i cried for abt 10seconds when i lost my aunt well it really shook me but it was the women around me that made me cry but before it came out i was already in a safe place where i believe no 1 saw me. i don't like seeing people crying publicly like that because it touches me and i might just cry

lite

Darkness

at 29 am already a man.am so emotional that sometimes very sad story or occurance can bring tears from my eyes.

i guess

true men will cry
  but a faker wont , at one point in life or the other we are all compelled to cry regardless of sex, race, age or religion

Even a warlord will cry if he loses his daughter.

why not are they not humans

Abi oooo

i don't know about being a real man but i find it difficult to cry but when i do, i feel intensely and strangely, RELIEVED! i'm not cold, just blunted and a little schizophrenic.

bros,

the tin depend on how u see am

big boy no dey cry

why real men go kon cry

all die na die

Shedding tears doesn't make you less of a man.

It does however, show you're human, and do posess a vulnerable side.

The fact you're a man doesn't mean you're totally devoid of feelings!

oga o!

i get tired of dis thing about "normal " or "human" ehn!! wu's to tell us wat makes us human,- just becos yu cry and i dont cry does dat make yu more human dan i am? its not about been a real man or not[wateva dat means in d first place- i dnt knw] but weda u cry or yu dnt doesn t mean jack and doesnt say u-wu dey cry are mur human dan i am-it doesnt suffice at all.



one wuld actually wonda sef- wats d real essence of cryin? some cry in pity, some cry out of scorn, some cry out of misery, some cry out of pretence, some just cry for cryn sake, so if i dnt cry now iam a faker and not human ba! i guess i must be from MARS

No doubt there's more to be said about this. The topic seemed to cool down, so let's continue the discussion, shall we?

What's there to continue? Both real men and fake men alike, cry.

My bf would never cry even if he faces the most worse problem. But I hear him say that he is crying from the inside (not sure what does that mean), never from the outside.

However, my brother cries alot. and he is the much more fierce one when facing the public while my bf is more of the softer side so I'm not sure.

dnt know what the posters definition of real men is.
but haven't cried in 11 years and have been in die situations
that should have warranted it.

Yes.
For the right reasons.

Yeah even real men cry. They cry all the time.
Lotta men sob worse than flogged babies in private

i cry all the time

@platinumnk:
Are you speaking figuratively or literally? I ask because crying a lot can be symptomatic of health concerns.

Of course they do cry. However like my Dad and Grandad I hardly cry.

Another reason might be cuz of the Naija school thingy.
When the boyz were caned, we weren't expected to cry and anyone who did cry was laughed at.
The girls on the other hand were expected to cry and when they did cry, we consolled em'.