Things that DO make me cry:
- Patriotic Music. If it mentions pilgrims' pride, patriot dreams, or bombs... I'm bawling.
- Christmas. It has always been depressing for me, and not in a magical way. Still haven't quite put my finger on that one.
- Ambulances. These are a cruel reminder that someone somewhere is always in trouble and needs help. Sometimes I even feel guilty for being fine.
- Home Videos. Life was so much simpler back then... I was cute and everyone loved me.
- Worldwide Sporting Events. The Olympics, World Cup, X Games. Can't get enough. I should have worked harder as a child to become great. Now I can only be great at spectating... and ogling athletes.
- Unlikely Sad Scenarios I make up in my mind when I don't know what's really going on. I'm a serious worrier.
Things that DO NOT make me cry:
- Movies about Dying Animals. Old Yeller, Marley & Me, etc. Seriously?!... Remember in Where the Red Fern Grows how everyone cries when the dogs die, but nobody wells up when the kid falls on his own ax in the forest? There's something seriously wrong with that picture.
- Nicholas Sparks stories. I don't feel I need to explain this one.
- Graduation. Never have I met a graduation that could bring me to tears. Good riddance! Bring on the next era.
- Weddings. Maybe I'm just not romantic enough.
There are many things that would fit into one or the other of these categories that might surprise people. These are just the ones I came up with this weekend. Yay for inner reflection.
3 comments:
First of all... I cry at those things,too.... I do cry in animal dying movies, but that's only because I have experienced an animal that I'm very close to dying and relate. Although, I DID cry in Where the Red Fern Grows when the kid fell on his own axe. Cried right in the middle of my classroom. I also do NOT cry at Weddings, though, except my own, but I think that's an exception. I get excited at weddings because it's an exciting thing!
PS.. I THINK YOU'RE CUTE AND LLLLOOOOOOVVVEEEE YOU!
Me Too! The PS above!
And I always cry when the dog dies in WTRFG. But I remember gasping and nearly throwing up when I read the part about the ax. It was just so ghastly and awful.
I think we might be related on some of those responses.
If it makes you feel better, I work for an ambulance service and half the people we transport are just whiners who could have drove themselves to the hospital. the other half are usually stable. emergency ambulance transport account for less than 10% of the ambulances you see on the road. and that's a fact. :)
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