Count me in as someone who cried during the flashback scene of UP . The funny thing is that I turn towards my husband and I see him wiping away the tears as well! we both cried again when we saw the DVD for the first time.

I always fall for the tearjerker movies. We recently saw Hachi (about a dog who waits at a train station where he normally meets his owner for 10 years after the owner dies) and I was bawling just watching the preview! None of you animal lovers should watch it!

Music definitely. Especially ones that have to do with children going away or leaving. I always cry when I hear "Sunrise, Sunset" from the Fiddler on the Roof. Or" Slipping Through Your Fingers" by ABBA. Oh year Sarah MacLachlan - I used to play her cd and just sit in the bath & cry when i was younger & having a particularly bad bout of pms!

Books, check. Just seeing the cover of The Yearling makes me tear up.

I cry when my kids get their vaccinations even though they stoically bear it without a tear.

Maya, I have had many male friends over the years and my experience has been that once they marry or get into serious relationships with women, it becomes difficult for them to maintain their friendships with their platonic female friends. This has happened to me so many times! I don't take it personally anymore. I count myself lucky that I am still in touch with my best friend from college - we were friends all 4 years and were housemates our senior year. Our relationship is not as close as it once was and it never will be again but it does not in any way diminish what we had. Just remember the good times!

This thread is making me cry :0(

Michelle, ALWAYS tears of joy when I see your outfits!

I just want to point out that I am a little confused. Didn't Julie want to know what are the UNEXPECTED things that make us cry? Surely any distressed and unloved animal causes an expected emotional reaction.

Julie, waterproof mascara will be a must when we meet.

They never actually got married! In fact I think they may have split up. But I'm not sure. I don't know anything about his life anymore. All I could do is guess from the bits and pieces I picked up from his Facebook account (since I deleted mine I have no connection to him whatsoever).

I have to admit I was hoping to run into him when in DC.

I agree Steph. That says more about THEIR relationship than it does about yours.

Losing friends is one of those things I have never been good at dealing with. I always feel like I'm the one who gets left behind But maybe they feel that way too.

Unexpected things that make me cry? Oh Lord, just about everything. I'm another waterworks that breaks out in tears all the time and when least expected. A random MacDonald's TV commercial can make me break out in tears ~ and I thoroughly dislike that place. Random news will make me sob ~ such as this story about a milkman putting out a fire and saving a family:

http://www.boston.com/yourtown.....News_links

I just cried my eyes out at this, so figured it was time to respond to this thread!

Shana, I cried at the preview for Hachi too and had a really good sob when I finally saw it. And I have never even had a dog! But he was so loyal...oh, better not talk about it, I'll start again.

I guess I'm a cold person because I don't cry much. I can't think of any unexpected things that make me cry. I hope I'm not heartless. Although the other day I had dinner at my aunt's and I helped set the table... and my cousin didn't like how I placed the napkins so she slyly changed them to her liking. I almost burst into tears then. Not sure why, but I felt humiliated!

I do cry at "expected" things though, especially when I think about death. I can't handle thinking about death. Can't do it.