I do not cry at all. I cannot make myself cry even when I need to.
I’m 43.
It was worse when I was younger, and strong emotion of any sort made me cry at any time. Then for a while (mid 30s or so) I was good, and never cried in public. I would have scoffed at the idea. But I was also on hormonal birth control.
Now for various health reasons that don’t matter here, I can’t use hormonal BC anymore. The 24 - 48 hours before my period are when I can’t stop the insanity.
Very rarely and only when I am alone.
All the time. Sadly, that’s been true all my life. If I’m furious, embarrassed, really happy, relieved, you name it - I’ll cry. The only time I don’t cry is if I have no emotional connection to the person with whom I’m sharing the emotion. Then, of course, I hold it together and lose it later.
It’s very frustrating to try to have an unemotional argument with my husband. We don’t yell at each other, but I’ll start crying and all he sees is, “Oh, no! She’s crying! Make it stop!” And all the while I’m trying to have a conversation but can’t manage to convince him, despite my completely normal tone of voice, “Look - think of it as leaking - my eyes are leaking, ok?”
When I do it usually “blurts” out of me and I have no control over it.
A family member was in dire straits in the hospital, a very dark time in my life. I’d stopped at the mailbox after work as usual, and opened a card. It said “Good News!” I thought, Yeah, yeah, what’s this crap.
Every female coworker in the office had written how much they cared about me and how they hoped things would be better. At least that’s what I read later. Because after glancing over the first line tears sprang from my eyes onto my glasses and I was in a “dry” choking sob. It really was good news.
Well that describes me perfectly, right down to how much I detest my lack of control. I cry at beer commercials for pete’s sake. I cry when I’m overstimulated, and I’m ALWAYS overstimulated.
Why are you always overstimulated?
Guy here.
I get misty eyed all the time whenever I see someone else crying. It’s weird. Happens when I watch movies and things too. Rom-Coms are pains in the asses for it.
sniff*
But they’re just so beautiful, man!*
I didn’t used to, but in the last 2-3 years I’ve begun to tear up over all kinds of ridiculous things–the ends of movies, songs on the radio, and not always sentimental stuff either. Half the time, I don’t know what it is that set me off and feel stupid crying over it. I blame it on hormones; menopause must be just around the corner.
I’m a big ol cryer too. Sad, mad, frusterated, niceness? Yup, Here come the waterworks! But you know what? I have realized* I can’t help it*. I’m 33, so maybe “I’ll grow out of it” someday, but I don’t forsee that happenening. I agree with ThelmaLou. Let it happen, and don’t beat yourself up about it. (Although I will admit, crying at work is embarrassing. ) As for movies, my friends all laugh at me cause I always cry at movies. Frikking ALWAYS. They will watch me instead of the move. They suck 
I am soo glad this thread was started. I thought it was just me.
No woman, no cry.
I never cry out of sadness, anger or frustration. I get madder than hornets, I get down, but I don’t cry over it. I can count on one hand – nay, one finger – the amount of times I’ve cried because I was unhappy in the past 5 years.
I have, however, found myself crying like a little bitch when something is beautiful enough to move me. You know those videos of babies getting Cochlear implants and hearing for the first time? Yeah, I can’t watch those. Dust gets in my eye or something every time.