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niyad

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6. A good cry is indeed theraputic.. I have seen many comments over my

Reply to Aristus (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 03:51 PM

Feb 2025

many years about how absurd and unhealthy for all of us is the prohibiton on males crying. As one person said years ago, the whole world needs to sit down and have a good cry.

I am so sorry that you were bullied as a child. I cannot even imagine what it is, and is going to be, like for children these days.

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The Daily Bitch*: "I talk a lot of shit for someone who just needs a good cry, [View all] niyad Feb 2025 OP

Have a good cry niyad 😭 Clouds Passing Feb 2025 #1

awwwww thank you so much! niyad Feb 2025 #2

If I started crying, I'd never stop. n/t malthaussen Feb 2025 #3

I do understand! niyad Feb 2025 #4

I discovered pretty early on, as a bullied kid, that a good cry now and then can be very therapeutic. Aristus Feb 2025 #5

A good cry is indeed theraputic.. I have seen many comments over my niyad Feb 2025 #6

In retrospect, I had it easy. Aristus Feb 2025 #7

Anybody who does not meet the masters' very narrowly-defined parameters niyad Feb 2025 #8

No kidding. I wince whenever I see some silly-ass, maudlin bromide about the joys of childhood. n/t malthaussen Feb 2025 #9