dear men, you need to cry!

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Just now

and yes, that’s okay!

wherever I go, I keep hearing this one thing:

“men don’t cry.”

people say it like it’s a fact. like it automatically makes someone weaker, as if this word is really banned in the “men dictionary.”

this idea is not only wrong but harmful.

A moment I will never forget

One day, my friends and I went on a camping trip.

The whole group was laughing, singing, dancing — just enjoying the day.

But one of my guy friends wasn’t with us.

He was sitting alone, a little far from everyone, staring at the ground.

I walked up to him and asked,
“What happened?”

He said,
“Nothing… I just want to sit alone. Not in the mood to talk.”

But something didn’t feel right to me.

I told him,
“No… you’re not fine. Why aren’t you telling me?”

He kept saying he was okay, kept pretending and acting like everything was normal.

But when I insisted and refused to leave without the truth, finally he looked at me and said softly,