How Long Ago Since You Cried Listening To Music?

I guess that it is better for you to cry while your wife is sleeping than to cry because she left home after going to bed too many times without her audiophile-husband !!!

SonicBeauty-- Indeed, yet somehow she still loves me!

I read a study of college football players that says that (paraphrase) 'players that cry do better on and off the field'. The one caveat was that tearing up was good- open sobbing not so good. I think the theory being that accessing your emotions is a positive thing. It's good to be passionate about life.
Thought this was interesting.

Blkadr,

I know that to be true. I played football (soccer over here) for 30 years and I know that when I was on the field with some unexpressed emotion held in my body, my skills were compromised, nothing flowed right. I also recall that when I got on the field after clearing what was previously stuffed down, sometimes by crying a bit (gasp!), my game was fluid, faster, less effort and I scored many more goals.

Men who have the courage to let themselves cry usually experience life at a higher level because they haven't armored themselves against their own feelings, as well as others'. Similarly, being truly affected by music requires dropping one's guard and trusting that actually feeling something won't hurt you. Shutting down your emotions, whether in a relationship or listening to music, is the real cowardice.

And if that wasn't enough, women seem to seek masculine men who allow themselves to feel. What more would a man need to know?

Every time I hear Mary Chapin Carpenter sing "John Doe no. 24 (as I just did on Pandora radio), I tear up. Then I read some of the other responses and I began to laugh out loud. It's all so crazy.