Do your parents/grandparents cry around you?

[amberlyrose]

After watching the similac video and thinking how much it would make my mom bawl because we are both big babies, I realized I've never seen my grandma cry. Ever. 
She didn't even cry at my cousin's funeral. Everyone else did but she just stood there, looking upset. I've seen my grandpa and dad cry, especially during WWII movies or anything to do with a father/daughter relationship that's mushy. 
My mom and I are the people that cry during random commercials 

[thinkofthesoldiers]

No. I've seen my mom cry Twice. Dad, Umm once? Never saw my grandparents cry.

[meggers5]

I see my mom cry all the time. I've never seen my grandma cry though. This is good, since she's 93 and it would break my heart.

I've never seen my dad cry, including when his dad died. I'll let you know again after my wedding.

[aliciaflorrick]

My Mom only a couple of times. My Dad does the silent cry and acts like it really isn't happening. Lol

[flex]

I do not recall actually seeing my parents or my grandparents cry. I remember once my mother ran off to cry in her room because something awful my dad did to her. But I haven't seen any of them pucker up and cry in front of me.

My grandparents came from an age where you bucked up and didn't show your emotions as readily as we do these days.

ETA:  And as an adult child and a parent myself, I know how upsetting it is for a child to see their parent cry.  I never cried in front of my kids after Chris died.  I'd slip away to somewhere private to do that.  I can see how my parents would feel the same way about me seeing them cry.

[cuddlyevil]

I've seen my Mom cry and my stbxmil cry. I don't remember seeing my Dad cry, but it's a possibility at some point.

My kids have seen me cry (the boys hate it, DS#1 asked me to stop last time because "It makes me cry!"). DD and I have cried together, when we saw Brave in the theatre (lots of hugging and "I love you's") and when we watched the "game of tones" episode of Futurama together.

I'm a sap.

[sequins]

My mom cries in front of me. She even cries if I cry. We are both big cry babies. Never seen my dad or grand dads cry. No grand moms.

[malibu]

I've seen both my parents cry.

I stood and held my grandmother while she cried a year and a half ago as we were finishing packing her things to move from her house to a senior living apartment. It was freaking brutal. I don't recall seeing my other grandma cry, she died when I was 17.

[mlt]

The only time I have ever seen my dad cry is when we put down our beloved old dog. He sobbed and held her as she died. I was shocked. I didn't even see him cry when my grandfather died. Though my mom says he did.

My mom cries pretty regularly.

[revolution]

I've never seen my grandparents cry.

My mom cries all the time.

I saw my dad cry at my wedding. And then quite a few times after he was diagnosed with cancer.  And he also cried when my mom left him.  He was quite depressed for a while.

[snipsnsnails]

I've never seen my parents (or my grandparents) cry. I'm close with them; I just can't think of a situation where they would cry. They've each experienced losses and pain, but didn't cry in those times, so I'm not sure what would happen to have them cry.

[killercupcake]

I've never seen my dad cry.

My mom would cry a lot when I was younger. She still does, actually. It makes me really uncomfortable. I don't know why, because I'm pretty good with crying when it's anyone else.

[meganew]

One time my grandfather cried explaining an episode of Oprah that my grandmother had explained to him. That pretty much sums up my family.

[dexteroni]

Hardly ever; my mom is tough as nails. We've had a few "I love you so much, I love YOU so much" cries during big conversations, but I can count those on one hand.

My dad was much more likely to cry. He would tear up when he was really worried about one of us, and full-on cried at all of our graduations and weddings. When Mira Sorvino won her Oscar, there was a cute shot of Paul Sorvino sobbing in the audience. That was my dad - big tough Italian dude who cried at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately, I inherited this trait from him. I'm a terrible cryer, and I can't just sniffle once and be done with it. I get the red eyes and nose, can't stop sometimes after I start, the whole works. It's so awesome.

[slcjess]

My parents are criers, as am I. My mom, sisters, and I all ugly cry when we watch certain shows/movies. We are pathetic, lol. I don't recall ever seeing any grandparent cry. Growing up, my moms parents always seemed very stoic and a little scary. Now that I'm older and know them more, they are awesome and funny, but not criers.

[junebug]

My mom is dramatic, so I see her cry all the time. I've never seen either of my grandmothers cry; they are/ were both super stoic. 

Ive seen my dad get teary once when he was telling me that my grandfather had died. I also think I saw his eyes sweating when he first saw both of my daughters. I've never seen him full on cry.

[madringal]

I'd seen my mom cry lots. I've seen my dad cry more in the last year then in the past 34. He had a very hard time when my niece died last year. It took him back to when my brother died in the mid 70's. My dad said he tried so hard to be strong for my mom that he never let himself really deal with the emotions.

My grandmothers were both pretty mean people and made of stone so I don't think they were capable of feeling a sad emotion.

[lust2hart]

I've seen my dad cry twice. Once was when, at 16, I wrecked my car a week after I got it. (My mother died in a car accident when I was 19 months old.) The other time he teared up was right before he walked me down the aisle for my wedding. Oh, and I *think* he may have cried when I was about 8 and stole a bunch of Tic-Tacs from Walmart and then lied to him when he asked me about it - but I could be making that up (the crying, not the stealing and lying).

My mom cries at everything. Annoyingly so. It's impossible to have any sort of serious conversation with her because it's just this emotional vomit all over everything. Her mom isn't nearly as bad, but yes, I've seen my grandma tear up several times.

I don't remember seeing my other 3 grandparents cry.

[justkly]

I've seen my dad cry many times. I've never seen my mom emit emotions. There's something wrong with her.

[bonquiqui]

I saw my dad cry once at my grandpa's funeral. My mom cries a lot just like me. Lol. I have never seen any of my grandparents cry.

[W.T.Faulkner]

I've seen my mom cry a million times, as well as both of my mom's parents.

I've seen my dad tear up a few times when his parents and our dog died, but he usually runs to someplace private when this happens. He hates to be emotional in front of others.

My paternal grandmother didn't cry once at the funeral of her husband of fifty-five years, but she did cry when we went to see a stage production The Sound of Music. LOL

[Bernadine]

I will never forget my grandmother crying at my uncle's funeral. I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen her cry at funerals.

My mom doesn't cry often, either. Mostly funerals. Tears up sometimes, when we (my sisters and/or I) do something nice.

My dad has cried at funerals, and he's been crying more and more, like my mom, when we do something sappy for him.

[thebreakfastclub]

I think I remember my mom crying twice. Once when I was 6, and I spilled boiling water on myself, giving me 2nd degree burns. The second time was when I told her I was pregnant.

[sewf]

Yes. I have seen my mom cry a few times (deaths, illnesses in the family).

I have seen my grandpa cry a couple of times, when his daughter died and when my grandmother died. He and my grandma had been together a long time, but they were never a "touchy" couple. In fact, they seemed sort of indifferent and annoyed with each other a lot of the time. But my grandpa broke down when my grandma passed. It reminded me that I really didn't know what their relationship was really like.

[Alyssa]

I've seen my mom cry at a movie or two or cry with laughter.

I saw my dad break down once

Never was very close with my grandparents, so I never saw them cry. We saw them maybe once a year for a day or so and then moved on. I never got to REALLY know them beyond casual conversation between an old person and a child. I wish I could sit down with them and have a real adult conversation now that I'm a mom myself. All my grandparents have passed away.

[Moe]

I've seen the women in my family cry.

I've seen my father cry once, when his mother died.

[KKD]

My mom is just as emotional as I am, so I've seen her cry many, many times.

I think the only time I ever saw my dad cry was at his father's funeral. Although he did tear up just before we walked down the aisle at my wedding.

Three of my grandparents died when I was too young to notice or be in situations in which I would have seen them cry. I was much older when my remaining grandmother died but never saw her cry until the very end; she had dementia and really lost herself by then.

[pandangie]

I've only seen my mom cry a handful of times... her mom's death, my miscarriage, etc
Dad at his mom's death
My grandmother, who everyone thought of as a cold woman, would tear up as we said good bye the 6 times a year or so that I would see her
I'm more of a private crier, but not very often

[game blouses]

My mom cries over absolutely everything. I've seen my dad cry once, when we had to put down our dog when I was a kid. I've never seen my grandmother cry.

[RoxMonster]

My mom is a crier and has/does cry in front of me. My grandparents will cry in front of me too (they cry at pretty much every single card I get them).

I have seen my dad cry once in my whole life. Not when his dad died, not when he lost friends - nope. He cried at my wedding when he stood up to give a speech at the reception. OMG it made me bawl.