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  babies are an exception because they do nothing but cry. he's talking about the same response to come when a young woman or man cries, old woman cries, etc.
context: I work in a cell phone place and most of my clients are old
  This 85 year old came in crying one time trying to pay his bill. I asked what was wrong and with the most genuine sad eyes I’ve ever seen he said 
  “I miss my wife a lot today.” >
  
  That is just heartbreaking. >
  
  Managed to hold it together at my dad's funeral, until I saw my grandpa crying. Then I just lost it. Not an easy thing to see. >
  
  It's one thing eventually losing your parents. Everyone does.
  But to lose a son? Thats on a whole other level of pain. I don't blame your grandfather for being distraught at that. I would of lost it too in your shoes too. >
  
  Losing a child, even an adult child, has to be one of the worst things for someone to deal with. >
  
  Many years ago my partner and I were on holiday in the USA and took the ferry from SF to Sausalito. A well-dressed older man sat opposite us overheard our British accents and asked where we were from. We had 20 minutes of the journey to go so we got chatting with him and he told us how he'd emigrated to Pennsylvania and then retired to Sausalito with his wife. She'd died a few years ago. He said, 'They say time heals all wounds, but I can't say it's ever got any easier for me.' There were tears in his eyes. I was trying my best not to start bawling my eyes out. My partner was barely holding it together. 
  I think about him a lot. >
  
  I'm 61, and in my experience with older folks who have lost spouses it seems to me that women who have lost their husbands seem to do better than men who have lost their wives. I don't mean functionally. I mean emotionally. I think a lot of that is because women tend to maintain friendships with other women as they age where men let things lapse. So men rely more on their wives as they get older.
  I'm not elderly (yet) but I'd be lost without my wife. I think my wife would probably be OK without me though. >
  
  Watching my dad cry at my grandmas funeral from under his sunglasses was the worst thing I’ve ever seen and felt. >
  
  Isn't this quite a popular opinion? >
  
  I guess so. Glad to see people agree atleast. >
  
  I’d hate to find the community where this is actually unpopular… >
  
  This is not unpopular… who wouldn’t find it extremely saddening to see an elderly individual upset like that? >
  
  The funny thing about this sub is that the supposed unpopular opinion is actually a popular opinion. >
  
  How is this an unpopular opinion >
  
  My aunt died of an overdose in May. Watching my grandfather break down was one of the worst and most helpless feelings in my life >
  
  Watching my grandpa cry, asking him why, and him covering his face and saying ‘because (dad’s name) really broke my heart. We don’t get to see him often since he lives in a different country so he also started crying when we were about to go to the airport to leave because he wanted us to stay. >
  
  It's any teens for me. 
  Something about that age. Young enough to not be able to solve problems, but too old to be coddled. >
  
  I agree the only time I like to see old people cry is when they are telling a story and they laugh so hard they start crying. Taking their glasses off to wipe their eye. >
  
  That is really true
  In highschool, one of my teachers (female) died because of a car crash. She was in a relationship with one of my other teachers (male).
  The school hosted a mourning feast where he was present and he was in such a bad shape that my heart really broke that day. >
  
  Not unpopular. Try r/popularopinion >
  
  👍 >
  
  What’s unpopular about this? >
  
  Actually, i think there ain't a sadder tale than seeing a blind man cry, you really feel it from the soul. >
  
  It is, especially when they understand their time is flowing and they have to arrange things before leaving the earth. Is awful 😞 >
  
  I so agree.. when I saw my dad cry (literally for the first time I ever did) was when his sister passed. It was the most heart wrenching thing to witness. I always praised him on his strength, because that’s how Dad’s are. But seeing him in that moment, just broke my heart >
  
  Once I made an old man cry by fucking him too hard, felt guilty later. >
  
  It's true I was the old man >
  
  What about older women? It is equally sad for them too. >
  
  Yes it is sad when a older woman crys but an older man hurts more as men are told to not show emotion and weakness of emotion.
  Which I disagree with as a male,
  P.s I've only seen my dad cry once and that's when my mother left him because he stood up for himself against her bullshite >
  
  Women aren't encourage to cry either, they are called weak for it. I understand why you sympathise with men more because you do not have a good Women figure in your life. >
  
  Anyone crying should evoke that response. >
  
  Nah depends on how much the demographic cries. If you see a baby crying you're not going to think 'oh wow something must have really gone wrong in their life'.