I have a big crush on Zachary Levi and he's usually in fairly lighthearted stuff, so this particular scene from the series finale of Chuck was heartbreaking! Apparently the cast was very emotional about the show ending (except Adam Baldwin, ever the picture of hardcore masculinity) and I think that could be part of why he's so convincing in this. You can tell he's trying really hard to keep his voice steady.



 

I read somewhere that for one of Aaron Paul's crying scenes in Breaking Bad when he's trying to recussitate his girlfriend he had to make himself believe that it was his real-life girlfriend. His crying scenes are always so real if you can handle watching a show that intense, he's amazing.

@carrotcake: That's awesome! My guy is pretty emotional too and he said to me a long time ago that while he was super emotional he was very reserved about expressing that, and I think ever since I told him he's sort of stopped worrying about that. It's funny because he actually said he thought it really suited me, because I always like to make people feel better and I'm caring and stuff, which made me feel good  

@punkchick: Totally understandable. I'd never have been able to tell my boyfriend if he'd never cried in front of me before. It definitely made my bf more willing to open up and I had about the same worries you did (especially about him thinking it was sick and leaving me). It's definitely a scary thing to tell someone but who knows, he might surprise you! 

@luckywolf13: That's fantastic. Sounds like you have a good guy! My boyfriend has a few little fetishes of his own which I think helped him understand mine as well! It was like a switch flipped and now he's totally comfortable crying in front of me. It's still so unreal and I'm still shy when he brings it up but I guess it's only been a few days :D

 

@inmyarms I got the gist!

@flatter I totally understand that. I NEVER thought I would tell my bf and I'm still kind of in shock that I did. And that he didn't flip out. Like I'm still sort of just like "he'd better not make me regret this!" because it's weird enough already.

@truffle Your wife sounds amazing and so supportive! It is SUCH a relief, but I'm still sort of trying to process that he actually knows since this was something I had never planned to tell anyone. By the time I actually told him he was like "I don't meant to trivialize, but that's it? I thought you were going to tell me you killed a man!" haha! 

@meantangerine: Oh man, it must have been scary having someone have a bad reaction. I'm glad your current boyfriend understands, you're super brave to tell him so early on!
I was really scared my boyfriend would misunderstand because it's so easy to take it the wrong way. Like I had to really explain that it's not like a masochistic thing, I don't want to cause it (unless it's happy tears of course, those are cute) and that it doesn't trivialize the emotions at all, that first and foremost I just like being trusted and being a source of comfort. (sorry for wordy reply hahah)

@inmyarms: That's a really smooth way to test the waters! His reaction seems like a pretty normal one, that's more what I expected from my BF so I was pretty shocked when he was wanting details and sort of... embracing it.