I need to tell someone off but I already know I’m going to be close to tears when I do. And I don’t want her to see me crying.

And please spare me any mention of how it is okay to cry. That’s not why I’m here.

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Cry. I don’t mean bawl. If you are composed, speaking and emoting normally, some tears on your face aren’t so bad. It’s genuine. And if you’re not fighting it, you can have that composure. It’s the fighting that causes the embarrassing failures of composure.

    I know what you said, but you’re not the only person here. People who are ashamed of crying deserve to have more than your stigmatizing position represented.