| During the menopause, one wrong word or even just a look from Tom could send her slamming doors throughout the house and taking refuge in her greenhouse for a private sobfest. |
| Every single time Chris and I have shared our story with others, both of us have started to cry. Not an all-out sobfest, but a few tears falling down our cheeks. |
| But the most star-crossed pair of them all was Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in the cinematic sobfest The Way We Were. |
| One scene, in which Laurie — whose silent face flickers with contempt — suddenly breaks down, broke me down, too, but it didn't feel manipulative, as in a Lifetime sobfest, just cathartic. |
| I smiled and then looked away, feeling a bit awkward and on the verge of a full-out sobfest. |
