Why do Women Cry?
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."
Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he asked God. He said, "God, why do women cry so easily?"
God said:
" When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.
I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.
I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."
"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
Why do Women Cry?
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The little boy , still wondering why women cry, finally asked the old wise shaikh. "He surely knows the answer", he thought.
"Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?"
He answered: "When Allah made the woman she had to be made so special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that comes from her children. He gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child hurts her very badly. He gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers."
"You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
The little boy got the answer and never asked the question again.
"Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?"
He answered: "When Allah made the woman she had to be made so special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that comes from her children. He gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child hurts her very badly. He gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers."
"You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
The little boy got the answer and never asked the question again.
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Lady Marguerite Blessington
A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head.
Margaret Thatcher
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Farrah Fawcett
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
Mae West
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Susan B. Anthony
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform.
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Women are the real architects of society.
A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head.
Margaret Thatcher
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Farrah Fawcett
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
Mae West
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Susan B. Anthony
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform.
Clare Booth Luce
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Women are the real architects of society.
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—Princess Diana
"You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do."
—Jane Fonda
"In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman."
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(British Politician)
"We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home."
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(Nobel Prize-winning medical physicist)
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"You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do."
—Jane Fonda
"In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman."
—Nancy Astor
(British Politician)
"We still live in a world in which a significant fraction of people, including women, believe that a woman belongs and wants to belong exclusively in the home."
—Rosalyn Sussman
(Nobel Prize-winning medical physicist)
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Sorry guys that wasn't me. I was in school looking through the forum I guess I had forgotten to sign off and close the screen so some one else had probably done this. I'm a women trust me I wouldn't disregard this forum.
Sorry once again!!
Sorry once again!!
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"lilchimpmunk" use your head a little. This forum is about women .......
Your posting is not in line and therefore should be deleted. Please do not mess and lets keep some discipline please.
Salim
Your posting is not in line and therefore should be deleted. Please do not mess and lets keep some discipline please.
Salim
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LOL! how am I to read your mind? The post shows your name and therefore I assume u posted it. How am I to know you did not log out! Some people are funny and will not use their heads before writing. Here is one example.lilchimpmunk wrote:"Salim" -- before u redicule some one know the facts!
Sorry guys that wasn't me. I was in school looking through the forum I guess I had forgotten to sign off and close the screen so some one else had probably done this. I'm a women trust me I wouldn't disregard this forum.
Sorry once again!!
Salim
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Anonymous wrote:LOL! how am I to read your mind? The post shows your name and therefore I assume u posted it. How am I to know you did not log out! Some people are funny and will not use their heads before writing. Here is one example.lilchimpmunk wrote:"Salim" -- before u redicule some one know the facts!
Sorry guys that wasn't me. I was in school looking through the forum I guess I had forgotten to sign off and close the screen so some one else had probably done this. I'm a women trust me I wouldn't disregard this forum.
Sorry once again!!
Salim
For sure and the name is funny too!
"When you want to cry"
Muriel had worked for Mike six years and was dreading talking to him about how their suppliers were treating her. But what she dreaded most was that she was afraid she would cry when she told him.
"I'm very hurt by this and I know I'll cry. He won't like it if I cry," she said as tears rolled down her cheeks. "There's no room for crying in business."
Women sit in my office and cry all the time. They profusely apologize for reacting in a way that's as natural as sneezing as I offer the box of tissues I keep handy for these occasions.
They cry when they tell me about one disappointing job after another in their careers. The promotions they didn't get. Ways they were ignored, undermined, taken advantage of or misunderstood. Bosses who berate them. People who have belittled them or men who touched them inappropriately.
Many refuse to talk with their bosses about issues that should be addressed saying, "I can't cry in front of my boss...he won't respect me. He won't take me seriously. Why can't I talk to my boss without crying?" they've asked as they are crying about the very issue that's deeply troubling them.
Most every woman I know has cried at work (even if it's in the bathroom.) And as natural as it is for the tears to fall from their eyes when they are hurt, sad or scared, with it comes this terrible distress about not wanting to cry. The distress over not wanting to cry seems to be as bad as the issue they're crying over. It's like shining a spot light on the very thing they don't want to be seen as in business: Vulnerable, too sensitive, can't take it. Or as in the case of this latest cry, not wanting to make a man feel uncomfortable. And boy are men uncomfortable.
Men tell me they're, well, mortified when women cry. "You feel badly," described one man. "But I don't know what to do. Your initial reaction is to want to comfort someone. But doing that could be inappropriate. If you don't react, they might think you're an insensitive SOB. How do you react to a woman crying in a business setting? Beats me. As a guy, you're just doomed."
Many men are uncomfortable criticizing or questioning a women because that's when women have cried in their presence. "I've asked a women if she followed up on something or why it didn't go right and she'd cry," one man explained. "I think they worry that others will see them as incompetent."
Some men dislike crying because it arouses suspicion. "I've seen women cry as a tactic to get their way," another man said.
Tears at work also seem to be a foreign reaction for men. When things aren't going right men tend to get angry. "I had a boss who made my life difficult," a male marketing manager told me. "I had two options: punch him out or walk away. So I left the room. Did I cry? Of course not. I was just mad as hell."
Men suggest that "they should come back and talk later when they're not so emotional, so we can have a rational conversation." Not bad advice. But even after you've gone away to get more insight and discussed it with a trusted adviser, you can have a productive conversation and still need to shed some tears.
Bottom line, men and women seem to be wired differently and react differently to fear, indifference, failure and frustration. Seems to me, that's just the way it is. And after all this, if you're still wondering how you stop from crying, beats me. I'm a woman. Guess we're all doomed.
© by Andrea Kay
Muriel had worked for Mike six years and was dreading talking to him about how their suppliers were treating her. But what she dreaded most was that she was afraid she would cry when she told him.
"I'm very hurt by this and I know I'll cry. He won't like it if I cry," she said as tears rolled down her cheeks. "There's no room for crying in business."
Women sit in my office and cry all the time. They profusely apologize for reacting in a way that's as natural as sneezing as I offer the box of tissues I keep handy for these occasions.
They cry when they tell me about one disappointing job after another in their careers. The promotions they didn't get. Ways they were ignored, undermined, taken advantage of or misunderstood. Bosses who berate them. People who have belittled them or men who touched them inappropriately.
Many refuse to talk with their bosses about issues that should be addressed saying, "I can't cry in front of my boss...he won't respect me. He won't take me seriously. Why can't I talk to my boss without crying?" they've asked as they are crying about the very issue that's deeply troubling them.
Most every woman I know has cried at work (even if it's in the bathroom.) And as natural as it is for the tears to fall from their eyes when they are hurt, sad or scared, with it comes this terrible distress about not wanting to cry. The distress over not wanting to cry seems to be as bad as the issue they're crying over. It's like shining a spot light on the very thing they don't want to be seen as in business: Vulnerable, too sensitive, can't take it. Or as in the case of this latest cry, not wanting to make a man feel uncomfortable. And boy are men uncomfortable.
Men tell me they're, well, mortified when women cry. "You feel badly," described one man. "But I don't know what to do. Your initial reaction is to want to comfort someone. But doing that could be inappropriate. If you don't react, they might think you're an insensitive SOB. How do you react to a woman crying in a business setting? Beats me. As a guy, you're just doomed."
Many men are uncomfortable criticizing or questioning a women because that's when women have cried in their presence. "I've asked a women if she followed up on something or why it didn't go right and she'd cry," one man explained. "I think they worry that others will see them as incompetent."
Some men dislike crying because it arouses suspicion. "I've seen women cry as a tactic to get their way," another man said.
Tears at work also seem to be a foreign reaction for men. When things aren't going right men tend to get angry. "I had a boss who made my life difficult," a male marketing manager told me. "I had two options: punch him out or walk away. So I left the room. Did I cry? Of course not. I was just mad as hell."
Men suggest that "they should come back and talk later when they're not so emotional, so we can have a rational conversation." Not bad advice. But even after you've gone away to get more insight and discussed it with a trusted adviser, you can have a productive conversation and still need to shed some tears.
Bottom line, men and women seem to be wired differently and react differently to fear, indifference, failure and frustration. Seems to me, that's just the way it is. And after all this, if you're still wondering how you stop from crying, beats me. I'm a woman. Guess we're all doomed.
© by Andrea Kay
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Mother Calling
by Rajeshwari Hemmadi
My open arms and my smile
Calling you, come, apple of my eye
Remember? My lap was your playground
For us, it was sweet bliss found
But with passing time, your play became a fight
You thought me as your enemy and hated even my sight
You forgot, you will always be part of me
Very much like these naughty waves are of the sea
Your enemy is nothing but just a game of your mind
Only you are against yourself, you�ll find
Just leave this self-infliction, Listen to my call
Pained I am immensely by your fall
Come close and look at me, My dear child
Hey, I am your own mother and not an enemy wild
Nature is just my name
But still your loving mother, I am the same
Come my child, come on my lap again
In my love, sheer bliss, you�ll regain
by Rajeshwari Hemmadi
My open arms and my smile
Calling you, come, apple of my eye
Remember? My lap was your playground
For us, it was sweet bliss found
But with passing time, your play became a fight
You thought me as your enemy and hated even my sight
You forgot, you will always be part of me
Very much like these naughty waves are of the sea
Your enemy is nothing but just a game of your mind
Only you are against yourself, you�ll find
Just leave this self-infliction, Listen to my call
Pained I am immensely by your fall
Come close and look at me, My dear child
Hey, I am your own mother and not an enemy wild
Nature is just my name
But still your loving mother, I am the same
Come my child, come on my lap again
In my love, sheer bliss, you�ll regain