LACHRYMOSE

February 19, 2010

Lachrymose
\’la-kre-‘mos\ adj 1: given to tears or weeping : tearful 2: tending to cause tears : mournful*

I’m sitting in front of the T.V. and my favorite Kay commercial comes on (for those of you who know me, you will know which one I am referring to; for those of you who don’t, you’ll know as soon as you see the commercial, because it’s just brilliant, unless you don’t appreciate true corniness that is) and I melt. I don’t really consider myself an emotional person, (the occasional unfair circumstance or sappy rom com aside); however there is one period of time during my life that I am a bucket of tears teetering on the brink of major spillage; that time that us women know and love….
When it is that time, I am an emotional mess. I hear a soft melody with harmonious tunes and I tear up, I see a mother reading her youngest daughter a story at work and I tear up, I watch Wedding Central; yup that’s right, I tear up. I think it’s safe to say that my tear ducts are being more than properly utilized. All the lachrymose activity results in irritation at being so damn sentimental which results in more crying; I tell you it’s a vicious cycle!
I have one warning to all men, when a woman is crying for no damn reason, it’s either because she is insane or going through what you are lucky enough to not have to experience; however this one woman’s emotional roller coaster could be a combination of both; by the way, straight jackets might make it worse.

*letter “e” is upside down creating sound of “uh”