I remember listening to this oldie but goodie on a record of my dad's. I like the whiney part that says 'don't cry- yi-yi.'  Very fun to imitate for sure!  I was pondering the act of crying and how women are known to be rather sentimental and teary-eyed. I am kind of known by my close friends and husband as a 'hard-hearted harbinger of hagus.' (remember that movie with some questionable parts but a whole lot of funny lines.....hopefully I'm quoting and spelling it correctly.

I spent too much time blubbering as a child in school. The main reason was marks, can you believe it? Or because I didn't understand how to do something and I would  get all in a panic. ( My second son does the crying part  but it's because he doesn't want to work and is prone to laziness. That boy has an uphill battle ahead of him for sure.)

Other than the usual hormonal/pregnancy crying spurts that we women experience I don't cry very often.  If you see a bunch of women holding their hankies because a 'tear-jerker' scene or story is coming up then you won't see me holding one. Am I too cynical to cry? Maybe.  Too much garbage cluttering my heart? Maybe. I have found myself having more in common with husbands than wives.  I'm certainly not the overly sympathetic type either. You know, 'if it's not flowing blood or severed then you don't need a band-aid.'  It is very fortunate for many patients that I did not go through for nursing!  So it makes me wonder....... is this my adult personality? Or did I just forget how to cry somewhere along the way. Everyone knows Big Girls DO cry. I believe the song does admit this by the end.  With four children we will certainly have the tears covered in this household, with or without me!  Anyhow to all you ladies who DO cry I won't mind sittting beside you and passing the kleenex.