piss on that...

if you don't process ur feelings you will never get anywhere.

you have to feel sad... so you can get through it and ride into the sunset on a unicorn with a rainbow and leprochan and gremlins (pre water exposure)

JennyMe...unicorns are not real...

uh hell yeah they are.. you have just never lived in Narnia

sometimes you have to see it to believe it

if you say so...
...after all...you are a ds chick...
and i'm scared of ds chicks...

Hey, Rman, here's an idea. Never admit to being sad or having human emotions until you just explode one day.

How's that sound?

nova...

That was my ex...

If you pretend you're happy long enough... you will be... right...

Well... until you flip one day and run off with someone else...

Someone told me that the thing to do is just suck it up and do what you are supposed to do. Don't expect any praise for it and don't think or talk about what happened because it won't change anything.

It must be good advice - nothing bothers them. No regrets at all

ever wonder why God or Nature gave you the capacity for certain feelings?

what the evolutionary purpose might be?

Cruel joke?

I would almost have to agree that in many cases, yes, at a certain level, men must suck it up. but I think there is a line there that defines just how "sad" a guy is allowed to be. You can be free with just the right amount of emotions, just the right amount of sadness and just the right amount of communication so to stay on the right side of the line before you are deemed to sensitive, to sappy or too clingy...

so while many really want a guy to open up and show emotion, there is a point where a guy is "expected" to just suck it up.

just my opinion

and that is too not to... sorry grammar police..

also, it has been my experience "too"

The only difference between being a sad man and a sad woman is that it is more socially acceptable for women to tell people how they feel. I was practically raised by my brothers, so I think alot like a guy on alot of things. I think that it is easier for guys to act like they are in the anger stage for a really long time than just telling people they are done with the anger stage and moving into the sad stage.

I am tired of people telling me to man up..... sometimes I want to cry on someones shoulder just like the rest of the world....

I handle things in life pretty well, but, I have to release it to stay healthy too.... and by a tear or two once in awhile, I do just that.

Um, yeah, sure.

Sadness makes you weak. Right up until it kills you.

How does it feel to be doing the whole "Gary Cooper" act now?

I know from what I speak. I did it my entire marriage. It got me nowhere.