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I cry all the time, it’s an embarrassment.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 December 2019 source ↗
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What most recently moved you to tears?Originally asked
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View all 192 →Over a YouTube clip about animals. "Laboratory animals see sunlight for the first time", or "elephant mourns his best friend the goat". I watch something like that every day and I'm always in pieces.
I cried last week after talking about marriage equality with my daughters. My oldest let slip that she believed that if the supreme court overturned Obergefell, she wouldn’t have parents any more. I felt angry with my country and ashamed that I didn’t consider the possibility that she might think that.
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The death of my father in May 1995.
Last week, because of an ear infection: I cried my eyes out when they put a big injection into my arse.
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