The question
What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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I cried watching the movie Coco with my daughter.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2025 source ↗
The death of my father in May 1995.
The Strictly Come Dancing final almost destroyed me. I was howling all the way through – John and Johannes and then Rose and Giovanni. Oh my God.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
This morning, in a really great conversation with my dad.
A flight from Paraguay to South Africa that went badly wrong. The plane nearly fell out of the sky and the oxygen masks dropped. People were screaming but the pilot saved the day, and then apparently never flew again.
Massive DMT release, your perception of time dilates, you realise you can fly, then it all goes black, and you start again, only this time … you’re a slug.
Absolutely nothing.
“I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed.”
The main courses are never as tasty as starters. But enough about my sex life.
A strong work ethic and enough wealth not to need it.
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