I have a big problem with guys actively looking for sympathy. Sympathy is not an emotion expressed by yourself, rather, it is an emotion extracted from other people. In order to gain someone else’ sympathy we have to engage their emotional spectrum and drag them into whatever drama we are experiencing…and that, in my opinion is the opposite of sharing your strength, there isn’t anything masculine about it. As men I think we should embrace our emotional sides, and be expressive, but we need to do so responsibly. Just because we are having an emotion doesn’t mean we are not still a man, subject to the responsibilities of our manhood.