Why did my husband do this ?
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September 25th, 2011
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Yesterday my husband was having a bad day and he was very emotional. His parents came to visit and he went over and hugged them and he was crying his eyes out. He’s 37 years old. He’s a big cry baby. Why did he act like this ?
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You need to ask him this as only he can answer.
Welcome to Fluther. It’s really hard to say why he would act like that, but it sounds as if he is having emotional problems. You could talk to him and find out what is going on with him that is making him that way.
How could we possibly know the answer to this? I mean, you’re his spouse.
How long have you been married? Has he every done this before? How did they respond?
Maybe he was reverting to childhood for a second.
Perhaps all the stress that’s been building up inside of him just came crashing out, and because he dearly loves his parents and his parents love him, it was the most tangible way to soothe his over-stressed soul at the moment. Just because a person is married doesn’t mean he/she emotionally detaches from his parents. A person “should” continue to be emotionally close to his/her parents. Sure, a man and a woman may be married to each other and are deeply in love with one another, but they are still individual beings with connections to their original families. There is nothing shameful about that, no matter what the age or gender. It is not a reflection on the relationship you have with your husband.
How long has it been since he say them? Why and how was he having a bad day? By analyzing these questions and the answers to them, you might be able to figure it out.
Everyone breaks down every so often. It’s only human.
My husband is 35 and he cries when emotional. I would never ever call him a big crybaby though. Why beat him when he is down? And how much respect and support can you give when you call him names like that?
Obviously something is bothering him. I’d hope that you, as his spouse, would talk to him about it to see if there is anything you can do to help him get through whatever is going on right now. Has he had any major changes recently at work, at home, or with his health? What about any major changes with his family?
Welcome to Fluther! I agree with @MRSHINYSHOES my guess would also be stress but since we know very few details it really is hard to tell.
I also completely agree @keobooks : ( Personally I don’t understand why you are so upset about it. It sounds like he is the one in need of care and understanding here. Sometimes you just have to hold someone and let them know you are there for them. When he is ready he will tell you.
Welcome to Fluther.
We’d love to help. Really, we would. You should see some of the things we talk about here to help people with questions of all sorts. But there’s no way in hell we can know anything about your husband’s emotional reaction to what may have happened yesterday, anything that has gone on between his parents and him in his life, or anything that may have been said to him.
Come on; give us something we can work with here. Have you had any good erotic dreams lately? We absolutely love talking about them. And pancakes.
Way to toss it out there @CWOTUS LOL
If you truly want help, more information is needed : )
<—Has had several erotic dreams lately ; )
but no pancakes… or erotic dreams about/with pancakes…
@CWOTUS That’s like a newcomer fishing for trout but getting her to hook a blue marlin instead. Lol.
there are plenty of reasons why he may do this. I can speculate tons over it, but I have other villages to….
Please ask him. It may be something serious. It may be nothing. It may be low testosterone. Only you can help find out.
p.s. calling him a cry baby may not get you an open answer if you say that to him when you do ask.
Ask him…maybe he knows something you don’t.
Do you really find it that upsetting to see a man cry?
Being honest and expressive in one’s emotions doesn’t make someone a crybaby.
Your message really indicates a large problem, as yet unknown. That you have NO clue to the what the issue is IS part of the problem. Better find out by asking him and then ask yourself if you’ve helped or hurt him.
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