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But then that all changed after I got married in March 2011. I don't know what actually changed me, but I just started noticing extreme emotional reactions to things that would have never touched me before.
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I totally understand! I used to make fun of my mom when she would cry at everything...now I do it too.
ReplyDeleteStepmom is probably the move that has made me cry the most. Wreck It Ralph was the latest movie that made me cry even though it probably didn't warrant crying.
I always cry during Survivor when their families visit. And the show Parenthood has made me cry many times.
But, like you, I don't cry in front of people. And I cry more at TV than at real life?
I am not REAL emotional either but, I love me a good wedding and I ALWAYS cry when I watch the birth of a baby!!!!!! I think I FEEL more as I have gotten older and I realize how precious life and the people in my life are. You are totally normal. In fact, a lot of people would say you aren't normal if you DON'T cry!
ReplyDeleteIt's simply just growing up. Until one reaches certain points in her life, she can't possibly understand the emotions that she'll encounter. As a married adult, you now see the value of the simple things like sharing a TV series, the kindness of a stranger, or the loving nature of a spouse. You now also see the brevity of life. It will only deepen as life proceeds through its stages....just wait till you have kids! But don't feel silly...you are blessed with tenderheartedness...and it is nothing to be ashamed of...I should know! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's simply just growing up. Until one reaches certain points in her life, she can't possibly understand the emotions that she'll encounter. As a married adult, you now see the value of the simple things like sharing a TV series, the kindness of a stranger, or the loving nature of a spouse. You now also see the brevity of life. It will only deepen as life proceeds through its stages....just wait till you have kids! But don't feel silly...you are blessed with tenderheartedness...and it is nothing to be ashamed of...I should know! :)
ReplyDeleteI cry at really random things too. The target commercial about people getting into college-- whoa, its like a fountain exploded. I also never fail to cry at the end of a church service when people respond and come to the front. That and when people get baptized. Which is good, I think, but always takes me by surprise.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the movie Stepmom. Never fails.
also also, i BAWLED with the office ending too. I'm there with ya-- devoted fan since 2007. I still can't believe it's over!
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ReplyDeleteI can totally relate, except I have always been an emotional person, and it got worse! And even BEFORE I will marry my fiance! We have been dating for 2 1/2 years, and about a 6 months into our relationship I knew he was "the one" and that I was truly in love. Because I now felt actual true, deep, love for another person, everything else having to do with love and emotions just became more real for me. I bawl over everything :) So no, you are not alone!! The movie that really got me was Cold Mountain; the movie with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman placed in the the Civil War Era. I NEVER bawled over a movie so much in my life!!
ReplyDeleteIn some ways, I feel the exact same way that you do. Except it hasn't always been that way. I have always been a person to really feel things deeply, so growing up I cried a lot. I had strong emotions and no problem expressing them. Then I got to college and started maturing and finding my security in Christ rather than my circumstances and things like that, so I cried a whole lot less. Still had strong emotions but they no longer controlled me. Then the last few years I have become more tender, so different things have started making me cry. Did I cry when I graduated college? No. But I cry any time I hear an adoption story. Do I cry when I feel loss in my own life? Not usually, but I cry when close friends or siblings go through an intense trial.
ReplyDeleteI think the reason you and I (and many others) cry more now is because we have grown in compassion and love as we walked with the Lord and have come to treasure things like the memories that have come from things like The Office or when we see true expressions of love. We find value in what's really important and it makes us sentimental. That's my theory anyway.
Was so excited to see you posted again!
Laurie (andallisbright.wordpress.com)
OH MY GOSH YES. just yes. I grew up with lots of emotions and then got a handle on all that towards the end of high-school (God was also healing a lot of things in me). Then I had these blissful years of feeling pretty great in the emotion department!! Sure, I cried at the Ooo-casional movie, but not many things took me to tears too easily.
ReplyDeleteBut NOW?! NOW.. Good Lord I am an emotional CASE if you ever saw one. Ok that's dramatic, but as soon as I started dating my now husband, this emotion-filled person came out. It was ridiculous to me and I had no idea why so many things struck me.. movies, something sweet, someone sharing about something God did, when I had a hard time expressing myself, PHIL JACKSON!? Yes, something about Phil Jackson made me teary and still does. He spoke at Dr. Jerry Buss' memorial before one of the games this season and I sat there with my slice of pizza, in the midst of all our [mostly guy] friends with these crocodile tears.
All that to say I STILL don't really get it. Thankfully, my husband is so my advocate and has begun to understand my tears nowadays. But recently, even he's been on the teary train! Don't bring a newborn around the man, he can hardly contain himself.
You're not alone, Ashley!!