Did anything make you cry today?

[AngelicYasmeen]

Yes indeed

 

[PenetratingIntelligence]

Not since 2007

 

[TongueLust]

Yes, two emotional conversations about a new commitment.

 

[OldDirtyAltGuy]

Yes. Someone

 

[Girly_girl]

Yes, looking at my dog and seeing how she’s really starting to slow down.

 

[cheekygirl75]

Reading some of the news - it’s just too much some days.

 

[ericalauren]

So far, no! Thank goodness. However, my friend shared a sonogram of her fetus with me and I teared up a bit.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Yes. It's been a mournful few weeks. But I'm starting to turn the corner.

 

[TongueLust]

Yes, a phone call.

 

[Tallulah82]

An episode of Mr Mercedes (Holly in the witness stand in court)

 

[LeSabreur]

Yes, a deep and wonderful conversation with my recently-widowed sister-in-law

 

[melimelissa]

Yes, a deep and wonderful conversation with my recently-widowed sister-in-law

the unbearable lightness of being
almost permanently in pain day and night,
with pleasure reduced
and delight deduced
into brief but vicarious gain.

*moustique*

 

[BellaBestia]

Yes, remembering how much my mother loved the holidays, and how I tried to make her last couple as happy and wonderful as I could. Now that she’s gone I have no reason to do so and I kinda hate this time of year.

 

[ericalauren]

I had to take the girl I babysit to the dr and they had to do a throat culture. I cringed! I felt so bad for her. The good news is that she doesn’t have strep.

 

[LeSabreur]

I had to take the girl I babysit to the dr and they had to do a throat culture. I cringed! I felt so bad for her. The good news is that she doesn’t have strep.

It's so difficult for newer parents and caregivers when we have to do things that make the little ones cry. The good news is that they very quickly forgive and forget!

 

[Mav Unlimited]

Not yet, but I don’t give up easily.

 

[Chillygirl]

Just a stupid message from a stupid boy.

 

[Cubby422]

Since I’m down… I know some other people are too.

This is a thread that is for those who are.

If you’d like to post about what made you sad, feel free.

An acceptable post is also: “Yes” with no further explanation.

And if anyone, and I mean anyone needs a friendly chat or just someone to rant at, my PMs are always always open.

My Mom passed away tomorrow will be a year. When we cleaned out her house we took Christmas Cards she didn't use. I was looking at them today to see if we really wanted to keep them. First one I looked at and opened it said Love Mom.......someone started chopping onions because.......

 

[PMarky2]

I had a rough moment this morning when talking about my late best friend with my therapist.

 

[angelofthenorth]

being reminded something it took a long to subdue

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

Yep. Day 1 of 2026 sigh

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

The final readthrough of my just-submitted The Melody in my Heart

 

[Chillygirl]

Therapy, hard truths, fear of change…good tears

 

[PMarky2]

Therapy, hard truths, fear of change…good tears

Yes, it has been a hard year emotionally. Also, I am Gen. X, so there is a lot of unresolved trauma and dodgy coping strategies going on anyway. However, a broken heart from 35 years ago, the death of my best friend, and a concerted attempt by a colleague to push me out of my job all conspired to finished me off, and I ended up with a therapist. I was a bit hesitant about her at first because she is young, and if I let my mind wander, somewhat cute, but thankfully not my type. I am also enough of a realist to know that I will not open up to another man, and that if anyone can get me to talk as opposed to mere make noise, it is likely to be a young woman. To complicate matters, I was also finally diagnosed as being both ASD and inattentive ADHD, which was a good deal less frightening than the 'early onset dementia' my wife was worrying about, but nonetheless complicated, as both are broad labels. I tend not to say anything about the ASD within the circles I move in because in the popular imagination the old Autism/Asperger's distinction is alive and well. Inattentive ADHD, though, is something most people can get a handle on, but also probably why I was not diagnosed until now, as I lack the hyperactivity that goes with the usual male version of the disorder. Being almost permanently on alert is exhausting, as there are very few people around whom I feel I can stand down. My late best friend was one. There are also a certain young lady, her mum, dad, and siblings around whom I stand down, and the real me comes out.