re: How many times have you seen your Dad or Grandpa cry?

I lost my 20 year old son to cancer this year. My dad was here when we decided to put my son into hospice. My dad knew that was the last time he was ever going to see him alive.
He broke down like I've never seen before
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Came close to a tear there. Sorry for loss brother

My Dad only once back in July when I had to go tell him my older brother had died from Covid. My Dad is 83 and in a nursing home. I knew it was coming and already made arrangements to go into the home to tell him when and if he passed. I walked into his room and he was sleeping. I woke him up and the first thing he told me was that he was having a dream that they let us into the Hospital to visit with my brother / his son. I then had to tell our Dad that he had passed away. I had never seen my Dad cry and I am tearing up just typing this. Toughest thing I have every done in my life.

Never saw it

My dad either. I didn’t cry at my dads funeral when i was 19. We just suck it up and die of heart attacks

My dad , recalling some events he went thru in Vietnam. Never talked much about it, but one night it all came out. Seemed to be the hardest on him was a small village hidden from sight right behind behind Charlie’s line during a fight. Civilian casualties included an infant that he discovered.
He cried as hard for that little one as If it was his own, thirty some odd years later.

Dad - 1 time, the day his lifelong best friend died

Never met either grandfather

3. Two of those were when we had to put down a dog.

Grandfather never.

Father. When I graduated from the eighth grade and received the award for "Most Outstanding Student in the School" He and I were named after my grandfather. My mother said it was the only time she had seen him cry.

Grandfather: never saw him cry he passed when I was 6. I never knew my moms dad as he had passed away before I was born.

My dad: twice once when my brother was diagnosed with testicular cancer when he was 17 (made a full recovery). Second time was when my parents dog passed away last year as they were thick as thieves and he passed away with my dad holding him in their front yard.

I find myself getting choked up at things that before children would have just brushed off, but having kids softens us I guess. I still won’t show it in front of anyone. I shed a few tears when my kids were born but I did it in private once everyone came into the room and I excused my self to go grab something to eat. I ugly cried when I put my Dog down two years ago when it was just her and myself in the room before they came in to administer the drugs. I had to excuse myself the next day when my son lost it that his dog wasn’t coming home and he didn’t have a dog anymore.

Zero times for either