What is with all the crying?

I cried because my car wouldn't start this morning. Then I cried some more because my wife yelled at me. My keyboard is soaked with tears because I can't stop crying while I type.

I cried because my car wouldn't start this morning. Then I cried some more because my wife yelled at me. My keyboard is soaked with tears because I can't stop crying while I type.

I'm also a female who doesn't cry and I'm always baffled by all the crying. Do people really cry? Or do they just say they cried? Don't know. But I don't pay too much attention to it. I just think it's kind of weird.

The one thing that makes me batty is when people say that they are going to cry, for example, someone saying "Oh I'm going to cry at graduation," or "I'm going to cry when I get my first job," or "I know I'm going to cry when...x, y, or z."

And all sorts of people jump on the bandwagon and say "Me too! I'm going to cry too!"

And then I never find out if they actually did cry, but it seems like they would kind of be obligated to...and I wonder how that works.

I must have missed this female-bonding memo.

I'm crying because my tears won't cure cancer on baby elephants. WAAHHHH!!!!

----- Dave

I'm with Ashley. Well said girlfriend.

PMS.. Nursing school is female dominated and it's all the estrogen in the air

i agree with you 100%.

It used to take a lot for me to cry, but now, i get a little frustrated or something goes wrong and im in tears. usually around that time of the month, but still. its ridiculous, and honestly embarassing LOL

I cried because my car wouldn't start this morning. Then I cried some more because my wife yelled at me. My keyboard is soaked with tears because I can't stop crying while I type.

Could be worse, you could cry because you're crying.....

Are you crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in Nursing!

Are you crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in Nursing!

haha. I concur. There's NO crying. I never cried, not even once. I went out of there daily, cursing and swearing vehemently, especially on my last day. The school called our parting "a permanent dismissal," and I can assure everyone that the feeling is mutual! Huge waste of time, energy, and money, that particular school was.

If you're going to go to RN school, go to the best. They will teach more skillfully and you will be a happier and more productive student.

I think crying is natural for women and (gasp) some men. I normally don't cry if I can help it because my body punishes me :/ (headache, runny nose, painful eyes). I do however find that shooting guns at squirrel shaped targets is a great stress reliever. Just because some people will vent about their day and share that they cried does not make them weak, less able to handle things, or any less of a nurse. I hope you don't talk so negatively about crying to your peers or patients when your working.

I guess I don't get what the big deal is. It's stressful and demanding and many nursing students have a variety of responsibilities on their plate. They're not crying on your shoulder (thank God) so what gives? If they want to come and vent about a bad day in clinical or the fact that they did poorly on a test they studied for for days and days, by all means. Compassion is a great trait to have as a nurse, no? :)

I hope many of these people do not become police officers.