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The Dude’s Guide to Losing a Pet

August 19, 2013 by Dr. V

In my thirty something years on this planet, I've never seen my father cry. I think part of me assumed for a really long time that men simply just didn't feel things as intensely as women did, which of course is not true at all. As a society, men are pressured from the get-go to bottle up any sort of sadness or grief, hammer it down, force it inward. The very word "man up" sums it up: outward signs of sadness are feminine, wussy, and will get you devoured. I don't think it's inherently this ... Read more »

Filed Under: Daily Life, Mother of the Year Tagged With: grief, grieving, pet loss

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