand new bike with a basket and bell and everything. I lost it! It just struck me as such a touching beautiful thing. And don't even get me started on Doctor Who. There some episodes that are absolutely guaranteed to make me cry every time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 SO.........those of you sappy people, how do you not turn into a weeping, red eyed, mess at church, weddings, funerals,missionary stories, or any big gathering where touching things happen???? It makes me want to avoid these things in public. I remember saying that I would have bawled my eyes out at Michael Jackson's funeral............and I didnt' even like the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 :seeya: (<----- Me, showing that I'm here in the sappy-cry-at-everything group.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I've mastered Staring at the Ceiling (until my eyeballs dry), Wiping the Itchy Eye maneuver with my shirt, the Sudden Bathroom Urge, and the What the Heck I'm Hormonal ugly cry when it is all too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I teared up at the Google Doodle for mother's day and I don't even LIKE mother's day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Yes, I can tear up over the smallest things (and when I'm angry, which I really hate!). I'm less likely to cry over serious stuff that it's more normal to cry over! Greys anatomy a couple weeks ago had me a major mess. Doctor Who gets me often. We don't have cable but commercials used to get me when we did. All those cheesy videos on fb. Children's books! Seriously, I think it was a Franklin book last week that made me tear up. Franklin! Wth?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 SO.........those of you sappy people, how do you not turn into a weeping, red eyed, mess at church, weddings, funerals,missionary stories, or any big gathering where touching things happen???? It makes me want to avoid these things in public. By scowling. This is not a more socially acceptable reaction. Some situations are lose-lose. :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 If I cry, somebody better hand me a pee stick because that is a sure sign I'm pregnant!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Yeah, I can be a disaster. Not always, but sometimes. A friend sent me a wedding picture of me hugging her at her wedding, my face all screwed up in a weepy cry. I was so happy for her that she finally found the man of her dreams, cry/weep, and was having a beautiful, sniffle, wedding and it was all just so, sniffle, her dreams coming true. Sheesh! I looked like a disaster. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 This morning at church I spent the last 15 minutes of the service wiping away tears.....no Kleenex to be found and in the middle of a crowded row. The pastor was interviewing 3 people from the church.....one lady adopted as an infant, one father with 4 kids adopted through foster care, and one mid 20s guy who had aged out of the foster system never having been adopted and had gone through 15 foster homes in his preteen and early teen years. Looking around I was, as almost always, about the only one shedding tears. I hate that I am so sappy. I cry at books, songs, commercials, when frosty the snow man melted, etc. Of course today was super touching as we have 3 adopted through foster care and currently have an 11 year old foster boy who has been in care 3 different times and we are his 2nd home this stint. I see and hear of so many kids needing homes and always wonder if we should take one on....or more. My son's bio brother had a girlfriend for years that was in foster care and the day after her graduation she was booted out by her foster family when their payments stopped. Anyway, is anyone else someone that cries at anything remotely touching or sappy? I am a pretty tough person and handle a great deal. Put me in a crisis and I can take charge andanage everything without a breakdown but showe a hallmark commercial and I need a box of Kleenex. Sometimes I get a crazy emotional response to stuff other times I am unemotional about stuff that should probably upset me. Pregnancy and that time of the month mess me around... Don't show me orphans or puppy dogs!!! It's also made it hard with doing read alouds at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Anyway, is anyone else someone that cries at anything remotely touching or sappy? I am a pretty tough person and handle a great deal. Put me in a crisis and I can take charge andanage everything without a breakdown but showe a hallmark commercial and I need a box of Kleenex. This. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I am the worst....tearing up just remembering all the silly things I cry about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 SO.........those of you sappy people, how do you not turn into a weeping, red eyed, mess at church, weddings, funerals,missionary stories, or any big gathering where touching things happen???? It makes me want to avoid these things in public. I remember saying that I would have bawled my eyes out at Michael Jackson's funeral............and I didnt' even like the guy. I keep Kleenex in my purse and don't worry about it. At church if I'm especially a mess, I'll sneak to the bathroom during the closing song to regain my composure. I guess I don't mind being sensitive, it's just part of who I am. I think it helps having friends who are just as sensitive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 I keep Kleenex in my purse and don't worry about it. At church if I'm especially a mess, I'll sneak to the bathroom during the closing song to regain my composure. I guess I don't mind being sensitive, it's just part of who I am. I think it helps having friends who are just as sensitive though. I typically do that as well............I did sneak out during the closing song. Typically we sit near the end of the row but yesterday we ended up right in the middle which made it harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Before kids I rarely cried. Since becoming a mother I cry at everything. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 And don't even get me started on Doctor Who. There some episodes that are absolutely guaranteed to make me cry every time. I am NOT a crying person (INTJ, what emotions?), but I had a piece of sawdust or something from our bedroom renovation stuck in my eye the other day and needed to get the waterworks going. Vincent and the Doctor dislodged it for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonesinIndiana Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I can't get through our worship music at church without crying. I sit in the back. I cry at commercials, movies, really anything. I really dislike crying because it is considered 'weak' in my family. I remember crying during movies when I was a kid and my family made fun of me. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyHandsAreFull Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Before kids I rarely cried. Since becoming a mother I cry at everything. This. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 What really gets me are those videos of military personnel returning home and surprising their family members. And there are a few songs we sing at church that get me in tears every single time. And my eyes well up with tears every time I read a facebook post from a friend of mine, who lost a son to suicide three years ago. Even when she posts about something good these days -- she and her husband and surviving son are doing amazingly well -- I tear up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yes - and it's annoying! The smallest things just hit me lately. If I'm in private, I don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I was NEVER that way....until I became a Christian when I was 36. Since then I can get very sappy. It's still very hard to get me to cry, but I do get teary-eyed at movies, songs, certain church services....in short, anything remotely emotional. It used to make me angry. Now, at 51, I just go with the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm glad we got rid of satellite TV because those pampers commercials got me every time. Yes, I cry at everything. My husband finds it amusing but is supportive. When we're watching something and he hears the first sniffle he'll put his arm around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I tear up at every little thing. Ads, songs. tv shows, movies, it doesn't matter. Someone like me should not be allowed to watch Call the Midwife. I binge watched the previous seasons on Netflix and just caught up on the PBS Roku app. There wasn't One. Single. Episode. during which I didn't cry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 At least I am not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I am NOT a crying person (INTJ, what emotions?), but I had a piece of sawdust or something from our bedroom renovation stuck in my eye the other day and needed to get the waterworks going. Vincent and the Doctor dislodged it for me. Ugh! That one is brutal. The actors just nailed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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