I love the anticipation, but it's not enough. Often, though, it's all we get because people will regain their composure or rush to the bathroom before the crying starts. On a related note, watching someone just beginning to cry is my favorite thing. If someone is crying but I missed the start of it, much of the rush is diminished.

Last edited by truffle (July 2, 2016 1:42 pm)

reptongeek wrote:

I like the anticipation too, but sometimes I hype it up too much so the disappointment when I don't see tears is a bit crushing

Oddly enough, I've sometimes felt relieved if they didn't come out.

I remember once in eighth grade math class, sitting next to my friend Patricia and she was stressed out about something or other. She was sulking in her chair holding her head and I was sure she was going to cry. I felt my heart rate increasing and began to feel hot in the face and chest. I heard a few sniffles from her and then, nothing.

I was relieved, because I probably would have found it very hard to take if she had cried. It would have turned me on too much, and I wasn't in a position to be able to enjoy her crying. If it had been the two of us alone with some privacy, where I could have invited her to lean on me and held her while she cried, it would have been different.