Men of Tears: workshops where men go to cry

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/24/11 | Sophie Brickman, Chronicle Staff Writer

[SmithL]

A few moments before 4 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, nine men ages 25 to 67, filed into a small, bare office in San Anselmo, arranged their chairs in a circle, sat down and prepared to cry.

Few knew each other. Some hadn't cried since they were young boys and wanted to learn how to cry again. A few cried often, and were thrilled to have found a safe space to do so.

These were the Men of Tears.

[SmithL]

Marin County, home of Nancy Pelosi.

Yeah, I could probably find something to cry about.

[albie]

Good Lord! China, Russia, Iran must be reading this thinking...”let’s go ahead and attack”.

[GeronL]

real men cry in private.

geesh

:p

[LouAvul]

And why are we not surprised this article comes out of san fransicko?

[HereInTheHeartland]

This might have been proper to do the night Obama was elected.

[TheConservativeParty]

There’s a John Boehner joke there somewhere.

[Flycatcher]

Good Lord! China, Russia, Iran must be reading this thinking...”let’s go ahead and attack”.

If this keeps up, FRANCE will take us...

[Dem Guard]

Ooooohhhh, Plllleeeaaassssseeeee.......What next??

[Erasmus]

This sounds exactly like some guest on Phil Hendrie’s show would dream up.

Like the infamous “Straight Guys’ Night Out.”

[JohnD9207]

Once a year...APRIL 15....and I do it alone...

[Darren McCarty]

My family members or my dogs didn’t die. I wasn’t injured in the nuts. I man up and walk off anything else.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Betcha this one already knows how:

[Pan_Yan]

If I want to cry I'll watch the car chase scene from Bullitt where the '68 Charger gets wrecked. Or Phantasm where they total the Hemi Cuda.

[mnehring]

I would probably shed a lot of tears rolling on the floor laughing if I ever saw this group.. That will be my crying workshop.

[dljordan]

“real men cry in private.”

I weep every time I watch Red Dawn.

[Free Vulcan]

Haven’t been raised with the blessing of influence of Southern culture, you know when it’s time to cry - like when you lose your maw-maw or paw-paw - and when it’s not time to cry - like when you need to put a bully in his place. Sad some guys don’t grow up with that.

[mrsmith]

Government-provided, why pay?

[buccaneer81]

Agreed. This sounds like a weepy circle jerk.

[Deaf Smith]

What a bunch of Jackwagons.

[Mariner]

Pu$$ies.