Steve Tesich had alot of past friendships and relationships but the difference was that he had a hard time showing his emotions to his guy friends but had no problem showing his emotions with the girls, he could tell his female friends that he loved them, but when it came to his male friends he would only be able to show it. Men usually believe that telling there friend how they feel can make them feel uncomfortable and awkward. Teisch found it hard to show his male friends appreciation. He never really emphasized on the girls in his life or said any names but his guy friends in his life seemed a bit more important to him because he told a story about them and how close they were. This shows that he really did love them and misses them but regrets not telling them for example when his friend Louie died in Vietnam, he tried to comfort his friends mom by telling her how much he loved her son but it wasn't how he wanted to say it, it seemed like he didn't mean it but he did he later said that he wished he could have told Louie …show more content…
I think the reason is because when men were younger parents would always tell them to act like a boy because girls are the ones that cry they made them feel ashamed for showing their emotions and that has followed them throughout their life. They have taught them since they were younger that it's only okay for girls to show their emotions and that guys will be seen as a girl or more feminine. Many man do believe that they will be seen more feminine if they show their emotions to their friends or other men because that is not how they were raised. I read somewhere that parents who have told their sons to stop crying cause it isn't “manly” raise their kid to have emotional problems while growing up causing them to become depressed due to the fact that they hold their emotions in and have no way of letting them