When was the last time you cried?

I cried when I realized there really ARE scores of people who think Susan Boyle is a talented singer.

Interesting but don't know if its good luck for keepsaking or bad luck resulting in heartbreak.

It happend after I bought my 4-piece drumset and it involved on of my Tom-Toms. I had with one of my Tom-Toms put in marathon medals from PR marathons where I had ran in the upper 2:30's. After tightening the screw lugs as much as I could with all my strength and might, I tried to open the Tom-Tom drum and tried to get the medals out but couldn't get any of the screw lugs to budge. Then because my drumheads are made of that indestructible material called Mylar, I pounced my bare fists as hard as I could on the Mylar drumheads and nothing fazed them. I had ended up feeling heartbroken.

Anthony Crudale

I was in the men's room the other day and noticed the size difference between mine and the black guy next to me.

I cried.

We hugged, and he told me it was ok.

I felt much better.

runn wrote:

I get emotional thinking how I'm in love with a woman and circumstances make it so we'll never be together and I can never tell her. Too many people will be hurt.

I'm older, she's (much) younger. We get along great and I miss her when I don't get to see her. I rarely get to see her.

Wow you are a wuss and a pedophile thats a letsrun first I think.

I don't cry. I am a MAN and men don't cry. If you are a man and you do cry you are nothing more than a silly little pussy of a man and should have to have your testicles chopped off!!

Flagpole wrote: I cried when I realized there really ARE scores of people who think Susan Boyle is a talented singer.

Liar, you are crying now. You realize the Dow will not reach 12,000 by the end of the year.

I cried over legislation.

And when I used the word "compromise."

Ha! Dude, it was just a prediction, and it got damn close...just 375 points shy earlier this week. Not only will I not cry, I won't lose a moment's joy at all that it likely won't make it there by end of 2010. As a long-term investor, I'm just happy with the overall upward movement that will continue. My prediction will likely turn out to be wrong, but that's fine with me. It was very close.

Dow 12,000 falls short wrote:

Flagpole wrote: I cried when I realized there really ARE scores of people who think Susan Boyle is a talented singer.

Liar, you are crying now. You realize the Dow will not reach 12,000 by the end of the year.

The only time I really wept (not just a few tears) was last January when my good friend and teammate died of cancer. One minute he was going on 15 mile runs, 6 months later he was gone. Best guy you would ever meet. He was 24. I can't think about it without getting teary eyed.

I also cried a bit after I got hit by a car while on a run last summer (not at that time but later after I started thinking about long term effects). It put me in a hospital bed for a few weeks and a wheelchair after that. I can walk fine now, but it's debatable whether I will ever be able to really run again. It was mainly knee and leg injuries. I also got a blood clot due to the inactivity and cuts on my legs, which was really scary and potentially life threatening.

So because of those two things added with some more minor, but still stressful, things, I've probably shed more tears in 2010 than in any year since I was a baby.

Dude, you have a had a rough year, I am sorry.

Don't f***ing tell me real mean don't cry. I saw a war hero cry on the battlefield in WW2. I cried after a particularly scary firefight. I cried for months at night when I got home. Yes, I am an old man, fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

You kids of today have no idea what pain and emotion truly are, and I am jealous of you for that. You have a soft existence. I guess that is good, but don't walk around thinking you are tough.

I know you will think that I am a troll. I turned 90 the day after Veterans Day of this year. I no longer run.

The last time I really cried, I was 21 years old. I was a college radio DJ in GA at the time and had called my childhood best friend in CA (friends since 6th grade, so 10 years... half my life. Beautiful, beautiful girl) to have her listen in on the internet. Alas, she was out.

Two days later, I was coming out of class, chatting with a friend on the phone, eating yogurt. I get another call and it's a girl we both went to junior high with, asking if I had heard about Sarah. She had been on the freeway in CA, lost control of the car during an exit, seat belt tore off, and was ejected from the car and died instantly.

I was really calm, called all my friends and family to tell them; most burst into tears, but I was calm. Finally I called my sister and I just let go and bawled like I hadn't bawled in years. I cried a lot that night, it was surreal.

On a side note... for those of you who haven't cried in a long time, do you find that your face seems to hurt w hen you cry? As if it's not used to producing all these tears or something.

I don't think the soreness is from tear production. My guess is that it's from you contracting muscles that don't get used like that all too often.

This is true. I am well into my 50's and find myself more emotional than I have ever been. I don't think I ever cried from age 14 through 40 but since 50 its a very different story.

Weary wrote:

I'm 60, one of the real oldtimers here. I am indeed weary. I also cry a lot - I don't weep, but I get teary. Weary and teary. Oddly enough, it's not so much real life that makes me cry as movies and especially music - and even one book finally, "The Kite Runner," about midway through. Look, I've seen the end of "Purple Rain"(not the whole thing)about 30 times and when the Kid (Prince) sings "I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain," and the stolid and stoic clubowner, who basically thought the Kid was a self-indulgent jerk, gives this very slight nod of approval (effective because it is so slight), I just lose it every time.

Every time I see a new thread on barefoot running, VFFs, or heel striking...

Conundrum wrote:

This is true. I am well into my 50's and find myself more emotional than I have ever been. I don't think I ever cried from age 14 through 40 but since 50 its a very different story.

This comes from your decreased testosterone and increased estrogen. Older men become hormonally more like women.

Jesus wept when his buddy Lazarus died.

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The Honest Truth wrote:

Actually you are for being too WEAK to show your emotions.

WRONG, crying like a child only shows that you won't confront your problems, just sit around and blubber about them

twat

Listen Up wrote:

Don't f***ing tell me real mean don't cry. I saw a war hero cry on the battlefield in WW2. I cried after a particularly scary firefight. I cried for months at night when I got home. Yes, I am an old man, fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

You kids of today have no idea what pain and emotion truly are, and I am jealous of you for that. You have a soft existence. I guess that is good, but don't walk around thinking you are tough.

I know you will think that I am a troll. I turned 90 the day after Veterans Day of this year. I no longer run.

I hope you are legitimate, but nevertheless your description is very apt. It's very easy to act and feel tough when you've never endured any difficulty or pain. After life has rolled a few bolders down your path, then you find out just how strong you really are. Being tough is about dealing with some damn painful stuff and surviving it.