I am not trying act weird regarding my question. I don't want anyone to think I am silly. Please be nice. It's my point of view that very old people don't tend to weep.
Does a 103 year old man find it extremely hard for him to weep when someone says hurtful things?
2006-08-26 18:15:44 · 12 answers · asked by caltam84 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
As we get older, our bodily fluids are slowly depleating. You still feel the feelings, you tend not to have the tears.
2006-08-26 18:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by jadenn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandfather lived to be 97. He wept more after my grandmother died (when he was 78) than at any other period of his life. And he told me it was just something he couldn't help doing.
He was a great man, who became a lawyer at age 39 and who was a member of the bar over 50 years. He was also an elected judge in our county. He worked all his life, not for money, but to help people. He had seen and done so many things that will never be known.
If being older meant he cried more easily, it was ok and I was so proud of him. He earned his right to tears.
I think old people tend to cry more easily.
BTW his name was John Little Green
2006-08-27 01:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard that, but it may be a physical problem. Maybe thier tear ducts stop working at that age. Everything else stops working so why not tear ducts. Also maybe at that age they have too much to cry about, so they don't find occasion to cry that easy. Another theory I would have is that some people's heart harden as they grow older, so they just scowl all the time. Mean old man.
2006-08-27 01:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by The Bible (gives Hope) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have seen ww2 and ww1 (the few of them left) vets break down crying, and you are talking about some of the toughest men on earth, at the playing of taps or the national anthom, or even the mention of fallen comrades. Even those who have seen it all still cry no matter the age. Those who don't cry aren't any tougher than anyone else. Being a vet I can say that is extremely true.
2006-08-27 01:19:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even 103 yrs old man has a heart and when that heart feels soo much pain, all it could do is cry to ease off some of the pain, even if it's just for a moment.
2006-08-27 01:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by *SaL* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i know a bit about this, what happens is...
As a person grows old he experiences sadness in variable stages
He has experience in various responses to sadness and knows exactly how to variate his response to a situation.
Ex. he knows dath of a older person is just a stage of life and its normal so he may not cry when an aged person dies
In short experience leads to maturity in human response behaviour
2006-08-27 01:33:15 · answer #6 · answered by Gsuperstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The few fortunate enough to make it healthily into their hundreds have seen and done everything - I doubt much could make them cry. They know that they cannot possibly have much longer to live - and have most likely made peace with that.
2006-08-27 01:23:19 · answer #7 · answered by Terri C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every human being has feelings. I could imagine hurtful words have hurtful consequences, unless he's deaf. Different story.
2006-08-27 01:18:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true My Mother wept when my wife split with me and she was never able to see her grandaughter again. Mom was 97
2006-08-27 01:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might be cuz they been in the world long enough to no that words will never hurt them and time passes by so precious that they dont need to cry over small things but thats only wat i think
2006-08-27 01:23:40 · answer #10 · answered by Dae`ja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋