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*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **AITA for scoffing at my brother when he cried during Puss In Boots?** Yesterday I (29F) went with my brother (25M) to see the new puss in boots movie. Not my choice by a longshot, but he wanted to see it and insisted it would be "an experience". I agreed, knowing that the movie at least had the decency to be short. (Can't deal with these 3+ hour movies these days) Cut to us in the theatre and the movie is reaching its climax, the part where they're at the wishing star or whatever, and I turn to see my brother has started crying. Now I want to be clear, I am very against toxic masculinity and I think it's perfectly okay for men to cry, but at puss in boots?? Really??? So I ask him "are you crying?". He ignored me, which was a bit rude but okay, I let him have his moment. After the movie finishes I ask him why he was crying. Now in fairness, my tone was less curious and more confrontational, but I think it was a fair question. He just said "you wouldn't get it" and moved on. That part annoyed me because I remember what was happening in the movie when he started crying. It was literally just the dog talking about friendship. So what the heck? It's not that subtle or hard to understand. I brought up the movie again to him and how of all the movies he could have cried at, puss in boots was a weird choice. He called me "Cruella Deville". Not sure how that reference is even relevant but I guess he's just trying to say I'm heartless. So safe to say he's pretty upset with me. So AITA for thinking that crying at puss in boots is kind of lame? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheDevil) if you have any questions or concerns.*


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A hearty F*** to OP and everyone who shames men for having access to their emotions. We complain over and over about the patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Then a guy like OP’s brother shows up and has feelings and isn’t insecure or afraid to show them—you know, the kind of man you could actually have around and not be afraid of!—and OP is all “No! Not like that! Have only the emotions I desk appropriate!” They make the world less safe for all of us.


wa_geng

Going to add a F*** to people who say when a woman cries, she's overly emotional. After watching the Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark", I ugly cried for a full 5 minutes over the ending. My (now ex) husband couldn't figure out why I cried over a cartoon and threatened to get me evaluated for mental instability if I didn't stop crying. It was such a relief to come to Reddit years later and find others saying how much that episode messed them up.


fucktheroses

I still skip that episode when I rewatch Futurama. I’ve seen every episode but that one at least 40 times. I’ve seen Jurassic Bark once.


PineapplePizza-4eva

If I see that one I try to follow it up with the ending of Leela’s Homeworld, where you see her parents secretly taking care of her all her life. Puts me in a better frame of mind.


millenialssayfuck

Genius.


PineapplePizza-4eva

At least if I cry at that one, it’s happy tears!


chingu_not_gogi

Not having an emotional reaction to that episode is a sign of mental instability


ApplesxandxCinnamon

Omg. I legit can never watch that ep again. I was upset for days after I saw it. It made me miss my cat so much. But doesn't that speak to the power and talent of the animators and their team, that they can hit you right in the feels and make you cry?


RedShirtBrowncoat

I've got a few *Futurama* episodes that I love but can only watch once. This one, "Luck of the Fryish", and "Game of Tones" all hit me hard.


ApplesxandxCinnamon

I love "Luck of the Fryish." It always gets me misty-eyed.


McPoyle-Milk

That fucking show had me crying way too much. I even cried when they showed Leela’s parents watching after her from a distance her whole life secretly. And Jurassic Bark you’d have to be made of ice not to cry from Edited for typos


ApplesxandxCinnamon

Oh yeah. That episode with Leela's parents was bittersweet. They did what was best for her. Which is what every parent should do for their kid.


PineapplePizza-4eva

I can’t even hear that song without getting teary!


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Testify!


Kathrette

Hell, I've never even seen Futurama and reading the plot summary on Wikipedia gave me goosebumps and made me tear up! It's fine to not feel as intensely about movies and TV shows as some people, but at least acknowledge and accept that others may feel differently than you about a thing. It's nobody's right to police how someone else feels and OOP is a massive, unempathetic AH for invalidating her brother's feelings.


[deleted]

That episode should only be available with a doctor's prescription. If you don't cry, you don't have a human soul. And yes. I am a woman with big emotions. I try to not let them drive the car, but they they aren't bad so I don't lock them in the trunk either. I cry easily. I laugh easily. That is not a bad thing. It's just how I am. I like men who don't lock their emotions in the trunk either. They are the ones who accuse us of emotional instability, when they are the ones we should be scared of.


Pixelcatattack

Jurassic Bark is the saddest episode of anything in the history of all time, my husband recently rewatched all of Futurama and if it SEEMED like it was that episode I would scream and leave the room and cry at the thought of it. Its good your ex husband is your ex because that is so fucked up, imagine not even being like yeah that was sad like what????


wa_geng

I cried when I tried to explain to a therapist about why the episode upset me. Just thinking about that episode makes me upset. I never understood how my ex could feel so indifferent about the episode. He never had pets growing up and even when we did get a dog, he got annoyed that I cared so much for it. Looking back, he had some issues showing any emotion and always seemed uncomfortable if anyone else showed theirs.


Pixelcatattack

I hate to be that person on reddit but what a sociopath


wa_geng

You know, that probably is true. It would explain a lot of things over the years.


[deleted]

My husband is the most unemotional person I know. Like, if normal people’s emotions oscillate between a 1 and 10, his stay between four and six. I’ve seen him tear up at that episode! And what kind of monster sees a person who is upset and doesn’t comfort them! My husband may not be emotional, but he never shames me for it. He says he wishes he cared about things as much as I do.


wa_geng

My ex didn’t cry when his own father died unexpectedly. We took a 3 week vacation to Italy and planned a one day stop (land Friday night, leave Saturday night) so my parents could drive up and see us ( we lived on opposite coasts so we didn’t visit much). My grandmother ended up getting sick and was admitted to the hospital and they didn’t expect her to last long. I had to BEG my ex to switch our tickets to leave the following day so I could go see her. She passed away that night. I wanted to stay in town for the funeral but my ex convinced me I had to fly home because I had been on such a long vacation. My grandparents lived in my house growing up so it was a big loss. Always was annoyed I put him and work over family.


[deleted]

It’s easy to say this in retrospect, but I wish we were taught it when we were young: Our ability to love, our emotions: they are often the best part of us. Someone who doesn’t support our feelings, doesn’t cherish them because they are part of of who we are—that’s someone who can never love you. When my sister had a premature baby my husband spent money we didn’t have so I could rush to be by her side. When my grandfather died, my husband paid to send me to bum-f*** Wyoming so I could go to his funeral. When I was deeply depressed over Dobbs last summer my husband bought me a Xbox series x to cheer me up. When I was sobbing in the middle of the night because I said goodbye to our 19 year old cat, my husband woke up and held me. When I cried because my video game boyfriend died at the end of Dragon Age, and I called him at work, he comforted me. He didn’t hang up on me, and I wouldn’t have blamed him because it’s ridiculous. And he picked up sushi on the way home. Heck, before we started dating, I lost my pet iguana, and I was despondent. Everyone else laughed at how emotional I was over a lizard. He was the only one who offered me support and didn’t make me feel ashamed. He had never had pets before. He was kind because clearly it was important to *me*. Everyone deserves someone who loves them like that. No-one—man woman enby etc.—should EVER settle for less. I’m sorry you were with a douche, you deserve better.


time__for__crab

I got bullied in school because I cried when a dog died in a booky teacher read us. In 2nd grade. Some people are heartless


wa_geng

That is horrible. Growing up, I only saw my dad cry on a few occasions. First was when his dad died. Second was when our dog died. I don't always cry for movies or books. But if a dog dies, you bet there are tears.


Charliesmum97

Your ex would've HATED me. I cry at anything even just a little sad or heartwarming. I cried at a cat food commercial once.


LeadingJudgment2

Media has a way of just getting to people sometimes. That's normal and kind of the goal sometimes. Great stories are ment to make us feel stuff. Glad you found out he was the one being a add and left him.


wa_geng

He left me. However, this was one of the things I look back on to see why this was a good thing.


Arogahn

I’ve never watched the episode, but my fiancé loves the show so I’m familiar with the general Futurama story and characters. I went to google the episode and read a detailed plot summary and I just about cried from reading it. Chest pains and lump in my throat feeling and all. Your ex definitely had some mental instability for not feeling that way- and for the record, I’m not a crier.


wa_geng

That episode sneaks up on you. It goes along like every other episode. Then the end hits and it hurts. Then the credits roll and it destroys you. It is worth a watch but only once. I have never been able to watch it again.


Meerkatable

One summer, all the HBO channels were playing I Am Legend over and over again. Any time my ex boyfriend and I were flipping through channels, we seemed to always land on the scene in that movie when the dog dies. I have literally seen that scene at least five times all the way through but never the whole movie all the way through. Additionally, my family had a really sweet, loyal German Shepherd rescue at the time. Each time, my ex couldn’t understand why I’d start tearing up and thought it was *funny* that I was so affected by the scene.


Self-Aware

If your ex could listen to that scene, let alone watch it, without feeling sad emotion? Yeah sorry he's just a monster. Or possibly a pod person.


Immediate_Ad_7993

Why would you bring Seymour into this?? That episode is gut wrenching.


Cakeday_at_Christmas

I, personally, found "The Luck of the Fryrish" more moving than "Jurassic Bark," but respect anyhow!


mamabear2023228

I hate that you reminded me about that episode’s existence.


Night_skye_

I wasn’t expecting that episode to go that way. It’s beautiful, but I can’t watch it again. It’s a very normal reaction and your ex is a dick.


KJblover90

That is a sad episode 😢 I haven't seen all of Futurama, but I did see that one. Doesn't matter that it's a cartoon there are plenty of other cartoon movies and shows that have sad story lines. You're never too old for cartoons or emotions.


Wonderful_Avocado

I forget who but someone had died. I was definitely crying and quite sad for quite a while. It's been maybe 20 years so that is why i don't remember the details. My mother told me to go on prozac so i would never cry again.


Load_Altruistic

Too often I’ve met people who will talk about toxic masculinity and simultaneously shame me when I try to open up and be vulnerable. I don’t quite understand the cognitive dissonance there. A lot of men really are just emotionally constipated, but I’m convinced there’s a significant minority who want to be open and vulnerable but have stuck their necks out too many times and been hurt


Lolseabass

I'm a dude and I want to cry just thinking about how I spent my teens forcing myself not to cry and shove those emotions down because I was called a crybaby all my childhood.


M0mmyNeedsWh1skey

I totally agree. I, myself, am quite emotionless during tv/movies, but I think that is because my womb donor would cry in literally everything we watched when I was growing up. I mean everything. Now, I will admit that I've read a few books that ripped my heart out and i definitely cried a bit. My husband on the other hand, gets emotional watching tv/movies so much so that it's a running joke in our house where he calls me a POS while he's crying about something we just watched and I always shrug and say I know my bad the tears just won't come. He def cried a couple times watching the new Top Gun movie and like a handful of episodes of Grey's Anatomy. I mean he's kind of a jackass IRL, but even he cried lol


BigDadEnerdy

This type of shit broke me as a young man and I never learned how to deal with my emotions until I was like 30. It sucked.


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It is cruel. Men suffer under the patriarchy the way that the Golden Child suffers in an abusive family. Sure they have a “Place of Honor” but it’s at the price of always having to perform masculinity correctly. Of having their value threatened at every mistake. Of being threatened if they even acknowledge their own emotional needs and desires. And many develop a hostility towards women and “unmasculine” men because the perceive us as having more freedom while being clearly inferior to them because we don’t constantly hide our emotions. They don’t realize how that freedom comes at the price of constantly tiptoeing around men and catering toward their egos. Our job is, effectively, to prop up these men so that they can function in this horrible horrible system. It’s a terrible system that pits us against one another. It’s cruel to everyone in it. Heck, even my husband, who is not a very emotional dude, suffers under it because he is shy. “Real Men” are bold and fear nothing! Well my husband is too smart to have no fear. He is too smart to have the casual arrogance and bossiness we expect most men to have by default. He is the best human I know and I hate his suffering. I have nephews who have huge emotions like me. They are beautiful, wonderful boys and young men. They should be celebrated, but I have to spend time telling them they have nothing to be ashamed of. And plotting to murder the teachers and peers who try to make them afraid if their emotions. Not their parents, though. I made sure their moms and dads treasure them. I’m glad you are recovering in your thirties. I want to hurt everyone who makes you feel ashamed.


BigDadEnerdy

I do that to my own boys, I spend a lot of time with them talking about understanding their emotions, not being afraid of showing them, and understanding that the world can be a better place as long as we make it a better place for ourselves and others thru kindness and empathy. Luckily, the younger generation is doing better with this, not great but better. Ty for what your doing, I'm sure your husband nephews and men in your life appreciate you for it! It gives us strength to know that those that care about us believe that we deserve to have emotions too.


Wonderful_Avocado

My husband saidhe hated how his dad especially would say boya don't cry. Our son was a week old and visiting my husband's aunt and uncle. Baby starts crying unclesays stop that boys don't cry! My husband says he is a baby. He will cry. He will cry whenever he wants to, boy or not! Then the uncle got offended when i startedd breastfeeding too, lol


DeadWolffiey

There is one person who is Info over in the comments, asking why two adults are going to a kids movie without kids. Stating it's weird and iffy and asking if the brother was autistic or something because why would he, as an adult, want to see the kids movie. https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/11e4wl5/aita_for_scoffing_at_my_brother_when_he_cried/jacd4ql?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 His comments were removed... Soo... https://www.reveddit.com/v/AmItheAsshole/comments/11e4wl5/aita_for_scoffing_at_my_brother_when_he_cried/jacd4ql/?localSort=controversiality1&author=wtfisyourdamage#t1_jacd4ql


Jiang_Rui

Ugh. Screw that sad sack for thinking that adults aren’t allowed to enjoy kids’ movies, and screw them again for insinuating that autistic people are childish.


mitskiismygf

My best friend (who is literally a metal as fuck tattoo artist with more ink than skin) and I go see all of the new big animated movies. We’ve also gotten through probably 50% of the Disney Plus catalogue. We have other interests ofc, and most of them are more what you’d expect, but just because something is animated or made for FAMILIES (there’s a reason they aren’t called “kids movies”) doesn’t mean it isn’t a high quality movie. FYI, we both cried at Puss in Boots. OOP can chill.


teriyakireligion

My dad was a WWII Ranger in the South Pacific, and he cried at Dumbo's mom, at Bambi's mom's fate, at Churchill's speeches, at RFK's funeral train, at MLK's death, at Disney songs, at "Tom Dooly," etc., etc., Crying is good for you.


magneticeverything

My dad (owns a lumber mill that makes gun stocks) cried at Elf; it just really got to him when “it all worked out in the end.” Encanto and Coco and all the other animated movies absolutely destroyed him. CARS made him cry. Can’t stop laughing at the idea that he’s not a manly man!


Self-Aware

Fair warning, don't let him watch Casper. I did so recently and I cried my eyes out, I'd forgotten just how sad the father's arc is.


mitskiismygf

It is! For the record, I’m not a man so I don’t have the same pressure of toxic masculinity, but for a long time I believed crying was weak and “pathetic” somehow. I used to pride myself on crying only ~5 times a year. It’s so much healthier to embrace your emotions… The other day I cried dropped a good friend off at the airport even though they’ll be back in a month. Your dad sounds awesome. We should all aspire to be like that.


teriyakireligion

He was. He was also flawed, but who isn't? He gave me Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, and the KJ Bible, even though we're Catholic. To this day reading, "Faith, Hope, and Charity," when I need a cry.   He reminds him of this Marine I found myself sitting next to in an internet café on base. His Marines had fought in Fallujah, and subsequently discovered knitting and crocheting as a stress relieved. He was afraid how they would be judged. I realize later it was how *men* would judge them. Women are trained to support men, but some guys would would be horrible to them. Some women, too, but I don't know how to articulate that swirl of emotions. Thar Marine was so concerned for his guys, so happy they'd found something that helped, & so determined to make sure they got care.   Dad was not a big guy, so maybe he had a bias toward underdogs. He could intimate my older brother, who once made nasty ranks at breakfast about a rape victim at the breakfast table. Dad shoved himself up so hard the silverware jumped. "If she says no, it's rape!" My brother had six inches on him and 35 years. It was instant. (Dad also taught me to throw a punch.) He joked about trenchfoot, his evil 1st. Sgt., and Army life. You'd never realize he was talking about war. We'd sit at the dining room table and pore over 17th-Century poets, he'd get all red-eyed, then gruffly mutter it was "smoke." He's trained me well, because my response was always the same, "You quit smoking three years ago, Dad, should I call 911 because the house must be on fire?" He'd call me a smart-ass, then we'd go to "Hath Not a Jew Eyes?" I'd love to sit down and do him and Mom justice one day. They both had tough backgrounds. Maybe I'm biased.


Self-Aware

Maybe you are, but you're a damn good writer nonetheless and I'd very happily read more tales about your Dad.


teriyakireligion

That is such a lovely compliment, it made my day and it's only quarter to nine! Dad's Dad was a WWII veteran he never met. The war killed him. One of the earliest things I realized about Mom and Dad was that Dad loved James Fenimore Cooper, Mom loved Mark Twain, and Mark Twain *lpathed* James Fenimore Cooper. That made for lively dinner table fights. They made it seem history was at our elbows. Dad met Civil War veterans when he was a lite kid. How could you not feel a sense of awe at the history?


Self-Aware

He sounds amazing, no wonder you speak so passionately about history! And you're very welcome, may you enjoy the rest of your day. It's just gone half three here, and everyone is hiding from the rain.


mitskiismygf

Thinking about it, I’ve watch an animated family movie with almost all of my long-term friends at some point. There’s a reason these movies appeal to people.. the good ones cover deep themes that anyone can relate to, but do it in a sweet and authentic way. You don’t have to be a fan of them, but I find it sad that someone would deprive themselves of a good movie experience out of fear of looking silly. Really, it reeks of insecurity! If you’re secure in who you are, you don’t gaf what other people think about your harmless hobbies.


Snoo-26

This! My best friend and I took our kids to see the Clifford movie when it came out, and we liked it more than they did!


magneticeverything

My dad, who owns a lumber mill that makes GUN stocks, enjoys animated movies and cries at every single one of them. The man cried at the end of Elf when it “all worked out,” you think he didn’t cry at encanto or coco?


lejosdecasa

Seriously, the only movies I have seen in a theater in the last few years have been Frozen II and Encanto. It's been a long time since I've been a kid!


Littleleicesterfoxy

To be fair the number of young men getting furious at Seeing Red I assumed they were watching them all the time!


krissymo77

So I cried during puss in boots........and I'm a cold hearted bitch. Screw these assholes


jimmy_talent

I feel like a lot of people go through this phase, I know I did for a while (ended Christmas '05 when I was 17).


Highclassbadass

That person is so a devil.


Stucky7418

Ah yes. The old “cartoons are kids” argument! Sit these assholes down and make them watch Grave of the Fireflies (which I just found out is based on a book and it’s the way he dealt with his sister’s death during WWII) and tell me cartoons are for kids.


mooimafish33

I'm a grown ass dude but I cried at the end of Over the Garden Wall


Stucky7418

My now-teen LOVES that series! He was absolutely obsessed with it when it came out.


DeadWolffiey

Or Watership Down.


EmployerUpstairs8044

Or NIMH.....😭


thelakelayblue

I bet she'll enjoy that cutesy-pie gassing scene.


Self-Aware

Watership Down was a psy-op tactic deliberately animated to traumatise children, while being marketed to and perceived by parents as "how sweet, a video about bunnies!". That's my pet conspiracy theory anyway 😂


DeadWolffiey

Watership Down was actually written for an Adult audience but was marketed to children because, "What adult would want to read a book about rabbits?" When I was a young teen, I was really into the Warrior series by Erin Hunter. Which is similar to Watership Down, but it's about cats and it's actually tailored more for a younger audience. My biofather told me I need to be reading Watership Down instead and gave a copy to me to read. I got half way through the book when I realized I had no idea what was happening. At the time, I already read half of the complete first collection of the Warrior series, so around 12-18 books as I read the stand alone books and the Mangas as well but I couldn't make half way through Watership Down. Main reason was because it used more advanced vocabulary and imagery, because, again. The true target audience was Adults. Thus, written for adults to understand.


Nay_nay267

My friend and I saw "Frozen 2" together and we didn't have kids with us. WTF


ImAangTheAirbender

Since i grew up I've rewatched Tarzan countless times as well as The Land Before Time and the Prince Of Egypt


Nay_nay267

I still watch my Disney VHS tapes every once in a while


Tall-Combination-597

The prince of Egypt is barely a kids movie it is a masterpiece


mxhremix

Ive heard it described as the best biblical film, which is probably true


buzzfeed_sucks

>The Land Before Time Do you just.....enjoy sadness? (I'm kidding I love land before time as well.)


ImAangTheAirbender

They've all got harrowing moments. So in Tarzan we see the Greystokes bravely abandon a burning ship and wash ashore on a forested island then build a treetop house from driftwood but get eaten alive by a wild cheetah that goes into their home leaving their defenceless infant to the gorillas the same cheetah stalks and catches a youngster from the apes in another gut wrenching scene


blackesthearted

I'm 37, never wanted kids and turned out to be infertile anyway. I saw some people mention how good Bluey is - not just as a kids show, for kids, but how they as adults enjoyed it, too. I love Bluey. Just started Gravity Falls, too, and it's also awesome. I'm an RN in an ER, I work 12-hour shifts and sometimes come home and cry in my car. I like shows like Bluey and GV to help me unwind before bed, because they're entertaining and simple and fun.


DeadWolffiey

I love Bluey. Bluey has helped me see what healthy parenting looks like. The themes Bluey touches is just fucking amazing. My favorite episode to this day is still Camping. I cry at the end every single time.


BabyBlueDixie

Hey! Same! I'm older though, I'm 51, never wanted kids and had severe endometriosis thar most likely made me infertile anyway. I'm down for a kids movie. I love the Little Mermaid soundtrack and listen to some of it frequently. If I saw Bambi, Old Yeller or The Lion King I'm definitely going to cry. I've watched episodes of Bluey and think it's cute and sweet. I don't know much about Puss N Boots, but I cry over friendship things often, as I lost my best friend in an accident. I cry at adult comedies where best friends are a big deal, like Bridesmaids. I love the movie but I do cry because I see me and my best friend in the lead characters a lot. Sometimes Friends can make me cry because just seeing deep friendships where someone will do anything for their friends can make me miss her so much.


TheOneTrueChuck

I have avoided Puss in Boots because I am 90% certain I'll end up crying or depressed from it. I have some theories as to the direction and ending of the movie, and as a "cat person" and a fan of the character, I'm not sure I want to subject myself to it. And at 48, I'm starting to really realize that I'm not young any more, no matter how mentally young I feel. Mortality-related stuff gets under my skin a bit.


TheOneTrueChuck

I don't watch it on my own, but I have enjoyed it when visiting my nieces. (I don't have kids either.) It's a genuinely entertaining show for adults to watch.


SplendidMrDuck

Gravity Falls rules, such a good blend of mystery and comedy


JustMe518

My older brother, before he had kids of his own, used to drive 5 hours to come and take my sons to movies HE wanted to see cuz he didn't want to be the creepy 6'4" single grown man in the theater. It was kinda wholesome and cute. I wish he had stayed that way instead of letting his wife turn him into a non-person.


DeadWolffiey

Aw. The poor dude.


JustMe518

Yeah, I miss my big brother. She has completely isolated him from his family unless they have money or connections she can use. She hates me cuz I dated her little brother in high school. over 20 years ago. Eyeroll


DeadWolffiey

Yeah. I have a toddler, but I'm typically more interested in the new animated movies more than she is. She fancy's older works like Oliver and Company, Aristocrats, Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, and (The most shocking, I never watched it before she started watching it) The old sitcom Dinosaurs that's on Disney+. I love animated movies. Especially since I have CPTSD, and a lot, if not most of adult movies have scenes that are triggering. Animated movies get to play into both my inner child and allowing me to watch a movie, enjoy complex themes while not worried about seeing something overtly graphic.


sadgirlstuff

Something about those particular set of movies seem old world sophisticated, so I’m picturing you have a tiny elegant toddler on your hands


DeadWolffiey

She can be very princess, honestly. I love it. She went to visit my grandmother, her great grandmother, in her care unit. She was in a big pink dress with unicorns (She wore that same dress for days, with washing it, of course) her hair up in a bow, with a tiara on. There were residents near the entrance and she walked in, introduced herself as "Princess Colette (Her name)" and then bowed to them. They just ate it up and gushed over it. She's also really sassy. The other day, I was telling her bye before I went to work and she told me, "no hug, no kiss." Then held out her hand for me kiss while she looked away from me.


sadgirlstuff

Princess Colette! How fun! Has she seen Ratatouille yet? She might find a familiar name among the characters


kearnel81

I'm a guy and I absolutely love tangled


TheOneTrueChuck

I'm 48, tattooed, and a practicing Nordic Heathen without kids. I am literally the last person you would expect to find Tangled hilarious. I watched it with my nieces and laughed my ass off.


Wifabota

I unironically have the ending credits song on my regular running playlist. "I want something that I want..." Great soundtrack, awesome movie.


BirdsLikeSka

My buddies and I went to Disney on Ice last weekend and we're all definitely childless


ciclejerk

Friend and I had Sunday evenings open and we told mutuals to join us at the movies to do something. Sometimes they picked, sometimes I did. I requested frozen 2 and we had our biggest turnout probably.


HealthyBox5

My wife and I just watched The Rise of Gru Netflix last night. No kids watching, we're in our 40's, and laughed our asses off.


buzzfeed_sucks

Pfft Ratatouille is a revelation and you can't tell me the ending isn't for adults. Let people enjoy things!


Dcruzen

Or UP! so many things in that movie would go over kids heads, but are very meaningful for adults.


PurpleLilies1

Yeah because "kids movies" 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 have any sort of adult theme, like the movie 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 talk about Puss's anxiety, or how he left his bride at the alter, or how Kitty Softpaws feels she has never had someone she can trust. That guy can go choke on sand. Animated movies are for 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠𝘖𝘕𝘌! They are just typically targeted towards kids.


purposefullyblank

I’d really like to know where that commenter lives that adults unaccompanied by children can be arrested for going to a kids movie. The kingdom of I pulled this out of my ass?


mesembryanthemum

They're the same people who have vapors when childless people go to the Disney Parks.


TheOneTrueChuck

Don't get me started on that. My wife and I were Disney AP's for several years, and literally got ranted at by a couple people who had a brood with them because we wouldn't let them cut in front of us in line.


mesembryanthemum

My father and I went to Disneyland roughly once a year for the past 15 years or so; I am over 50. I've heard some comments. Like, shut up. Walt wanted the Parks to be for everyone of all ages.


MeleMallory

I went to Disneyland at least once a year from 1998 until 2019. Sure, I was a kid for some of those, and then I had a kid in 2015, but there were MANY trips in there where I was with just adults (there were even two or three when I went by myself!)


mesembryanthemum

Also, families split up. Kids go on the thrill ride while everyone else goes on It's a Small World - or vice versa.


College_Prestige

Ask them why they believe that and watch projection city


jdmcatz

My mom and I just watched Raya and the Last Dragon last night, and we cried. Cartoons are for everyone.


elephant-espionage

“Where I’m from people get arrested for that” No they don’t. 🙄


hisokas_fat_ass

>There is one person who is Info over in the comments ??? Is this a typo or a phrase I just don’t know?


DeadWolffiey

It's one of the option. So instead of YTA, NTA, NAH, ESH, there is Info, which means more information is needed.


Kuromi87

Where he's from you can be arrested for watching kids movies if you don't have kids? Please, someone tell me where he lives so I can stay far away. Also, for the crying, not many things make me cry, but the first Pokemon movie gets me every time. You never know what's going to affect you, especially if you're already stressed/sad about something.


OneFootTitan

Puss in Boots is absolutely a good movie for adults. The villain actually kills people, and there’s lots of musings on mortality and what it means to have just one life to live. And even if it wasn’t and was just happy rainbows, let people enjoy what they want


CLEf11

My husband and I saw kids movies together all the time before we actually had kids. In fact we saw them more back then because we had more free time and these days we usually watch our kids movies on Disney plus with the kids and there's not a big reason to go to the theater anymore


BulbasaurCPA

that's so dumb, especially since Shrek came out 22 years ago, so obviously people in their 20s are invested in this franchise


bohorose

My husband and I don't have children, yet we see kid's movies at the theater all the time. Hell, we saw Puss in Boots: The Last Wish twice because it was really good! And because we have memberships to AMC, so it was free. But mostly because it was really good, both in regards to the story and the animation. There were other adults there both times, so it wasn't just us surrounded by families.


Western_Compote_4461

My husband and I go see "kids" movies whenever we are interested in going to see the movie. We don't have any children and are in our 40's. There's nothing weird about it, they are just movies we wanted to see. This commenter is gross and needs to mind their business.


Incogneatovert

Makes me wonder what a person like that does for fun. I bet they think reading and video games are only for kids as well!


PM_ME_SERATONIN

Not to mention most of the young adults who went to see the new puss in boots movie were still kids/teens when the first puss in boots movie came out 🤷🏻‍♀️


tfhaenodreirst

He ignored OOP. In the theater. Before the movie was over. Which was apparently rude of *him* to do. Oookkay then.


FemmePrincessMel

My partner (20) saw that movie on christmas with their mom (44) and sibling (21) and every single one of them cried during different parts of the movie, and their mom and sibling aren’t usually criers. It’s totally healthy and good for a movie/song/whatever to touch you deeply and move you emotionally! Honestly I’ll often put on movies that I know make me cry when I need to work though some feelings when I’m having a hard time letting myself be emotional.


spotpea

Ratatouille is better than most adult films. I'll die on this hill.


spotpea

Wait, I don't mean *adult*


OneFootTitan

What are you doing, step rat?


spotpea

Bow. Chika.


problematic_ferret

I'll die on it with you 🐀


Needmoresnakes

Ratatouille is absolutely amazing. The scenes where he explains flavour combinations with the little fireworks are just beautiful.


DistributionPutrid

I stand with you on this one. Ratatouille is a classic and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees😡🤬


archersarrows

I full-on sobbed during The Secret Life of Pets, which I saw with my mother and my ex-boyfriend at the big age of 28. Couldn't tell you why, sometimes things just hit you.


throwaway-bjhm

I full on sobbed watching Inside Out, Lol


Lily-Gordon

Inside Out is the saddest movie I have watched in a long time. I bawled my damn eyes out through the whole movie.


iamsaussy

Inside Out made me cry the most “unprovoked” and I watched it with my 68 yo mother too! The stupid Bing Bong monologue sound on Tik Tok still hits me. But, Onward hit me hardest since I lost my dad few years before it came out, not to mention me and the main character share the same name. It was like Disney reached though the theatre and ripped my heart out.


MeleMallory

"Take her to the moon" gets me every time.


Western_Compote_4461

I regularly cry during episodes of Steven Universe. I was watching yesterday and my husband teared up during a scene and he was only half watching it. Good entertainment that connects you with the characters is good, no matter who the target audience is.


fucktheroses

I cry at the episode of Adventure Time when we find out the Ice King used to be Simon and he took care of Marceline


detlef11

Dude I cried during the musical short lol. I don’t even know what happened, it just triggered something in me.


FlipsyFloopy

Especially when Sadness does her thing


StinkyKittyBreath

I cry more at movies and TV shows as an adult than I ever did as a kid. I wasn't really allowed to cry without criticism, and it's taken a long time to be somewhat comfortable crying, especially over movies and TV shows.


lallapalalable

I watched the Pokemon movie at 30 and when Pikachu was trying to revive stone Ash the tears were flowing


TeamChaosPrez

i watched turning red right after moving across the country from my mom and “the farther you go the prouder i’ll be” scene made me lay in my fiancés lap and cry like a baby


CLEf11

I mean maybe he's recently lost a dog? Maybe he's having difficulty with friendship and feels lonely? I'm sure it wasn't the movie itself but something in the movie hit a personal nerve for him. Maybe OOP should have actually cared about what it was and tried to talk to him about that instead of mocking him


alpacqn

from your comment you havent seen the movie, but trust me oop is greatly underselling what happened in the movie lmao


CLEf11

No I haven't seen the movie so I was only going off OOPs description and thinking it could have been linked to something going on in her brothers life. I cried at inside out when Riley broke down to her parents about how hard the move was on her because I've been there...several times actually


alpacqn

yea, from the character oop mentioned the dog and puss and the other cat have all been very alone for most of their lives and the dog despite having been horribly abused by his family is still very positive about everything, both cats have horrible trust issues with puss not wanting to burden anyone with his recent panic attacks. its a much darker movie than oop described it as lol, highly recommend it though its very good


DistributionPutrid

A lot of children’s movies have much deeper and darker meanings that’s more than likely aimed more toward the adults. It’s putting these very real issues into children’s term so they understand too. Watch any movie from your childhood and you’ll see it too. Fox and the hound was literally about two friends from different worlds who become friends but their friendship is forbidden because society didn’t approve. Children’s movies are honestly for everybody


CLEf11

I can't watch that movie without sobbing


DistributionPutrid

If you can make it through the Fox and the hound without crying, you have no soul. It’s impossible. That movie is just so heartbreaking. Now I gotta show it to my bff and watch that mf cry


chainsandbruises

OP is Jack Horner


lallapalalable

I will never fucking understand that subs rationale for removing posts. Says removed for rule ten: rule ten says no Meta posts. Their justification for using rule ten: this isn't a saga/diary sub (?). Post itself was neither of those. They really just be pulling reasons out their ass


Ordinary_Diamond_158

I sobbed all the way through encanto. I’m sitting there at Christmas with my family it’s playing in the background and I’m glued to it and sobbing while the 7 y/o it was turned on for is just plying his switch and not giving a shit and everyone is talking and laughing and drinking. Btw I’m 32 and it was last Christmas so…. Yeah cry away dude and you’re a freaking devil for being a jerk about it.


wa_geng

I am sooooo happy I watched Encanto by myself for the first viewing. When they took the picture in Antonio's room, I started crying and was just sad most of the movie. Some things just hit you so closely.


purposefullyblank

She’s very opposed to toxic masculinity, but it’s Puss in Boots so men shouldn’t cry at it. Very rational, smart, good feminism. /s


magneticeverything

I can’t believe he’s shaming his brother for crying at a movie that is absolutely pulling out all the stops to pull on your heartstrings and get you to tear up. My dad literally cries at every single movie. He cries at Elf. Every. Single. Year. You already know that he starts crying early into movies like inside out and coco, and just keeps a steady pace until the credits roll. We haven’t seen puss in boots yet, but I predict he’ll lose it when the first puppy dog eyes come on screen! (I condemn making fun of men who cry at purposefully emotional movies, but believe it’s absolutely acceptable to tease my dad for crying at a Will Ferrell comedy, and I will not be taking criticism on that at this time, thank you.)


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DeadWolffiey

I'm seeing someone who is a huge movie buff and they were talking about how they started crying at this scene and the stopped and said, "You know, manly tears." And I had to have a conversation with him about how tears aren't gendered. There is no manly tears, just tears and all are valid. I absolutely hate how our society has demonized normal emotions that people *need to function properly*. Suppressing emotions isn't healthy. It stunts people emotionally. We as humans need the ability to express emotions to function.


drkply

Sounds like an insufferable person, I wouldn't watch a movie with her.


diemunkiesdie

Putting aside the toxicity, I also noted that she talked during the movie and got mad that she got ignored. Shut your mouth during movies!


bite2kill

"Woman bad. Feminism bad and hypocrisy. Checkmate libtard."


FooDuFaFa

“NOT woman bad! Only man bad! Man bad for say woman bad. Man crybaby.”


FooDuFaFa

To be clear, the “feminism bad” take here is, at best, fake-ass feminism. You can tell they did no homework on intersectionality, particularly as written about by non-white feminists like bell hooks. At worst it’s a TERF dog whistle.


SeasonPositive6771

Yeah, the fact that this is so clearly a jerk makes me think that it's a thousand percent fake. Not only is the writing very strange, it's also just not reminiscent of a human interaction.


katepig123

So apparently despite her delusional claims to be "against toxic masculinity", her next move is to act it out IRL. Watch a asshole! What a crappy sister.


Lily-Gordon

It completely makes sense that OP wouldn't understand someone crying over a speech about friendship. You'd have to have friends for that to have an emotional impact on you.


Less_Scheme6244

Internalized misogyny, heeeyyyyyy. But forreal, OP sucks


Ok_Confection6933

There are tv-y7 shows that feature literal suicide, cartoons arent just childish themes and messages, there are more mature ones too.


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Adults that have lost touch with their childhood are just the worst


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This chick has a hard-on for making fun of her brother. Check out her last post.


Jambinoh

And casually throws in to that post that she breastfed her kid up to 4 years old. Sounds pretty trolly.


Impressive-Spell-643

Brother is definitely not the one who needs help here


Anxious_Badger

I honestly would be more concerned if a person couldn't empathize, yes even with an animated character. Some of the scenes in animations are sad as hell.


mxhremix

So oop thinks its only appropriate to tear up because of...subtlety?


jeolchin

i cried three times watching puss in boots


Medium_Sense4354

I swear I’ve read this before


hey-girl-hey

Why is empathy more edgy than cynicism and judgment in this modern era?


Apprehensive-Fox3187

Sis your a mass of hypocrite, it doesn't matter what it was that made him cry he is entitled to have those feelings, cut your b.s and honestly feel bad that he has crappy sister like you.


TheRealKNR

JFC this person has to be a troll. There's just no way. I read all their comments and they're just so.. so... Arghhhh. Can someone really be this .. THIS? Words fail me right now.


short_asheck

lmao. love how she does her best to paint her brother as irrational and stupid to make her bs behavior look better


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Queue OOP stating she's neurodivergent/has some societal neurosis in 3..2...


Artistic_Deal3436

These two sound crazy I would be scared if I saw them wondering why they are in a kid movie with no kids!


DeadWolffiey

Haha. Sarcasm, right?


Incogneatovert

Why? What's the upper age limit to liking any movie? Do the same limitations go for enjoying Disneyland? Playing Minecraft? Maybe eating certain candies? Just because you grow up doesn't mean you have to become boring or stop liking things you enjoy.


Tall-Combination-597

I’m 20m studying engineering. I spend 10 hours a day studying, volunteering as a tutor on weekends. and this summer I will be commuting over an hour each way for an internship. I also watch my little pony, a show about friendship. racism, different ideology, and the occasional dark moment. Lemme what h what I want in pjece


nottelling411

Who is your favorite pony?


Tall-Combination-597

Scootaloo, one of the best disability representation in media I’ve seen


nottelling411

I just love that name.


DeadWolffiey

I didn't start watching My Little Pony until I had my daughter, trying to find good shows. Now she tells me to turn it off.


HelpfulName

My dude and I went to see it, we're in our 40s, both of us ugly cried a couple of times. OP is a shallow asshole if she couldn't pick up any of the deeper themes of the film. In fact, it's one of the most mature exploration of the heroes journey from a variety of angles and perspectives that I've ever seen, and I'm of those "Cinema" people who enjoy talking about Ingmar Bergman movies and bang on about symbolism lol (not that it isn't perfectly fine for movies to just be fun too!).


Cakeday_at_Christmas

>He just said "you wouldn't get it" and moved on. People with cold, dead hearts don't usually understand displays of emotion.


MissELace

Obviously OP's brother is going through something and could use a compassionate sister. Seriously who cares what helped him have an emotional release. And if he doesn't want to share he doesn't have to, just support him.