Crying at the TV
 

I find that most nights I cry at something on TV. During the Olympics I cried every time I saw the Union Jack being raised, I cry at repeats of Friends and Sex in the City, I cry buckets at documentaries like the one last week about Mandy. But nothing compares with the amount that I sobbed last night at the Jerry Springer programme, Who Do You Think You Are?

OMG, I was in floods.

Did anyone else watch it and does anyone else cry at the TV so much?

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I cry sometimes, but not that much, - but then my hormones stopped being rampant years ago :D

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I do occasionally cry at the tv-usually at really romantic stuff, but must say i have never heard of someone crying as much as that.
The film i cried most at was ps.i love you,i have the dvd but will never watch it again because i know il cry just as much the second time round.

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i watched that it was very sad iam dont normaly cry at the tv its a bloke thing we just dont do it but the jerry springer program had me in tears i found it to be a really sad and powerfull program.

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I dont need an excuse to cry at the moment (stupid hormones!) i was in bed listening to my ipod last night and 'its all coming back to me' by meatloaf made me cry lol

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Blokes do cry at the tv, they just try to hide it. I do find myself crying quite often at tv programmes, the one about Mandy was a real tear jerker (her sheer grit and lack of why "me did" it for me). But missed the one about Jerry Springer, maybe it will be repeated sometime

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one of my lcd tv's bust last night and i almost cried

does that count ?

getting a replacement in a few days so all is well :D

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Well using Gayle's parameters for crying, it probably included four slappers talking about shopping while the Union Jack is raised in the background. :D

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You can watch it on BBCi
BBC iPlayer - Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 5: Jerry Springer

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It's the programme where they trace their ancestry. Jerry Springer was born in London because his parents were Jewish migrants who escaped from Germany about two months before the second world war - most members of his family (uncles/aunts/grandparents) weren't so lucky.

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its repeated on bbc2 at 7pm as well iam going to watch it again so iam breaking out the hankies again lol

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I'm not one for crying at the television normally.

Last time I snivelled was when Nana died in The Royle Family.

That was the best piece of television.....ever. :alright:

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not one fer slobbering, occasionally but certainly not at telly.

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The only time I cry at TV is around Five to five on a Saturday, I cry with laughing when the Dingles have been dongled again:D

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I'll admit it I did in 1999 when Man United came back in injury time to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.Tinks was gob smacked and couldnt believe it LOL:D

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I cry at anything sad on TV. Am a proper softy. I cried tonight when Jay lost his dad. bless.

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Only ever cried once at the TV - when the result came through from Woking that meant we were back in the league after 44 years.

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I used to cry very rarely at tv programmes but since I've had kids I'm so much more emotional, I didn't see the Jerry Springer thing but cried as if I'd lost a family member when Wellhard was put to sleep last week, cried when Nana died from Royle family, went to see Mamma Mia cried quite a lot through that during certain scene's anything remotely emotional sets me off these days.

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I'm glad it's not just me. I've only really noticed it in the last year or so and I definitely think I'm getting worse.

A death on TV (no matter how tacky the programme) or a kiss or a wedding proposal and I'm mush.

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i reckon its n age thing, the older ya get the bigger "Tart" ya become.:D

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Never done it .... probably because I don't watch all that much tv, or maybe the only crying I can think of are the tears of frustration as I flip thro god knows how many channels only to find there is nothing I want to watch:mad:

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Yeah can truely understand that mate.Same as I said me was 1999 Euro cup.Was only a baby in nappies when they won it first time :) Its surprising how our beautiful game gets to us some times:)

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Get a grrrrrrrrip woman!!!

I tend not to cry at TV/films, but I am a hard faced ice maiden! I remember everyone crying at E.T in the cinema and thinking............IT's A DAMN ALIEN AND ITS NOT REAL. Cynical at 14............. there really was not hope for me!

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that sounds good to me, nice one romps.:D;)

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:eek:

UMMMMM Check the hormone levels Gayle :eek:

Been there lol resulted in an hysterectomey :eek: although I used to cry at soaps lol now since the hysto its spread to adverts :eek::eek::eek::D

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Only available in the UK, so I'll have to wait for the DVD, or see if I can download it.

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Did anyone see Obama's speech at the Democrat convention last night? Didn't get teary but the sheer power in his speech definitely stirred something up inside and I'm not even in America!

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Think I agree with you on this one. I remember watching "Das Boot" (not a bad flic) with a friend of mine. When it got to the end with the crew bleeding and dying all over the place, she started to sob. My response: it's a bloody movie; and if you want to show some emotion, you should be cheering. It's the bad guys who are doing all the dying; the good guys are in the planes, the R. A. F! :alright: She rejected my critical analysis:(

I just think that crying is allowing the willing suspension of disbelief to go a tad too far. There's enough real pain and suffering in the world to cry over if one sees fit. Tears are too precious to waste on crap.

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das boot was a classic movie

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I cry over anything on tv!
I'm a big softy but so is Frank bizzarely!
He has cried twice watching the simpsons which even i didn't tear up to!

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iallways cry at watership down its a sad film them poor bunnys :(

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Me tooo! I love this film. I bought it for my daughter (yeah right) but I won't let her watch it as I think its so sad. I just love the music too - bright eyes - the music alone always makes me cry!

I cried at Pretty Woman the other night - I don't know how many times I've seen that film but I still blub - the thing is I've no idea why!

Ghost always gets me too.

I don't tend to watch a lot of telly but I read a lot, and often find myself welling up - especially by "misery memoirs" - no idea why I read them but that could be another thread!