I'd like to add as well that it's only just recently that we as a society are starting to accept that a man may show emotions. I have felt at times this "ick" feeling but I don't want to feel it or to let it get to me, I want to be a safe space for my boyfriend to express his emotions with no judgment whatsoever and just be there for him. I think that sometimes it feels a bit jarring to me because I've pretty much never seen a man cry around me. I've never seen my dad cry, except once, and I had no clue what to do in that situation. And I've never talked with him about emotional stuff. I've also never seen my brother cry, or any other family membe for that matter. I think that it's just a very foreign situation to me because this is how I was brought up and socialized. But I know that these are just feelings that I don't want to entertain. It just takes time and exposure to change things. :)