A man's tear ducts are designed much differently than a woman's, however, as his tear ducts are connected to his gut. And, if a man is drinking while he weeps, he may sometimes be able to get milk to come out of his nose. This looks funny, of course, but on a scale of 1-10 the "milk-out-of-the-nose" trick is a 6+ and is a good trick to keep on hand for dinner parties.
Men are not designed to cry easily. In fact, most men can lose four fingers in a band saw and still smile about it. Men can also watch movies like Beaches and Jerry McGuire, but can also smirk at "wind beneath my wings" and "you had me at hello" and yet provide the appropriate sympathy if he is cuddling with his wife when she turns to him and says, "That's how I feel about us!"
A real man, however, is weak on the day of his daughter's wedding. He is permitted this small glitch, this chink in his armor, and is allowed to weep openly and carry a small white hanky in his pocket. By using the hanky he also earns points with his wife and, afterwards, can win valuable prize packages.
An older man may also cry at a wedding because he realizes he has an anniversary of his own. It is approaching rapidly and he has not purchased a card or made anniversary plans and doesn't intend to. He is broke from having purchased twenty-two pounds of mixed nuts and a new pair of black loafers (with tassels) and the thought of booking a hotel reservation on Orbitz to entertain an old woman for a weekend just isn't in his emotional arsenal. He can cry at the wedding when he realizes that his daughter is a woman, but he cannot handle the thought of being married to an old woman.
Eventually, the older male settles into his life as a father-in-law and only weeps at holidays, or when he watches Hoosiers and Jimmy hits that last-second shot to win the championship and he knows Gene Hackman is gonna get that young teacher in the sack before the credits roll.
Yes, the older male does cry. He just picks his spots.
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