Men of Reddit, when was the last time you cried and what were your reasons behind the tears?

1. My brother went back to prison a few months ago after violating parole. And when he called me, he said, "I'm sorry I let you down". I was doing alright until someone asked me what was wrong and then the tears just started.
   — chrisk117


2. this past tuesday. Someone i barely know, a friend of my dad, heard about my recent divorce and wrote me a 5-page letter of encouragement, giving perspective from his own recent divorce and reassuring me that i'm a good person and everything will be ok. Couldn't believe he went out of his way like that. I'm tearing up now thinking about it.
   — CaptainTRIPS0690


3. A few months ago. My older cat likes to play tag...he'll poke you with his paw and run away and the idea is that you chase him, pick him up and give him kisses. He's recently gone blind, and we were sitting on the couch watching tv. He wanted to play tag, so he poked me and ran away...but he missed where the edge of the couch was and fell off. Instead of continuing to run (the fall had disrupted his sense of direction), he sat in the middle of the room, looking around frantically and crying....he didn't know which direction to go anymore. Watching cats fall is usually hilarious, but definitely not in this case. Edit: My first gold - Thank you, kind stranger! But I have infinitely more happy stories to make up for this one sad one! I'll share those too :)
   — dystopianview






4. My younger brother killed himself in August 2016. I have cried a lot about it since then.
   — JimDaButcha


5. Mother passed away last year. I didn't cry during the event because I had shit to take care of. When my birthday dame around a few months later and I realized she as never going to call me first thing in the morning and wish me a happy birthday I broke down.
   — austinmonster


6. Almost a year ago. Girlfriend, who I was madly in love with and had moved my entire life for her, stuck with her and helped without saying a word when she was clinically depressed, broke up with me, and while I stood looking at her and started to feel tears in my eyes, she called me "pathetic". Then she gave me a week to move back to my old town, sort out a new job etc, and started dating before I had moved out. Definitely made me cry a fair bit. EDIT: Thanks for all the nice messages! Really, it means a lot.
   — Zalthos






7. Randomly almost daily for the last 2 months. My wife decided to leave me for a married man. She has since moved in with him and his wife and is sharing their bed. I have our 2 children. We had been married for 16 years.
   — anabsa


8. When my 11 year old daughter came home crying and said "I'm fat, I'm ugly, nobody likes me, I shouldn't have been born"
   — MADPIRAHNA4


9. My best friend growing up passed away in a foriegn coutry whilst on holiday. I hadnt seen him for a week and only days before ( the last time i communicated with him) did we decide to meet up and watch a film. Never did see that film. I felt so helpless, there he was miles away from me and i didnt even get to say goodbye properly
   — Stranger_things_hopp






10. Watching that video that pops up on Facebook now and then about the man who rescued 100something kids from Czech before they got taken to concentration camps. Then his wife finds his journal with all the kids names, sends it to a BBC network and they all surprise him on a TV show. Get me 'erry time
    — craven42


11. When I had to take our beloved cat to the vet to have him "put to sleep." It was a heartbreaker.
    — Back2Bach


12. My closest friends IRL just started to ignore me during my phase where I had major depression. And if that wasn't enough they shittalked me over WhatsApp, something died in me that day.
    — CampeR-San