Men may spend an average of 43 minutes a day — roughly a year of their lives — ogling women, but a new study has found that women spend six months more than that crying! Researchers found that “between birth and the age of 78 a woman will cry for more than 12,000 hours,” or roughly 16 months of her life. The study cites “hunger as a baby to falling out with a partner when older” as reasons for the tears. When I got an accidental mullet a few years back, I cried for three months straight.Not unsurprisingly, we cry the most as babies (about three hours a day), but teen girls manage to squeeze out the tears for two hours and 13 minutes a week. The number increases for young women in their 20s, who cry about 2.24 hours a week. The poll of 3,000 people shows the reasons for all these tears change dramatically over a woman’s lifetime.
TOP 5 UPSETS AGE 0-1
1. Hunger
2. Tiredness
3. Only form of communication
4. Discomfort due to wet/full nappy
5. Feeling ill
TOP 5 UPSETS AGE 1-3
1. Hurting themselves
2. Tiredness
3. Falling over
4. Wanting something
5. Being told off for being naughty
TOP 5 UPSETS AGE 4-12
1. Being told off for being naughty
2. Hurting themselves
3. Tiredness
4. Feeling ill
5. Falling out with a friend
TOP 5 UPSETS AGE 13-18
1. Hormones
2. Arguing with friends
3. Being dumped
4. Being grounded
5. People being horrible
TOP 5 UPSETS 19-25
1. A soppy film
2. Being dumped
3. Losing a loved one
4. Indecision about a long-term relationship
5. Having a baby
TOP 5 UPSETS 26+
1. A soppy film
2. Falling out with a partner
3. Losing a loved one
4. Feeling tired
5. Hearing someone else’s bad news
I don’t know about you, but, at 32, I’m still crying about “people being horrible.” And where’s PMS on the list? Or airport goodbyes? Or tax season? And am I the only one who loses it at weddings? Where are the happy tears on the list, huh?!
