Toxic masculinity is the culprit behind many guys keeping these ‘most intimate moment’ stories a secret There is no shame in loving another person, helping another person or being there for another person, especially when they need you most. This is exactly what we talk about when we say that toxic masculinity hurts everyone. It’s sad when sharing an intimate moment is awkward because of perceived masculinity issues. Why should that be awkward? As he says, the guy needed it. Awkward looking back, but in the moment he needed it. We hugged for a solid 30 seconds and he sobbed into my chest. For example, u/Wompingsnatterpuss shared his most intimate moment:
Though those are both stories of people being there for each other, one recurring theme was people feeling awkward about it. That happened two weeks ago and we haven’t talked about it yet, but I’m glad he trusted me, and hope he seeks me out if he’s feeling that way again. He eventually calmed down and went to bed. He kept trying to push back because his every instinct was telling him that this wasn’t OK, but I just shushed him and rubbed his back as I held him. I held him in my arms while he weeped for about half an hour. He got real sad and started crying, except he was insecure about his masculinity so he would cry for a few minutes about how he felt around other guys, then deny that he felt like that and this cycle would repeat every five minutes.įinally I broke through to him that feeling like this was completely fine and actually good (better acknowledging than hiding it). We were all drinking but he clearly had the most and texted an ex, so I brought him back to our room to keep an eye on him. My fraternity brother/roommate was having a bad day.
Redditor u/svd1399 had this to say when asked about his most intimate moment: It’s unfortunate that many straight guys feel their most intimate moment with another guy should be kept secret or is shameful I’ve never been more emotionally unstable.
My best friend put me in his car and we drove around while I sobbed uncontrollably. I totally unraveled in a friend’s kitchen. I thought I could handle it but a week or two after it happened, I got into a fight with my girlfriend at a party and started crying. This beautiful story comes from u/tinsinpindelton: The Reddit thread combined hilarious stories with more touching revelations.