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"When is it Okay for Guys to Cry?"When can a man cry? According to the experts...It's okay if you're in extreme pain, like, say, a piano fell from a five-story balcony and landed on your foot. If you're gonna cry from pain, it has to be in the neighborhood of ten on the pain scale.It's okay to cry at certain works of art or film. For instance, if you don't get misty-eyes at Toy Story 3 you’re a monster.It's weird if you don't sob at least a little the first time you hold your newborn baby. No shame in that, bro.It's definitely weird if you sob during a sports event, although you can cry if you’re one of the athletes out there on the field. But even then, you should cry only if you win. And if you're just a fan, the rule is much simpler: keep it in.Never, ever cry during an argument. As the lady says, "Sorry, guys, crying during a fight is strictly our thing.”The Bible, however, is full of references to macho men weeping. Abraham wept over the death of Sarah. Joseph could not hold back the tears when he saw his brother Benjamin after twenty years. Elisha wept over the destruction that was soon to befall Israel. Jeremiah is called the weeping prophet because he agonized over the wickedness of his countrymen. Jesus wept over the hardness of Jerusalem, and Peter wept bitter tears of remorse after betraying Jesus.Some things we are supposed to feel deeply; things that move the soul. And it would appear that a true man of God ought to find himself weeping from time to time over the same things these guys did.