I weep,on occasion,remembering my late wife's cancer struggles,the hope Radiation and later Chemotherapy would stop it,but it was too little,too late...... So I have 27 years of memories,mostly good,but just before sleep,the bad ones come for a visit.......

I cry when I hear certain songs, when I watch certain films, etc. I don't care who knows it. At the same time, I don't put on the mask of masculinity. Sure, I do things many consider difficult or stubborn, but I have a heart and it likes to express itself whatever the mood.

Just a small point of contention. She said it is manly to cry if you slam your finger in the car door. That is exactly when the machoism says you shouldn't cry. See Memes of sports figures crying after being hurt for an example of how it is viewed.

Other than that I thought it was a good read. I didn't know how to cry until I had children. Now if I see something heart warming with kids I well up.

Depends on what you are weeping about and who is around you when you are weeping. IMO, it is manly to weep in admiration and at the loss of loved ones. With the exception of torture, it is not manly to cry about flesh wounds, a broken bone, fingers in doors, suturing wounds without anesthetic or cauterizing a wound with gunpowder. It is also not manly to cry in a pity party or in a cryfest as the lady expert on manliness promotes.

I never thought of it as ''unmanly''.