OT: MGoFeelingsball - Things that make you cry

Submitted by The Mad Hatter on

Since there's nothing going on today I think is an original idea for an OT thread.

I've never been much of a crier, even as a kid.  I can count on my hands the number of times I've shed tears as an adult, and when it has happened no one saw it.  Not my wife or my kids.

So imagine my 16 year old daughter's surprise when she looked at the seat next to her in Hill Auditorium and saw her dad sobbing like a 3 year old that was just punched in the face and then told Santa wasn't real.  She has never once seen me cry and I freaked her the fuck out by doing it.

So there it is.  Handel's Messiah makes me cry like a little bitch. 

 

What about you?  A certain scene in a movie?  A dog food commercial?  Finding out that you were adopted?  What makes MGoBloggers shed some tears?

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SagNasty

March 24th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^

I cried in the delivery room when my daughter was born. I cried last year when we had to put down my 11 year old Doberman. I cried last summer when my cousin was in Ann Arbor on ECMO. I cried at my brother-in-laws (best friend)mothers funeral. No shame in crying. Sometimes you gotta let it out.



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justingoblue

March 24th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

Most recently in public at a screening of Amy. Great, great documentary but I'm reasonably certain every single person in the theater was in tears at some point or other.

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morg2636

March 24th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

Here it is.  10 seconds left and all Michigan has to do is punt the ball!  You know the rest.  I cried and it still is haunting me.

 

And of course, the end of American Sniper and Saving Private Ryan.

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itsbigcat

March 24th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

Silent night at candelight service makes me its bitch every year. It's a christmas tradition.

The last scene in A Perfect World.

The whole last thirty minutes of Both Life Aquatic and Return of the King.

When The Red Wings win the Stanley Cup.

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Loid

March 24th, 2016 at 12:50 PM ^

Dating myself a bit here, but the be all and end all for such moments is the Gayle Sayers/Billy Dee Williams speech in Brian's Song.  Hell, all I have to do is hear the melody of the song and the waterworks commence.

 

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ijohnb

March 24th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

scene in 25th Hour.  In the dream sequence with his dad and Naturelle.  The music, the landscape, Ed Norton being simply outstanding, the cinematography, an incredible feeling of hope and redemption, only to realize that it could never be a reality and that somethings just cannot be undone.

Without question the best thing that Spike Lee has ever done in film.

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Bigku22

March 24th, 2016 at 5:26 PM ^

I seriously logged in to post this scene from 25th hour, and before I did, saw this post. The first time I watched this movie I literally balled my eyes out at the end (which I never expected). One of the best 5 minutes of cinema you will ever see, so incredibly well done. Just incredible. 

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tylawyer

March 24th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^

Charlotte's Web, toward the end. Not sure if my daughter could tell I was losing it while reading it to her, but goodness did that book move me.

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Sam1863

March 24th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^

Sorry for the "Cool story, bro", but this actually is a pretty good one. Years ago, while working for a publishing company, I had to call the estate of E.B. White. We'd used an excerpt of his book "Elements of Style" in a textbook, and I needed to talk to the executor of his estate.

The executor was his daughter, a very nice elderly woman. We finished our business, and I was about to thank her and hang up, when I just couldn't resist. I told her that my 4th grade teacher had read "Charlotte's Web" to the class, and we'd loved it. It was one of my favorite books from childhood.

Wow - her voice turned to 100% delight. I could practically hear her smiling. She thanked me very graciously, and said she never tired of hearing how much people enjoyed her father's book.

When I hung up, I realized something. It doesn't matter how old a woman gets - a part of her will always be a little girl who loves to be proud of her daddy.

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michiganfanforlife

March 24th, 2016 at 12:52 PM ^

The first home game every year when the band first marches out and forms the M to play the fanfare. Gets me every time. The Rockbiter in Neverending story "...look like strong hands don't they?" When both my daughters were born. Cordell Stewart's Hail Mary. The blue eyed boy at the end of Braveheart. Probably many more, but those come to mind.



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hunterjoe

March 24th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

When one of my 2 little girls does something amazing.  Which happens more than it should.  Or maybe I'm just a crier.  But those little monsters had a rough start so anything they do I am very blessed that we've gotten to where we are. 

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March 24th, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^

And I'm not proud of it- I think there's something wrong with me. Sure I have misted up at times, but never completely let loose. I am otherwise a perfectly happy human being with a wonderful wife of 26 years (she's not a big crier either, btw).

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maizenblue92

March 24th, 2016 at 12:58 PM ^

The move 'My Dog Skip'. Watched it as an 8 year old, cried. Watched it as a 20+ year old again, cried. Watching the end seen where the kid leaves and the dog grows old and dies get's me everytime.

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