Men are often labeled as weak when they express their emotions through tears. Society keeps pushing the idea that “men don’t cry.” I find this mindset pathetic because men are human too, and they feel pain just like everyone else.
One of the most vulnerable moments in a man’s life is when he is heartbroken. It can break him so deeply that even a grown man will cry.
Sometime in 2025, I received a call from my street brother early in the morning. He called to pour out his mind because he was losing it. He had just found out that his girlfriend was cheating on him.
Even though she cheated, he was not ready to let her go. The only thing I could do was comfort him. He was literally crying, telling me everything he had done for her and how she could do such a thing to him.
I knew both of them right from when the relationship started. In fact, I knew how their love story began because he carried me along from the very beginning. It was when he moved to another state with her that I became outdated on what was going on between them.
That was the first time I ever saw my street brother cry, even though I had known him for over 10 years. Heartbreak can break a man in ways nothing else can. It is one of those moments when even men need comfort. One of our most vulnerable moments.
The two of them are still together to this day, and I don’t blame him. He is one of those people who made me believe that some men truly forgive cheating. I personally can’t and would never forgive my partner for cheating on me, and this is not just hearsay. It has happened to me.
Sometime in 2016, my girlfriend cheated on me, and I found out through her social media account. I was hurt and broken.
In fact, I was miserable for weeks. It led to our breakup, but the memories lingered. Someone who knew both of us tried to settle the fight and get us back together, which somehow worked. However, the love was already gone. Even after we got back together, things were not the same as before. Silence eventually broke us up again. My heart was ready to forgive her, but my mind and spirit kept remembering the betrayal, and that created a barrier between us.
During that time, I cried, but no one knew what I was going through. People say men must always be strong. I even turned to alcohol just to make the memories and pain go away, but alcohol is only a temporary escape. Once I became sober, all the memories and pain came flooding back.
I survived it. No one knew I cried, but maybe I could have found someone to comfort me like my street brother did.
I realized he didn’t need my advice; he just needed someone to pour his heart out to and be comforted, which was exactly what I did, with just a little advice
Men feel deeply. Society just teaches us to suffer in silence.
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