Author Aaron Gillies and his wife Lex have been married for a little over a year. Apparently that’s just enough time for Aaron to still find it acceptable to tweet a list called ‘Reasons My Wife Is Crying.”
Disclaimer: Aaron’s wife was aware of the list and told The Huffington Post that she was “fine with the tweet” being sent out.
The original tweet has been shared more than 36,000 times and it has led to many women joking about the crazy things that have made them cry.
My wife cries at absolutely anything. I mean, ANYTHING. So i started writing the reasons down because reasons. pic.twitter.com/2ZO4gFEfmH
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) November 22, 2015
Here’s the full list blown up for easy reading:
Reasons My Wife Is Crying:
She found out swans can be gay and thought it was really nice.
She was hungover and saw a picture of a piglet.
I waited until it was dark and pretended to be the babadook.
The fluffy bunny escaped from an artic fox in a documentary.
There were no biscuits in the house.
She remembered swans can be gay.
I tried to hold her hand when she wasn’t expecting it.
I cooked her dinner after a long day.
She watched a video about a dog.
“I thought it would get about 12 retweets from people that know Lex in real life and know what she is like,” Gillies told HuffPo. “Neither of us thought it would go this big! But so many people are identifying with it, maybe sensitivity is seen as something not many people talk about openly, so seeing someone show it started a rather large conversation!”
Following the post, other women took to Twitter to share their own spontaneous crying moments.
@TechnicallyRon @katbrown @TalontedLex my husband does that too, I once cried at Mastermind because the old man was so clever…
— Kat Storr (@KatStorrSky) November 22, 2015
@TalontedLex @TechnicallyRon I cried when I took this picture of my dog , cause he was so happy , no joke #TheFeels pic.twitter.com/yPPNuFMvmo
— MJO'Kane (@elle141278) November 23, 2015
@TalontedLex @TechnicallyRon I cried over a sea otter. We are EVERYWHERE
— ⭐️Star⭐️ (@star_curl) November 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Becky_Doyle90/status/668492592049430528
@TechnicallyRon @TalontedLex one time I cried over an eggplant #itwashuge #dinnerforone
— Jessica Simon (@RAE_deSoleil) November 23, 2015
@TechnicallyRon @TalontedLex I love these. I cried because I needed a wee and was stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway the other day 👌🏻
— Laura Wythe (@LauraWythe) November 23, 2015
@TechnicallyRon @TalontedLex I cried at a photo of a girl eating a watermelon. Sorry, not even a girl. A full-grown woman. She was so happy.
— cla la labbage (@clairejiacries) November 24, 2015
@Millstradamus91 @TechnicallyRon I cried reading this list 😭
— Ghetto Entity (@ChristineDotCom) November 23, 2015