It truly does. I admire him a lot. 

I hate this approach towards crying - everyone has the right to cry when they feel like it - granted some people don't like to cry in front of others, like at work or in public - but that's the choice of the person crying and what feels best for them.

But, when someone does cry in front of you then you should regard yourself privileged to witness that persons raw emotions. They have opened up their inner most feelings and I have no right to tell them it's wrong and how they should feel.

I witnessed something similar to this at my old work - a senior manager hated seeing other women cry and basically verbally abused any woman who did! However, when she was finally made redundant she burst into tears - no one went to comfort her! What goes around comes around!