"I was in kindergarten when the teacher asked us to rhyme something with the word 'hill.' Another girl and I raised our hands at the same time, but the teacher called on her. She said 'Bill' - which was exactly the word I was going to say - and I immediately burst into tears. I spent the rest of the day complaining that she had 'stolen' my word."
"The answer to a Jeopardy question was Little Women, and it completely caught me off guard. My grandma and I used to watch Jeopardy together, and she once gave me a beautiful copy of Little Women that I read at least a hundred times growing up. It had been about 18 months since she passed, and in that moment, I was suddenly overwhelmed by how much I missed her."
Tears often arise from seemingly trivial or unexpected causes rather than major loss. A kindergarten child cried when a classmate said the rhyme she intended to say. A student cried after getting one spelling word wrong and then being allowed to correct it. A menstruating person sobbed when a stepfather ate their ice cream and noted heightened sensitivity before periods. One person cried upon noticing a cat's tiny eyelashes and front teeth while cuddling. Another became overwhelmed when a Jeopardy answer reminded them of a beloved grandmother and a treasured copy of Little Women. A spilled iced latte after a stressful day also provoked tears.
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