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Permalink Reply by Marie on August 25, 2012 at 3:36pm

I can totally relate! I used to not cry at anything, thought I had a sensitivity defect. Now....I tear up at just about anything but reunion scenes are the killers, people reuniting with long lost loved ones, adopted kids finding their biologicals, soldiers returning to their families..forget tissues just hand me a beach towel. And you know what's worse? I cry even if I hear just the audio on the radio.

Permalink Reply by Ida Mae West-Simone on September 4, 2012 at 7:08am

Could over-exhaustion be part of it? Does me in every time. Best wishes to you.

Permalink Reply by Tracy Moore on September 5, 2012 at 2:45pm

Over-exhaustion is a regular part of my life. I don't have the extended family support that so many have. I think that part of it really is the fact that my little family is going through life without the support from our families..because we decided our families were not the kind of people we wanted our children growing up around. Both of us come from very poor, neglectful, substance abusive families. My middle daughter's father lives across the country and offers no financial support nor has he tried to contact her in over 5 years. We moved away from him (and his family) because they are also substance abusive..I wanted a better life for her, a safer life for her.

 So watching all of these happy/emotionally charged (family) moments makes me so sad that my children don't have other family members to dote on them!

 We are struggling financially, so we can't give them all their hearts desire, take them to Disney; enroll them in sports/ enrichment groups because we just can't afford it. We can afford needs.

Maybe this is what I need to blog about..raising a family w/out family support...

Thanks for reading and commenting

Bleu ;)

http://bleueyedgirl.blogspot.com/

Permalink Reply by Tiffany Noth on September 6, 2012 at 2:20pm

I'm so emotional... I can't watch Bambi.  I leave the room when his mom is about to die. 

Permalink Reply by Aimee Ensign on September 21, 2012 at 5:11pm

I cried at the end of the High School Musical movie! You are not alone! I cry at the drop of a hat. When I listen to a song that reminds me of my daughter or son I tear up and need to see them immediately to give them a kiss. It's just a mommy thing, I guess! We become saps!!!! But then again, I was always a crier! LOL!

Permalink Reply by Maureen Lucier on December 29, 2012 at 7:30pm

:) don't watch We Brought a Zoo I went through two tissues.  So you are not alone...:)

Permalink Reply by Kate on December 30, 2012 at 4:20pm

I totally understand. I do this too - movies, books, television shows, athletics - anything with moments of victory or sadness. I'm not pregnant and I'm not menopausal and I'm not post partum. And I've always been sensitive this way... or at least ever since college.

My husband knows exactly when to look at me during a movie and know when tears are coming down my eyes!!

Kate

Seriously Kate

Permalink Reply by Kerri Lyn Wenzel on January 3, 2013 at 2:15pm

I totally relate to this. I cry when I pray at church, I cry when tv shows show people doing random acts of kindness. I cry when at everything!

The nice thing is my hubby thinks it is very sweet and loves that I'm so sensitive. (I would say emotional, but he doesn't like the other side of my emotions, lol).

Permalink Reply by Searching for Sanity on March 10, 2013 at 10:11am

Oh my gosh I cry at the drop of a hat. I hate TV shows where kids get hurt these days, I can't watch them without needing a box of tissues next to me. TV ads where a baby is crying? forget it, I have to leave the room. I don't know what it is about being a mum that makes you so emotional, but I totally understand what you're going through. It's probably because you have to spend so much of your time being strong, being in control and being mum. You tend to forget about your own feelings and needs for the sake of your children, but sometimes you will see something that catches you off guard and reminds you that you have emotions too, and they're all going to hit you at once.