But there's no reason to be ashamed of it, either.
[[She sighs softly and looks at him seriously.]]
I...know I don't look it, but I'm a gentleman. When I was a little boy...my father always told me that there would be people who told me boys didn't cry, and that if I cried, I really was the girl I looked like. But...he told me something that I've always remembered.
Any man who has to measure himself by such baseless, unrealistic societal expectations is a fool, and not much of a man at all. A real man, a true gentleman, has nothing to fear from his own tears. They may not accomplish anything, but they don't harm him any. Harm that holding back his emotions out of fear of reprisal or judgement most certainly does cause.
[[She smiles for him, not sure at all what she's feeling, but not entirely certain she likes it, either.]]
If you need to cry a bit more...then don't halt on my account. You can't cry forever, you'll need to move on, but...a few hours or even a few days is far from unnatural.
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[[She sighs softly and looks at him seriously.]]
I...know I don't look it, but I'm a gentleman. When I was a little boy...my father always told me that there would be people who told me boys didn't cry, and that if I cried, I really was the girl I looked like. But...he told me something that I've always remembered.
Any man who has to measure himself by such baseless, unrealistic societal expectations is a fool, and not much of a man at all. A real man, a true gentleman, has nothing to fear from his own tears. They may not accomplish anything, but they don't harm him any. Harm that holding back his emotions out of fear of reprisal or judgement most certainly does cause.
[[She smiles for him, not sure at all what she's feeling, but not entirely certain she likes it, either.]]
If you need to cry a bit more...then don't halt on my account. You can't cry forever, you'll need to move on, but...a few hours or even a few days is far from unnatural.