I hope those of you with slutty tear ducts understand that some of us have been forced to become hardened to displays of wild emotion for social reasons, personal reasons, sad commercials, or mean Internet commenters.
It’s important to respect that we all operate on different demonstrative frequencies.
I feel like I could have written a lot of this article, mostly because I am the absolute worst person to be around if you’re going to burst into tears without notice. I just don’t know what to do or how the person wants to be comforted or if they even want to be comforted at all. Everyone’s different, and as a general non-cryer, I’m especially at a loss. But this bit really resonates with me and is the best take-away: People cry for reasons that might seem strange. They might not cry when other people expect them to. Show a little compassion, no matter what, and we’ll all be okay in the end.
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darkillumination reblogged this from avrabel and added:
Agreed. I’m one of those people that just stands there awkwardly, trying to figure out what to say or do. Plus, I always...
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