Cry Pushers.
I was having a little tete-a-tete, so to speak, with MindyMom tonight and she mentioned chocolates, wine, and the Lifetime channel. I asked if she was really watching Lifetime and she said she wasn’t …but if The Notebook was on, she probably would be.
*gag*
I informed Mindy that I’d rather claw my eyes out. Her response? “It’s good. I cry every time.”
WTH?
You know what I’m watching? Your Worst Animal Nightmares. Description of tonight’s episode: “A shark attacks a group of swimmers, ripping off one person’s leg; the first victim of a funnel-web-spider bite is treated with a new anti-venin.”
Guess what?
No crying.
I informed Mindy that I don’t like depressing movies. She told me that The Notebook isn’t depressing and then she dared me to watch it without crying.
Dude. But I don’t want to cry. Who the hell wants to cry? I don’t remember when I last cried.
Mindy said, “You have to watch it! You’ll cry!”
And that’s when I realized who I was dealing with. You see,…
Mindy is a Cry Pusher.
You have be on alert for Cry Pushers. What they do is identify a moment of weakness and then swoop in with a soothing whisper of, “It’s okay…let it out.” Everyone once in a while, you’ll get the hard core Cry Pusher who will try this one: “It feels good.”
But, you argue, I have nothing to cry about.
Oh, says the Cry Pusher, You just need a movie. Here, take this.
And then they hand you Love Story or The Notebook, looking pleased.
That’s right. They give you something to cry about. Remember when that used to be a threat? When your mom or dad would say that they’d give you something to cry about? Well, that’s now an over-the-counter drug. The dealer?
Cry Pushers.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:35 am
I avoid Cry Pushers and “their” movies like the plague…especially anything associated with Nicholas Sparks—books or movies.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Personally, I’m a Laugh Pusher. Or M&Ms. (Clearly, they must have more of both on the Left Coast.)
October 8th, 2009 at 8:58 am
OMG!!! You need to come to Denver. We will rent the movie, grab some good wine, food and tissues and have a good cry party. It would totally do you some good.
Oh, and I also watched Your Worst Animal Nightmares the other night. The one with the bear attack. It might have made me cry too. I am such a girl.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I still dare ya to watch it and NOT cry.
Even if you dont – but you will – it’s still a good movie!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I cried bad during The Notebook. Like so bad that I was trying to hold it in and got a major charlie horse in my throat and couldn’t swallow.
I usually avoid sad movies as much as possible but I recently I was in a horrible mood and decided to watch P.S. I Love You. Thats another cry-pusher favorite I’m sure.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
You totally crack me up.
I guess because, yes, I too am a cry pusher. But then again, you knew that about me already.
But I have never seen the Notebook. Most of the time I want to see something to make me laugh. Only during PMS week do I want to cry because yes… sometimes it does feel good.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am
RE, I don’t think I’m a cry pusher. I may push you to fall down, but that’d be for my own amusement.
And, I have to say, I’ve never heard of a cry pusher before. But I LIKE IT!
October 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Okay, I love the Notebook and I watch that in private when the Oxygen Network airs it. And I even cry at the end once in a while…. in private.
BUT………….. a man watching that ? And maybe crying about it? That alone would make me vomit and slap him back into reality.
And if a man ever offered us to watch the Notebook together because he’s sensitive, I would know that he is lying and just wants a blow job.
That’s just my .02.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I just love reading you RE..all the new phrases I learn. Cry pushers..hahaha!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.” ~ Alex Tan
Hehe
October 8th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Dude…….even CBG teared up at The Notebook.
Just sayin’.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Maybe you are just scared of showing us your softer side. I mean, The Notebook is a very romantic movie. Maybe you should TiVo it for a date!….and see what happens
October 9th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Listen, just because I teared-up a bit during the movie doesn’t mean I’d want to see it again. Nor was that a reason for watching it to begin with.
It’s a good movie…I’ll give it that. But “you’ll cry” is NOT a good reason for a guy to want to watch something.
“It’ll scare you.”
“It’s gory.”
“There’s nudity.”
These are things that will attract a guy to watching a movie. But “you’ll definitely cry” or “I dare you NOT to cry” is not a valid reason.
I love ya, Mindy…but I’m on board here with RE.
CRY PUSHER!!
October 9th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hold on CBG! You’re taking the whole thing out of context here.
1st off RE was asking me if I was really watching Lifetime while I downed my red wine and chocolate, and although I wasn’t I said I would be if “The Notebook” were on. It would have been the perfect tri-fecta indulgence for my um, mood at the time. (see above quote too)
RE then dissed the movie but admitted to never watching it. I told RE it’s a great flick and that I cry every time I watch it. RE couldn’t understand the attraction to WANTING to cry so I said I dare ya to watch it and NOT! (and it does FEEL GOOD to cry!)
It’s a great movie and even YOU cried! But that is not THE reason to watch it, by any means.
You should leave your link to your review of the movie!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I am not influenced by the pushers. Generally, I will not watch sad or depressing movies. Why? I don’t want to cry. Or if I do, its about something in real life.
Though I do own Titanic – and it is sad. And I liked it. But it had Billy Zane and cool period outfits so how could you not like it. And I did cry after reading the Jodi Piccoult book about the kid who was born so her bone marrow could save her sister. You cryers out there read the book, My Sisters Keeper.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
I haven’t read the book, My Sister’s Keeper, but the movie was AWFUL. Didn’t feel like crying once!
October 11th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I had a guy friend who cried at the end of “Indecent Proposal”. I couldn’t believe it. Lost all respect for him after that…
October 12th, 2009 at 12:10 am
LOL. I haven’t read any blogs or blogged for nearly a week.
Ahhh. I needed this laugh tonight.
Yep. Get your booty on out to Denver, RE. We got some in-person bonding to do–you and the Posse here.
October 12th, 2009 at 9:13 am
@sunnie – YES. No Sparks. Amen!
@Biglittlewolf – heh. Mindy called me a laugh pusher after I said she was a cry pusher. High-five, partner.
@Danielle – NO CRY PARTY. What’s WRONG with you? I want to have a GOOD time. Why don’t we go out and pick up ladies? Or how about you all have a pillow fight?
October 12th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
@mindymom – You’re a serious cry pusher.
@MissMegs – Good God, why would you do that to yourself?
@T – Hm. I’m surprised you don’t cry more. But not at all surprised that you are a cry pusher. You’re like..the ORIGINAL cry pusher.
@QT – You’re not a cry pusher. heh.
And you hadn’t heard the term before cause I just made it up! 
@Sandra – I find it very interesting that you have such a strong feeling about a man crying to The Notebook. What does it mean if a man cries during this movie and why would that bother you?
October 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
@linda – heh. Are you a cry pusher?
@MommaSunshine & CBG – Yeah, I think it’d be totally normal to get teary during something as tear-jerky as that movie (I imagine…I can’t really say). High five to CBG for bein’ a dude with balance.
@Instigator – Cool period outfits?? Good god, I never even noticed them in the movie. I noticed when what’s her name was naked on the couch. She had very nice breasts. What was that movie about, anyway?
@Denise – What was he crying about? I don’t remember that movie. What the hell is wrong with me?
@Amira – hey there, trouble! How’s Denver in the spring? Because I”ve already heard stories of snow. BOO!
October 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Nope. I’m a laugh pusher!!!
October 12th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
@randomesq – well, takes one to know one…
@MindyMom – I’ve been watching lots of chick flicks lately, and I’ve seen the notebook, and I don’t cry… Gosling’s pretty cute…
@everybody – according to “You’ve Got Mail” (and you said you’ve seen that one, Your Randomness) – apparently men DO cry over THE DIRTY DOZEN.
Hell, I’ll take my laugh party instead.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Indecent Proposal was the one w/Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore where they were offered 1 mil by a rich playboy to sleep with the wife/Demi. They were tormented over the decision… and in the end accepted the offer but… it destroyed them. The last scene where he leaves her on a pier was too much for the guy. :rolleyes:
It’s funny this came up because we had a wedding this weekend where the groom cried (more than the bride) and my family was teasing him, calling him a pussy, etc. It wasn’t mean, just in fun. But it started a conversation later about men who cry and when its okay/not okay. The groom is a bit of a sap, but we cut some slack for this event. If he cries at the Superbowl party, he’s deadmeat.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Hell. I’ll take the million to sleep with Demi Moore. And I won’t cry at the end.
For that matter, I’ll take the mil to sleep with Woody or RR, no tears.
Then I could get me some more good books… or maybe pay a bill or two. Nah. Books.