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**UMATURLIN** · 08-23-2011, 07:06 AM

In Germany, it the depends on the situation. If - for example - a girl breaks up with her boyfriend and he cries because of it, it would be seen as not mannish, or in the "worst case" as kind of gay.
But when a person has to deal with the death of somebody important, then it is totally acceptable to cry.

I'm not sure about eritrean/ethiopian culture, but I have noticed I never saw my father cry, except when his aunt died ( she raised him).

I think in Ethiopian/Eritrean culture, men are not expected to cry because it's not seen as not a manly thing to do. I believe the only time it is acceptable is during deaths/funerals or even during weddings, like their daughter's wedding, and graduations (but those are happy tears not sad ones).

I never saw my father cry either until his uncle died when I was like 12-13. The only other times, besides funerals, I've seen him cry was when I graduated from high school. He's probably going to do the same thing when I graduate from college too lol.

08-23-2011, 07:06 AM	#26
UMATURLIN Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	In Germany, it the depends on the situation. If - for example - a girl breaks up with her boyfriend and he cries because of it, it would be seen as not mannish, or in the "worst case" as kind of gay. But when a person has to deal with the death of somebody important, then it is totally acceptable to cry. I'm not sure about eritrean/ethiopian culture, but I have noticed I never saw my father cry, except when his aunt died ( she raised him). I think in Ethiopian/Eritrean culture, men are not expected to cry because it's not seen as not a manly thing to do. I believe the only time it is acceptable is during deaths/funerals or even during weddings, like their daughter's wedding, and graduations (but those are happy tears not sad ones). I never saw my father cry either until his uncle died when I was like 12-13. The only other times, besides funerals, I've seen him cry was when I graduated from high school. He's probably going to do the same thing when I graduate from college too lol.
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