Have you seen your father cry? (brother, sister, definition, mother)

[AlonzoGia]

I haven't, even when he lost his mother and sister weeks apart from each other.

Would you lose respect for him or question his manliness?

[parentologist]

Only when the dog died, when my mother died, when my BIL committed suicide. And it was brief for each. And of course I wouldn't question his manliness or lose respect for him over this. I lost respect for him over matters that had nothing to do with expressing emotion.

[Mattie]

Not at all. When my father died 3 years ago, I was glad his suffering had ended. When my brother died two weeks ago, I was in too much shock to cry (it was an accident). My brothers cried more easily than I did. I am not cold, I just don't cry often. I did cry a bit when I walked into the wake, and again into the church, but my brothers were shaking with emotion.

I don't think I ever saw my father cry. However, I know he loved us with his entire being. That was enough.

[stan4]

Only once. When my dog died. Everyone really loved that dog.

Manliness and crying have nothing to do with each other.

[shadowfax]

Yes. The day my mother came and got my brother and I and left him for another man that she had been living with for a month.

I never lost respect for my dad and admired him until the day he died. My mother OTO I have no respect for to this day.

[Lovely95]

Yep. My father was and still is very emotional. I would never lose respect towards anyone for crying.

[JrzDefector]

I think you probably have a strange definition of manliness.

[AlonzoGia]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

I think you probably have a strange definition of manliness.

Why?

Thanks everyone for the answers. I could never imagine my father crying over the death of a dog.

[drunkwithwords]

My dad cried all the time, especially when we would watch films with a strong father/son connection. He never had it, so it would always make him tear up. He would cry when he would fight with my mother. He would also cry whenever he and I would argue.

[purehuman]

Originally Posted by AlonzoGia

I haven't, even when he lost his mother and sister weeks apart from each other.

Would you lose respect for him or question his manliness?

No..I'd GAIN respect for him if he did...and there's no question about his "manliness.