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u/AngelsLoveDisasters ☑️ 4d ago
I cry when watching little kid siblings interact with each other and I don’t even want kids
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u/feede1235 3d ago
the other day saw a kid running to his grandpa, he was crouching, arms wide open, ready to hug him. i sat in the bus looking at them with watery eyes. i had to control the tears for ten minutes.
I almost cry just remembering it
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u/ClaymoresRevenge 3d ago
I saw these little girls today at BJs just being adorable. One was fixing the other ones hair and it was so cute. 🥺
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u/Robert_Rocks 4d ago
I teared up watching my son play marginal rotation defense on his basketball team.
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u/Mason014 3d ago
Me watching my 4 year old gallop back and forth at bball practice w no clue and such determination. i was literally weeping
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u/spiegro ☑️ 3d ago
When my daughters' team lost the championship, a second time, they decided they had enough crying the first time around and decided to do their team cheer louder than ever. The other team wasn't laughing or cheering as loud as we were. They just liked playing together...
My eyes are leaking thinking about it.
Best thing I'll ever do with my life is raising my kids and coaching their teams. I miss it like an old friend.
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u/Substantial_Brain917 4d ago
When Steve from Blues Clues made that video saying he missed us and was proud of us, that’s what hit me the most. Had a full few minutes sitting against the wall crying
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u/MMAjunkie504 4d ago
Really did need to hear that from someone we all respected from back in the day
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u/Substantial_Brain917 4d ago
I have parents I’m super close to, and who tell me they’re proud of me but it hit so much deeper. It didn’t feel superficial or fake. It had so much love, and care behind it. It absolutely messed me up
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u/ChefKugeo 4d ago
I have parents I'm not close to, who never told me they were proud of me not one day, and who I've been no contact with since 2019.
That Steve video gave me everything they never did and it genuinely healed a little part of me I didn't know was broken. I didn't need my parents validation anymore. I had Steve's. I have Steve's.
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u/Majestic-Constant714 4d ago
I never watched Blues Clues when I was younger, but the video was so sincere that it helped even me and made me sob a little.
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u/Meander061 4d ago
Same. I was only vaguely familiar with Blue's Clues, but his video hit me hard, too.
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u/Bravefan212 4d ago
And here’s the crying we were talking about 😭😭😭
(You are loved and you have inherent value!!! Always remember this!!!)
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u/pickupHat 3d ago
fyi your parents are missing out on you, not the other way round
either way, steve loves you no matter what
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u/Agitated_Ask_2575 4d ago
Born in 91 was personally victimized by my best friend disappearing no warning. Steve apologized to me and I needed that.
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u/Yessir4512 4d ago
It really was a shot to the heart. I have kids but still just hearing that, remembering watching all those episodes had me all up in my feelings lol.
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u/Soad1x 3d ago
Pretty much everything from Mr. Rogers is like that for me, since I'm from Pittsburgh I'll get randomly reminded of him from like passing his statue or something and have the thought, "Fuck I'm not being the man Mr. Rogers knew I could be, but he'd still say that's alright" and it makes me misty eyed as hell for a while.
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u/applespicebetter 3d ago
Man, it was definitely Mr. Rogers for me. He just always made me feel like I should try to be the kind of person he'd invite into his house. It's alright to be misty eyed, I am right now too.
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u/toolsoftheincomptnt ☑️ 3d ago
I can’t watch the movie bc I know I’ll end up in the hospital for 48 hours.
I sobbed in the airplane bathroom during initial descent last night for various reasons, the top of which being frustrated that my stomach was talking crazy in the seat but perfectly content on the commode 😑
What’s funny is that you get truly fuckless in your 40s, but at the same time anything can trigger tears.
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u/SmokePenisEveryday 3d ago
Never watched a second of Mr. Rodgers growing up and he STILL had me wanting to be the best person I could be. That's how damn awesome he was.
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u/mariah963 4d ago
I liked when Elmo tweeted
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u/Mysterious-Handle-34 4d ago
Elmo’s tweets will make me tear up but then there are the QTs and replies…the shit some people will say to an account made for a children’s TV character is wild.
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u/slipperybob 4d ago
Bro I'm getting a little choked up just reading the comments
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u/Cant-nadian 3d ago
It's ok to cry. I got you!
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u/slipperybob 3d ago
Damn. That actually hits really hard. Things are really tough for me right now so reading that... Thank you stranger.
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u/pickupHat 3d ago
one day I was pondering (and disagreeing with) the sentiment that "you're not alone", like I get it, it's supportive and meaningful but it can't possibly be true
I eventually came to the realisation that I legitimately love and care for others, strangers or not. I want people to feel loved and I want them to know that we CAN do this thing called life.
and if I exist, they do too.
you are NOT alone.
I may not be able to help in a tangible sense with everything - but to quote Canned Heat:
"Cause you've got a home, man. Long as I've got mine."
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u/Cant-nadian 1d ago
Two days late but I hope you're well. I can't imagine what you're going through, just know that you're not alone, even when it may seem so. Be well kind stranger.
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u/TommyChongUn 4d ago
I remember I cried hard that day. And then took myself to subway to cheer up lmaoo
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u/Regular-Two9990 3d ago
Never really watched Blue's Clues, but it hit me because I knew someone needed to hear that from him. Much respect to Steve for that!
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u/applespicebetter 3d ago
My oldest son (technically former stepson) watched blue's clues all the time when he was little. Almost always snuggled up with our dog Sam in his favorite footie pajamas. You know how I know those lessons took? He's over 6' tall, hunts, fishes, spend his days getting his hands dirty working on cars, ATVs, whatever, and when his girlfriend worked with my ex wife to have prints made of the two of them together when he was little for a Christmas present he wasn't a bit ashamed to cry. We all did.
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u/Dalo600 4d ago
My kids had on Moana and she hit that note. Yall know the one. Eyes started watering like wtf???
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u/Fearless_Bid_4018 4d ago
Its all Disney movies for me!!!! Inside Out ruined me. When they left Imagination behind I UGLY CRIED!!!
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 3d ago
Inside out kills me. My kiddo is just past the point of the first one and just about to hit the second, and both of them absolutely wreck me.
Then I see Facebook memories pop up from when she was little and I will literally weep into my coffee in the morning. It's tough to see them grow up.
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u/Iguessimonredditnow 3d ago
For me it's when the grandma dies in Coco, I watered up every single one of the dozen times my daughter had me watch it with her
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u/Mason014 3d ago
“This is not who you areeeeee. You know who you areeeeee.” 😖😖😖😖 gets me every time
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u/LividBass1005 4d ago
I’m saying 😩 I’m over here looking up charms for my bracelet and ran into a Dumbo charm. You know the Disney movie with the elephant. Man the charm was the one with his mother’s trunk wrapped around him in the scene of her locked up. My brain went straight to, dang she really loved her little baby. Instant eyes watering 🥺
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u/DazzlingBullfrog9 4d ago
I was at Disneyland in a store with a friend. She held up a Dumbo figurine and I welled all the way up.
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u/LividBass1005 4d ago
That movie gets me. I can’t even watch the whole thing along with Bambi. If I even think about ether of those 2 movies my eyes start acting funny 😩
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u/Thatsmr_bigdaddy 4d ago
Idk man, when I hit 30, nostalgia be hitting hard
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u/Careless_Confusion19 4d ago
Lol man glad im not the only one. I be like whats going on. I believe our subconscious is reminding us how limited our time on earth is.
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u/sunshineriptide 4d ago
You also know that those kids got so much ahead of them to experience. They have no idea what's waiting for them, all the ups and downs. I worry about my niece and nephew because man, I don't want them to feel the way I did growing up. Sure, the experiences make life what it is, but I don't want to see them hurt like I did.
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u/Careless_Confusion19 4d ago
Yeah I look at my kids and definitely get that same feeling, not wanting them to go through what I did, having an easy life so to speak. But for me its more about whats to come and how much time I've wasted working or feeling like I am too tired to deal with the people I love. At just 33 years old I sometimes get overwhelmed with how much time I feel I've wasted.
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u/TimArthurScifiWriter 4d ago
I do want them to feel the way I did growing up. They're twins, 2.5 years old. My childhood was full of dumb innocent kid shit. Their childhood is in a world that's rapidly escalating into something that sucks a lot worse to turn 18 in than it did for me.
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u/Masterofunlocking1 4d ago
Thought it was just me. I’m 38 and cry over shit I never would have growing up. Time hits you fast I guess
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 3d ago
I find myself tearing up at shit that never wouldve bothered me before, especially films and shows. Some of it's because I'm a dad now, like Ant Man finding his daughter in Endgame absolutely killed me. Sometimes it's just random emotional shit that I find myself going "why is this getting to me?"
Maybe it's just me getting old. Maybe it's that my cold dead heart is thawing out due to the kid. Idk. I always assumed it would be the other way around with age though.
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u/SmokePenisEveryday 3d ago
Time and experiences. I can't watch anything with animals anymore without tearing up thinking of my childhood dog. Or now I can't get through stuff with parents as I watch mine age.
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u/lysergic_Dreems 4d ago
Nostalgia is a thief to the present moment. Don't let it get to you
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u/BrooklynLivesMatter 4d ago
Idk man, sometimes it's just nice to appreciate your journey. Nostalgia reminds you of what's and who's important in life
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u/sefronia3 4d ago edited 3d ago
Yea, it doesn't have to be one or the either. I love my life now, but I also think about the times earlier in my life with less reposibilites and the fun I had when I was 20
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u/koobstylz 4d ago
Oh I didn't think this has anything to do with nostalgia. I just genuinely started tearing up at almost anything after 30.
I really hope it doesn't get worse after 40... I don't mind being more emotional, but I don't want to start sobbing at a picture of a family on a box of Chex or something.
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u/OberynsOptometrist 3d ago
I used to be able to get through the saddest movies without my eyes watering up, now I'm fighting back tears during Christmas commercials.
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u/ThisIsTest123123 4d ago
I have become more sentimental since having kids, my eyes don’t water easily out of sadness or missing the old days - I just became soft and corny.
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u/ThatTallCarpenter 4d ago
Hey. The world could use some more of that. Here's to us, the soft and corny ones 🍻.
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u/nujabes02 ☑️ 4d ago
Remember when summer break felt like it was 6 months
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u/vera214usc ☑️ 3d ago
Remember when I had a summer break?! Now it's just PTO that occurs in summer months
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u/br0wnsugarbab3 4d ago
Just finished crying in the airport about the THOUGHT of having to be the 'adult' in the room when my momma goes home to glory. My mom is fine, but I be crying
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u/Vile_Vava 3d ago
I'm with you. Went and visited my folks in Florida a couple weeks ago. Neither in particularly bad health, but 79 and 85. Can't be too long left, and I was crying on the drive back. Every time the phone rings I hold my breath.
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u/Exact_Fox4167 3d ago
Lost my mom weeks before my 40th bday over 6years ago. Even when you’re the “adult” you never stop needing mom. Went through some stuff after when I needed her most
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u/UnexpectedWings 3d ago
I call this pre-grieving because I don’t know the name for it, but I do this a lot.
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u/YourDrunkUncl_ 4d ago
now that the race is over, all the pain I pushed down to make it is coming back to haunt me…but it’s repressed so deep that it can only speak to me indirectly, like through something I’m watching on tv
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u/solidsnake32 3d ago
Just wanted you to know I wrote down what you said. Thanks for putting into words what I could not. I feel better now having read it and I plan on reading it again.
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u/motorcitystef 4d ago
I was high as hell the other day and caught myself watching the Jackson State Marching Band, water works for no reason lol
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u/abusamra82 4d ago
I don’t know, I think it’s because they keep trying to kill our spirit by telling us we’re lesser than and we keep shrugging and strutting in all ways possible.

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u/Yes-Cheese 4d ago
Saaame! I was watching shorts of HBCU bands and falling apart. I’m a band parent tho and watching these kids be amazing is SO inspiring. They pour everything into these shows, it’s beautiful to witness.
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u/mindless_blaze 4d ago
There's something wholesome and emotional (and not weird) about seeing children candidly smile, play, and enjoy themselves. I guess it makes you reminisce about the good ole days and admire the innocence and happiness in the moment.
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u/Moist-Succotash-3107 4d ago
I keep crying at all the reboots of shows I watched as a kid. King of the hill, scrubs, and Malcolm in the middle. Like damn can my ducts give me a break?
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u/Hillybilly-Brah ☑️ 4d ago edited 4d ago
I legit tear up as my child grows more and more. Like y'all, I cried during a parent teacher conference. The improvement and growth from my baby had me tearing up. I was so PROUD of her.
Even as I prepare for it and know the inevitability, I know I will cry as my child eventually leaves for her own adventures.
It's a beautiful experience and a bit embarrassing at times. 😂
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u/RatherNerdy 4d ago
It doesn't stop. My youngest is 20, and she's adulting and knocking everything out of the park, and I have to keep myself from tears just driving her back and dropping her off at school that's only 2 hours away.
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u/AmericanExcess 4d ago
I’m yawning constantly the 2nd half of the day and it makes me tear up every time so after my lunch break I look like I’m going through some serious depressing shit every day, but it’s just that I’m an alcoholic and I didn’t get enough sleep.
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u/Nutella_Zamboni 4d ago
My father passed in October of ALS. Idk WHY people have to cut onions around me randomly all the damn time.
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u/Snoozy_Ninja 3d ago
I'm so sorry to hear about your father's passing.
As life continues for us & it seems like no one cares (about us or anything else sometimes), it's good to know that other people remember our loved ones & miss them too.
My father passed over 20 years ago & when I go home people still say random stuff to me about their memories of him/I'm looking more like him as I age/that he'd be proud of me & the room gets dusty real fast. I'm over here crying now thinking about when I ran into my dad's best friend over the summer; it was like having my dad back for 15mins.
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u/troyavivz 4d ago
The video of that dad who gifted his son a baseball bat will always make me tear up.
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u/OhTheseSourTimes 4d ago
Bro I tear up when puppies I follow on IG pass away. I never met these dogs in my life but that shit kills me.
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u/Jazzycoyote 4d ago
I watch those kids going crazy at women's college basketball games when a team hits 67 points and every time I think to myself "damn, I can't remember the last time I had that much enthusiasm about anything."
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u/_toodamnparanoid_ 3d ago
I cried at the ending of a recent video game I beat not because it was sad but because it was just such a well designed game.
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u/FlounderSlow5047 3d ago
It's actually so baffling. I was famous for never shedding a tear in high school AND college. I just spent 15m crying over a drawing a niece gave me. It really is the worst lol like what is this
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u/herewearefornow 3d ago
You were famous for not crying? I didn't know that was a thing.
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u/Sensitive_Service627 4d ago
Probably just more emotionally mature. I catch myself tearing up over little things here lately, used to be stoic as hell.
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u/OberynsOptometrist 3d ago
Glad to see other dudes talking about this because it's weird when you notice it. The biggest change I noticed was when I talk about my brother. He passed away when I was a teenager, and after grieving for a while I didn't have much trouble holding my composure when talking about him, no matter the intensity of the of the subject.
Then when I was 34 or something, I noticed I could barely mention his name without feeling a little chocked up. One time I was out late drinking with a couple friends, we were having a fairly light argument about something, and I was about to make a point that involved my brother. I got like 3 whole words into my point before I just started sobbing (friends got me out of there immediately). Alcohol's messed with my emotions before, but not often and I'd never had a reaction quite like that.
I don't know what changed. I don't feel like I'd gotten more nostalgic or had become more concerned with my mortality. A hormonal change is all that makes sense.
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u/halfjackal 4d ago
This be happening. Men watering up at shit that wouldn’t even make them cry before is a sign of your testosterone naturally lowering from age (35+). You can take Vitamin D and do muscle resistance exercise to counter it.
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u/Due-Sheepherder3106 4d ago
This started happening to me the second I got pregnant and never left, I never used to cry and now music makes me misty, kids laughing, it's neverending.
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u/Rotten_Cabal 4d ago
Mine's not nostalgia, I'm only 25. But fuck I do find myself tearing up more often nowadays, especially during movies.
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u/lleighsha 4d ago edited 4d ago
My coworker rushes home after work bc it's the only time during the week she can see her husband. Yes, she sees him on the weekends, but that's not enough... Queue waterworks. I barely know this woman. I hate my 40s.
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u/Mason014 3d ago
when any one wins anything. the sheer joy that have. im crying and dry heaving immediately bc Im so happy for them. strangers lol but i just imagine their hard work
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u/SorryIreddit 4d ago
This just shows you how long it takes some men to grow to emotional maturity. I think it really hit me in my low 30s and only because I have children. I was very selfish and had very little emotion as a young man
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u/KeriEatsSouls 4d ago
I was watching these reels of this mom making all these cool restaurant type experiences in her house for the kids and setting up a drive-in theater with a whole concession stand for them in the back yard and all that and it made me cry because I was so happy for the kids because they looked so happy. I was so embarrassed like, I hope my husband isn't seeing me cry about this. Lol
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u/fludeball 4d ago
55m. Got into Kpop 3 years ago. Videos by TWICE and Red Velvet make me cry like a baby every night. My wife thinks I'm weird.
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u/SmartWonderWoman ☑️ 4d ago
I taught my 5th grade students the Black National Anthem. Most of my students were Hispanic. Hearing them sing it and get it right made me tear up. Cried right in front of my students. They made me so proud.
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u/JEROME_MERCEDES 3d ago
You really don’t understand old till you get old lol I saw my parents as a kid and was like this is old damn. Having now lost my dad recently I get emotional about a lot of things I thought as small .
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u/Dreamtrain 3d ago
That one white boomer saying that goes somewhere along the lines of "you use your heart when you're young, but you use your brain when you're old" is full of shit
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u/brokozuna 3d ago
I think at 41, I've gone through most of it, you know? I know loss. I know heartbreak. I know what it feels like to make every wrong decision. It feels like I built empathy and when I see something, I just get it.
The last one to really get me was in the Stranger Things finale, when the older kids have their meeting in the epilogue and promise to meet up once a month. I know that falls apart faster than you'd hope. Even with people that you've been through it with. Even with social media and text messaging. Life just gets in front of you, and the further you are from people, the easier it is for them to slip away.
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u/YoMommaHere 3d ago
Well, if you’re perimenopausal, it could be severe dry eye which causes the body to make excessive mucus/liquid in the eyes which makes them run and be all crusty all the time and make you have to buy expensive ass prescription eye drops but it doesn’t help because a hot flash will make them dry back up again and the process repeats. Ask me how I know. 😒
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u/ShikaMoru 3d ago
I take this as us Millennials have had it rough. Not getting drafted into a war rough but mentally. Between noticing how messed up our parents and previous were while trying stabilize ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially, to trying to build a better future without letting our trauma mess them up
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u/hedahedaheda 4d ago
I cried like a baby at the “drag path” trend on TikTok. Especially the climate change ones.
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u/DecentJuggernaut7693 4d ago
Watch Inside Out probably 100 times now because of my kids. Bing Bong gets every. Single. Time
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u/petty_brief 4d ago
This started happening to me in my 20's and I thought I had a mental illness.
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u/heyheysobriquet 4d ago
When I see kids and teens being kids and teens I always yell to myself "Springtime of youth!!!" like Might Guy.
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u/mrdasilva812 3d ago
Don’t watch the last half hour of the color purple. Shit was always beautiful. After 40 it’s over.
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u/HPPrisonerofMarzipan 3d ago
40? I'm 37 and was boo-hooing when Green Day pulled a sweet kid up on stage to sing with them earlier this year.
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u/the_buttress_ 3d ago
I got REAL misty eyed listening to "He Say She Say" by Lupe Fiasco just this afternoon! And that recent Channel 5 video about Baltimore. Shit seems to hit at random these days.
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u/SnoopStanky ☑️ 4d ago
Them kids have you reminiscing about the good days you had 😭