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Crying on Airplanes
I recently came across this article about the -- apparently fairly widespread -- phenomenon of crying on airplanes.
Whether from stress, lack of sleep, boredom or some other mix of factors, people who rarely cry on land find themselves completely breaking down over sappy, in-flight movies and TV shows that probably wouldn't affect them under normal circumstances.
I haven't noticed anything like this first hand, but I'll definitely be on the look out for crying passengers next time I fly. Maybe I'll watch a sad movie; I'd be interested to see if it works on me. 
Has anyone here had any experience with this? Have you ever cried or teared up on a plane or noticed someone else crying?
- caircair
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Re: Crying on Airplanes
Unfortunately, the only ones I've ever seen or heard crying on planes were all under the age of six.
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Re: Crying on Airplanes
caircair wrote:
Unfortunately, the only ones I've ever seen or heard crying on planes were all under the age of six.
LOL!
Seriously now, I think it might also be the fact that fear of flying is so prevalent: whether or not people realize it or want to admit it, they feel generally more emotionally vulnerable on an airplane.
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Re: Crying on Airplanes
Unfortunately, the only ones I've ever seen or heard crying on planes were all under the age of six.
That's been my experience too, so far. But a girl can dream.
It would be so nice to be seated next to a handsome stranger and see him be sheepishly moved to to tears by some silly romantic comedy.
On a related note: I found this cute video of Jake Gyllenhaal talking about crying during a nature documentary on an airplane:
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Thread Starter- Squonk
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Re: Crying on Airplanes
Interesting thread. I recently came across this quote from actor John Simm (a lot more on him later) and was kind of wondering what he meant. Now I see it's a thing.
"I watch films on flights, but you tend to get a bit over-emotional in the air. So you end up crying a lot."
(I love the British tendency to use "you" when they really mean "I".)
Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses, he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed, and its pillow was wet with wasted tears. -- A Tale of Two Cities