I’m going to side with afraidfortherepublic on this one - yes, women often cry at any event that involves their children but men aren’t like us in that regard. Of course President MomJeans isn’t like a normal man either...
There’s no crying unless your dog died, or your team lost the Super Bowl.
Same with my husband's graduation and my own. Graduation ceremonies are interminable and mostly boring.
At one daughter's graduation from Middle School our first year in TX, I was very annoyed because everyone was leaving before all the graduates got through the line. The ceremony was outdoors. We were on bleachers and there was a lightning storm going on. I guess God left out the common sense gene when he created me because it took me a little while to realize that we were in a very dangerous location, sitting on the top row of the bleachers! I finally gathered my children and headed for the car when the rain started to fall. Lightning was a new phenomenon for this California gal. LOL In April we'll be attending the Eagle Court of Honor for one of our grandsons. I might tear up over that because I used to work for the Boy Scouts at one time, but I doubt it. Neither of my own sons made it that far. That same kid is on the fast track for an appointment to one of the military academies this June. If he gets it, I'll really have something to tear up about. He already has 4 recommendations to 2 different academies. His appointment with Sen. Lindsey Graham is this coming Sat. From then on, it's up to the academies as to whether they think he's up to their standards. He has recommendations from Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Joe (You lie!) Wilson, as well as 2 retired military officers. Graduation marks a new beginning and not something to cry about.