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My dad...when my mom died

My dad's a big softie on the inside and I've seen him cry a bunch of times since college. My mom....I dont think I've ever seen her cry.

Yes, several times for both parents. The one that sticks with me the most is when my mom underwent surgery for breast cancer and my dad and I were at her side right after surgery, before she woke up. He was holding her hand, sobbing and begging her to wake up. It was the first time I saw my parents as "people" and not as "my parents".

My dad cried at our wedding. Other than that, i've never seen him cry. My mom is not a crier at all.

My mom is a big crier. I've seen my dad cry three times...(1) when I was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 20, (2) walking me down the aisle and making a toast at our wedding, and (3) when he found my brother unconscious and barely breathing in the upstairs bathroom from a drug overdose.

Yes. My parents were always very sensitive. I've seen them both cry happy and sad tears over the years.

I don't think I've ever seen my dad cry.
My mom cries all the time, lol - happy, sad, anything

Yes. Not often but it happens!

Both, but it's rare.

I've seen my dad cry...mostly over a death, like his dad or my mom's parents. I also saw him cry over my friend's death (he was 14) and when I lost S.

My mom cries if you look at her sideways.

Both my parents cried for a very brief period of time at our wedding (and tried to disguise it with coughing). I'm sure I'll see my mom cry soon and it's going to break my heart.

I've never seen my dad cry but I know he has. His sister passing shook the whole family.

I've seen my mom cry. Usually at funerals.

Yes, when my parents got divorced, when my first step father died, when my aunt died and my grandad died.

Both. Tons. Weddings, movies, funerals, photos, poetry. We are a big, sappy, sentimental family, except my sister, when she's crying it a BIG deal.

ETA: "it a big deal" ....me talk pretty one day.

Once, when my sister was killed in a car accident in middle school

I have seen my mom cry multiple times. I have never really seen my dad cry. I saw him start to tear up (but then he left the room) when my sister was on a respirator, and we had just been told she would need to be airlifted to another hospital.

Yes, I've seen them shed some tears growing up (I made my Mum cry a few times...). First time I can remember seeing my Dad cry was when his best friend died suddenly in a car accident. That hit both of my parents very hard, but I never saw my Dad break down like that. He was VERY close to happy tears walking me down the aisle as well.

@mynoahbear: My mom is like yours...she'll even cry over commercials sometimes, it's a bit pathetic, haha!

I've only ever seen my dad cry once, and that was when we had to put our 15 year old dog to sleep, and we were all absolutely heartbroken and crying. He's doesn't do happy tears (neither do I), and is more likely to get angry (like when someone assaulted me as a child) or go into fix-it mode (like when my mom got into a bad car accident) than to cry. However, I've never seen my DH cry, which I think is super weird.