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I've cried occasionally in recent years through laughter but never through sorrow. Mid 40s now but I have few recollections of crying through sorrow since I was

by welly 7y ago

I've cried occasionally in recent years through laughter but never through sorrow. Mid 40s now but I have few recollections of crying through sorrow since I was a child - all brought on either by the breakup of a relationship or the death of a grandparent. I suspect I'd probably keep my crying to myself if I had a reason to, which seems to go against the norm on the internet. On reddit in particular, people can't seemingly wait to announce their tears over one thing or another. It's like a competition as to who is the most emotional. Part of me thinks "Good on you, I wish I was that emotional", the other part of me thinks they're crying out for attention.

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
Agreed. I'm not very emotional. I've nearly cried once in my adult life and that was at a funeral for someone close. I don't think I'm missing much but I'm sure people will contend I don't know what I'm missing, oh well. Reddit is a very bad place to go for a picture resembling "reality for normal people". The format of the website is very conducive to people trying to one-up each other with their conformance to whatever things are popular at the time and that gets divorced from reality really quickly.