The tears are always filling my eyes, but I try so hard to push it down and hide it, I get embarrasesd, and I don't see any other moms in the room doing this.
Am I just a emo or is this commom, and I just think I am the only one?
2007-06-14 16:18:08 · 38 answers · asked by . 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Oh My God, YES!!!!! I am just like you and have been for my children's whole lives. They are 24, 22 and 16 now. They kid me about it, but they love it because they know how filled with emotion I am for the joys of being a mother.
Think of me Saturday. My second daughter graduates from college -- as her sister did one year ago -- and I will be doing exactly what you would be doing. Don't be embarrassed! These are the best kind of tears!
2007-06-14 16:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Pamela B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crying is just your emotional radiator cap. It's healthy and cathartic. I wish I could cry more. I don't consider it a sign of weakness in myself, but somewhere along the way I just forgot how I guess. I have been through some real tragedies and remained more or less stoic. It could be that subconsciously I wanted to be strong for the people around me, but I am probably just as embarrassed by the fact that I don't cry as you are because you do. Crying for joy is a gift. Treasure it.
(By the way, I am not a woman but I felt compelled to answer this anyway. Hope you don't mind. I thought I had a different perspective to offer.)
2007-06-15 02:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by MUDD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm a feller, and I think it's normal. Not being emotionally moved by lovely things is what I regard as abnormal - although there's a lot of it about. I even have tears watching other people's children, or in art galleries, or listening to music - or, as I sculpt and paint, observing the gestures of people, especial old people. It used to embarrass my ex-wife. A psychiatrist friend told me a trick - think of yourself as a cup, and the tears as one's cup running over. Now, if you can make the cup larger, you will be able to contain the emotions, and the tears - without suppressing them. It enriches the experience, if you can do it! Enjoy! Who would be made of stone?
2007-06-14 16:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is very normal- I am a mom of 3- and I cried at every school function or production that my children were in.... and when my eldest son graduated I had a hissy, crying, heart attack fit.
I cried for the whole day, and the next morning.
2007-06-14 16:25:24 · answer #4 · answered by BubbleGumBoobs! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh NO honey you are not the only one.
My kids are 19 and 16 and I can still get choked up over their accomplishments, even the ones in the past.
It is our motherly pride and nurturing nature to want our children to do well in life!
Cry on! Just don't embarrassing them by sobbing so loudly they hear you from the stage...
2007-06-14 16:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by FabulousForty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Totally normal. What you are experiencing is a feeling of Pride. Everyone expresses emotion in an individual way, and this just happens to be your specific way of experience.
You will find as life goes on and your children grow into adult, it will happen more or less often. Graduations, marriages, new family additions...and you need to remember that it is perfectly normal.
No need to be embarrassed, ashamed or feel like you are the only one. There are plenty of mom's who express emotion in the same way. My mother happens to be one of them.
As for your children, at first they may also be embarrassed however, as they grow (and I can speak from personal experience on this one) we learn that this is your expression of pride, and learn to appreciate it. It also helps us to know that you love and care for us, and that you are proud of us and our accomplishments, even when there are no words to express it.
2007-06-14 16:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very normal. I do not have any children of mine, but do teach small children. When i see them accomplish things or even when i am invited to their recitals, i cry and they are not even my own children. I cant imagine what its going to be like when i am a mother. do not be embarrassed and certainly do not feel the need to hold back the tears. after all they are your babies and you must be very proud of them!
2007-06-14 16:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by carriec 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is definitely NORMAL. All the other moms are doing the same as you......trying to hide it. Some are better at it than others. I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE.
2007-06-14 16:23:51 · answer #8 · answered by Sue Me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the kid's point of view, I think that's very honorable. At first I may be somewhat embarrassed, but if I look past that, then I can see that my mom is very proud of and happy for me. :)
Props to ya!
2007-06-14 16:25:28 · answer #9 · answered by the cat's pajamas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pass me the tissues also, single mom of 2. It's normal along with lots of love for them.
2007-06-14 16:22:41 · answer #10 · answered by justmenothinelse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋