# I'm sad and I need a shoulder to cry on **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353 "2005-04-21T02:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/21 "2005-04-21T23:34:33Z")
Add my {{{Hugs}}} to the pile, **Wry**. I got nothing better than that. I hope it all passes quickly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wonderwench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@wonderwench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderwench)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/22 "2005-04-21T23:53:23Z")
**Hugs** In 1996, I had a year of non-stop tragedy, much like you are going through right now. At the time, a good friend told me “the universe doesn’t give you anything you are not strong enough to handle”. My initial reaction was to say “then I wish I weren’t so strong”. Over time, I learned to appreciate the wisdom of her statement - and to realize that some hurts just don’t go away. One has to make peace with them and just learn to co-exist. It does get much easier. **More Hugs** ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/23 "2005-04-22T00:44:22Z")
**LifeonWry** , I’ll be thinking about you. Sorry for the run of bad luck, and I hope your Dad’s surgery goes well. Take care. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/24 "2005-04-22T01:00:31Z")
Sorry to hear about all the sadness, **LoW**. Hope it helps to know that there are a lot of us out here thinking about you and hoping things will start looking up really soon. Your friends and father-in-law are lucky to have someone like you to be there for them - that’s really important. More hugs and good thoughts headed your way… GT ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/25 "2005-04-22T01:04:09Z")
Once again, heaps of thanks to you all. You know, I always used to wonder if sending online sympathy and hugs was doing any good for the people I was sending them TO. It seems like such a small thing, just to take a minute to commiserate, but of no “real” use in a crisis. Shows what I know. Each of you who have posted in this thread took on a little piece of my misery away for just a minute or two, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. Since I seem to be blocked in the crying area at the moment, I decided to rent a sad movie. Somehow it’s always easier to cry when it’s not for yourself, you know? I plan to curl up on the sofa with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s and a box of kleenex and sob my heart out tonight. I’m aiming for catharsis. See y’all tomorrow. {{{{{{{{{{{ALL OF YOU}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/26 "2005-04-22T01:20:42Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > Each of you who have posted in this thread took on a little piece of my misery away for just a minute or two Here. Let me take away another minute. **{{{LifeOnWry}}}** ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353/27 "2005-04-22T02:08:21Z")
~hugs **LifeOnWry** ~ Hang in there. It’s tough to deal with so many problems coming at you all at once but things will settle down. Right now everything is overwhelming. You have a lot of support here. 🙂 I always found that Steel Magnolias is a great movie to cry with, FWIW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-and-i-need-a-shoulder-to-cry-on/300353.md?page=1)