I've not been here in a little while, mostly cuz I went through a numb patch.  "Numb Syndrome," is something I go through sometimes when  I just can't let the tears out or get in touch with them.  Although I always know  I need to cry at certain times but the numbness stops me.  It's just that old habitual avoidance, like I used to do, when I was younger. I've been in so many relationships where my tears were judged, dating back from childhood.  But I left my husband earlier this month and that I think has helped.  He never really could see my tears toward the end...among many other things that drove us apart.

It's sad, very sad that I have spent 20 years on this man, trying to make this work...but to no avail.  I have to start my life over again.  It's heartbreaking.  But I'll get through it...

I have wept off and on.  I always have a handkerchief for that purpose, which I'm thankful to have the privacy to be able to use.  It feels good to hold the cloth to my face and as the tears soak into it...as always, it brings me to a state of ecstasy.  But too often, it ends too quickly.  I have issues with fatigue and other Diabetes-related stuff. Sometimes I'll begin to weep and do so for about three minutes, then I get tired, and want to sleep. I allow the sleep although I still feel pent up and I know there's more tears to shed.  It wouldn't bother me as much if the tension didn't lead to anxiety attacks which I just don't get the same release from lol.  Movies help.  I was watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince a few days ago, and had a really good cry at one scene.
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*Does anyone who has seen it remember Hermione running out of the room after Lavender Brown kisses Ron? It was so moving to see her pour her feelings for Ron out on Harry's shoulder. And her asking him, "How does it feel seeing Dean with Ginny?"  And Harry acknowledging his feelings for Ginny by saying, "It feels like this."  Man the floodgates just went off.

I feel ya, meantangerine!  I'm super lefty too lol but I love stories about the humanity of those who have to go to fight wars.  I'm 50 so I grew up when the Vietnam war was still going on.  It ended when I was about 8.  My parents were total hippie folks and I love them for it.  My dad was in the Army but fortunately it was the "reserves," whatever that means.  But that made him exempt from having to go fight in the war. Thank goodness!  But I always felt bad and teared up a lot when hearing how when the Vietnam war soldiers came back to USA, they were not greeted with anything. They were shunned, as if what THEY did was wrong. They were ordered to go and fight, they didn't create the war, they did what they did because that's all they knew how to do at the time.  It's heartbreaking, thinking of that, but at least now people have a better awareness of supporting the TROOPS, just not the war.  War sucks, but the troops are human and should be treated as such.  
Lmao, here I went and got on a soapbox. Man I'd have made a killer flower child, if I'd been born earlier than '67.  Seriously though...it''s just basic common sense, and more people know that these days, which is excellent. 
Back to the topic tho, yeah, I always teared up at heartwarming things...even as a child.  Commercials even lmao.  Hallmark card commercials.  And yeah, movies or shows with heartwarming themes, and people with big, loving families...on go the waterworks every time.

I tear up unexpectedly too, like at things I've seen before, videos or movies.  I always love it when that happens because I don't cry easily either, and I worked hard for years to be strong and not break down all the time. Well it comes from being bullied and shamed as a little girl because I cried at the drop of a pin then. Nowadays I'm stronger, but I don't always want to be.  Still...I don't force the tears, but when they come I am grateful for them.
meantangerine,  I love your story about warcrafts talking to each other. What really got me was this war story about WWII I think...when a German soldier on Christmas Eve suddenly stood up and started singing  Silent Night.  The American soldiers also joined in and then everyone was singing it, German and American. Just one brief moment when everyone acknowledged Christmas and the Savior being born, etc. I'm not religious but I love Christmas. It's so heartwarming and often tears will come at certain Christmas songs.  "Snoopy's Christmas," from Peanuts(I think the Royal Guardsmen were the band that sang that song) reminds me of that story about the German soldier singing Silent Night.  Anyway, those situations will always turn on the faucets for me!!!! :D

This is a really beautiful story!!!  I find myself hoping she opens up to him more, and maybe falls in love with him.  She's obviously hesitant because of her dacryphilia, but it's so real and so honest!  I can already picture these characters as real people.  You're a really good writer.  Can't wait for  more!  

Omg that's amazing!  I love Les Mis. Did you see the movie version?  I was a wreck during that Bishop scene, and during Anne Hathaway's singing of I Dreamed a Dream.  She broke my heart.    That whole movie is one amazing crying fest.