I don't mind being the little spoon to my wife.

I do this and I'm a girl

"Balls stuck to thigh" is legitimately one of the most uncomfortable situations ever.

I've done this since I was a little girl, I absolutely have a savior complex. Why would anyone be afraid to admit they'd like to be a hero?

it's a useful tool!

Same here! And I'm a woman!

Happy to know other people do this too.

Do or do not. There is no try.

The nose picking is no secret. The secret is what some men do with the buggers afterwards.

Ya know, it's funny. I've had a bunch of straight guy friends be like "I know you're gay and all, but that girl is HOT". I always try to explain- dude, I can recognize a beautiful woman when I see her, even if I don't find her sexually attractive. A landscape painting can be beautiful to me, doesn't mean I wanna put my d*ck inside of it. Beauty is both subjective and universal at the same time. Anyone who can't appreciate beauty due to societal norms is lying to themselves.

Can I just say that "like a ...girl" drives me insane.

I'd be more concerned if you didn't cry when your pet died.

Nah, I cried like a man. A man who loves animals.

This big muscular hairy man will cry and I don't care who sees, or if they make fun. They are family!

Crying like a human is never a problem

No-one should ever feel shame for this.

I've seen hundreds of grown men cry when their pet died. It was sweet and meaningful. It always would bother me when any owner held back tears. It's a family member ffs.

Oh yes and not ashamed either. The back corner of our land is the pet cemetary for our treasured friends and family and our grown children and grandchildren inter their family pets there also...............it's hallowed ground.

Oh that was absolutely me for so, so long. Unfortunately....i've been living in romania for more than a decade, and stray animals are plentiful and very short lived. Every apartment building has at least a few cats living in the basement (they have open portals, unused and unfinished) and i'm a soft touch so i take care of them. All of them, in a two block radius. At one point we had 20 making daily stops to our garden, and i've spent at least two hours a day for 12 years putting out water, food and doing things like going out in the dead of winter to wrap cats up in my coat so they can have a touch of warmth. We give them meds and get any we can fixed and placed, we've taken in 7 over the years. I name them all, i love them all, and they all flock to me. I stopped counting at the 200th death....years ago. But each loss continued to break me for many years after. Until....they didn't anymore. I still continue to play care taker to every stray i see....but i'm dead inside.

As a girl, let me just tell you guys to cry away whatever your need to do so arises. There is nothing "girly" or "unmanly" to your normal human emotions.

Nothing even remotely wrong with crying when a pet dies!

I cry however I want to... have and will sob uncontrollably when my pets die. Grief at loss is nothing to be ashamed of.

I wanted to deal with the loss of a pet myself and thought of watching the movie Marley & Me. My husband came home earlier than expected and said the movie was interesting and wanted to continue watching it with me. I tried to explain what kind of movie it is, but to no avail. He cried inconsolably during the movie and I offered a shoulder and a hug. It's good to let your feelings out in a constructive way. There was nothing embarrassing or unmasculine about it. Just the normal pain of loss.

I wept for a week when my little mate Buster died aged 7 of Leukemia - still hurts 10 years on. He was a Jack Russell / Collie cross, full of life and fun and brought joy to everything he was involved in (unless you were a rabbit or squirrel of course !!)

If you didn't cry when your pet died, I'd be extremely concerned!

This is is full on for me atm, my partners dog he’s had forever had to be put down yesterday arvo for attacking lambs repeatedly- he’s in such a bad state so this is such a rude remark to make about oneself, poor guy doesn’t know it’s ok to CRY LIKE A SPARTAN.

I think my brother reacted worse when his pet chicken died in his teens then when his wife died as an adult...

i just cry. i dont think the age or gender is important here. edit: op is called boomer6312 so i understand now.

Been there.

That is being human

When i lost my previous cat, get haunted me for months. I don't wanna get into details , he didn't die.but i lost him. And i still wish i could see him one more time

I lose it when I lose my pets. Dogs, Cats... they are my friends and I mourn them as I would my kids or best friends.

Ditch that phrase!! You are a human being, don't buy the BS that you shouldn't show grief over a death! 😲

I sob. I'm not ashamed to admit it.

You are human. This is normal. Our culture teaches males not to cry. Some Europeans find this normal and are not ashamed. Italians and French

That should not be a shameful thing.

little boys cry too................

My dog was better to me than 99.9% of all the people that said I was their friend

i lost my kitty recently i balled my eyes out it still hurts a lot

I just cry like a grown up man.

....... and a little boy !

Not all men own pets, so how is this even here?

I tear up at Hallmark Christmas films, a pet dying renders me useless for several days.