I used to try, once upon a time, to hide the fact that deep down, I am a complete and utter sap. I’d try to put up the tough exterior as often as I possibly could. Sometimes it was a good thing. No one wants to break down in tears after a poor review at work or after getting yelled at by one of your high school teachers. And when you live most of your teen years through pathetically unrequited love, it was really handy to be able to pull on all those acting desires and hide the tears until you were alone at home.
But really, it’s good to be emotional, it’s good to feel things and for years now I have shrugged off most attempts to be tough and untouchable. There may still be times when it comes in handy to have a mask but overall I am who I am (“I yam who I yam”?) and who I am is a ball of emotion.
I cry at the drop of a hat. George likes to tease me about it because I will cry while watching movies – even if they’re not necessarily meant to be sad, they just need something really touching to set me off. I cry over children’s movies (yes, I’m looking at YOU Wall-E!).
I cry over television shows – “Criminal Minds” is my favorite show but it makes me cry from time to time because of the crimes and the victims. Same goes for “Law & Order SVU”. And don’t even get me started on “Grey’s Anatomy”. While I haven’t done any formal research, I’m quite sure that I have never ever gotten through a full episode without crying at least once. Sometimes that show has made me cry so hard I worry about having an aneurysm (shaking my fist at the writers behind Denny, damn you!).
I cry over books. I’m reading Slumdog Millionaire since I loved the movie so much and as recently as today I found myself in tears during one chapter. And let me just say that while A Thousand Splendid Suns is my favorite book ever, I am so glad I was not trying to read that book in public anywhere because I was a total mess throughout, oh, 85% of it at least.
So yeah. I cry. I cry easily and I get embarrassed when I’m caught all teary-eyed and blowing my nose, but that’s the way I am. So it didn’t surprise me when I caught this commercial on TV for the first time tonight and was immediately dissolved into a puddle of tears.
Seriously. COME ON. To make it worse, that commercial aired during Grey’s Anatomy and, well, see above for how I fare during THAT show.
Please tell me I’m not the only sap around and that you get all emotional too!
Oh GEEZ. I watched Grey’s, and of course they didn’t show this commercial in the US. I would have bawled my eyes out – did, actually. So pretty, so sad.
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[Please tell me Iām not the only sap around and that you get all emotional too!]
Sure but I just freeze up and don’t say a word until nobody is looking. Then I wipe my eyes, blow my nose, toss the tissue and back to macho land.
I couldn’t watch Grey’s because I knew I would bawl like a baby! I cry everytime I see that video! I guess there are alot of us saps around and THATS OK! š
I get REALLY bad around the holidays, but I get choked up even in the “off” season too!
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I just welled up AGAIN at that commercial…and I cried too during last night’s Grey’s, at least two or three times! Oh, and I also cannot have an emotional conversation without dissolving into tears, which doesn’t make me very credible when I’m angry or upset about something š But, alas, I also Yam who I Yam!
You are definitely not alone! I cry at both happy & sad. I’m so bad that I’ve even cried watching The Office, more than once. That commercial made me tear up as well.
Hi Sherry, you come by it naturally and it’s perfectly normal. I cry just about all the time when I read Amanda’s and your blogs. It is something you can’t help, it just happens. I was like this before my stroke, but it has become worse since my 2nd stroke. Don’t worry about it and just be thankful that you do and can feel your emotions.
Dad.
That was a pretty powerful ad…
I tend to manage to keep a bit of emotional space between myself and the telly… but the one ad that has ever brought me to tears was this one screened here last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryfhMWfl1U
It had a bit of publicity before it was screened, so watching it knowing that these are real people really hit home. I hope it saved some lives in the process…
I think everyone needs some sort of emotional release, be it watching tv or playing sport or music or whatever.
You watch SVU, eh? I gotta ask… What do you think about Elliot and Olivia? As, well… a couple…?
i remember that commercial – i watch grey’s on ctv.ca, and they showed it there too. totally got teary; not to mention, the elevator scene?? HELLO.
i used to blame it on birth control. now i justembrace the sapness š
That was a doozy. I have started to see some of those “more than medication” commercials. But not that one, but I don’t get much tv time in my house. They make me wonder, just what are they selling?
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