In the past, merely hearing the song has reduced hard-nosed players into blubbering messes.

WSJ: Handling the Bawl: March Madness Turns Into the Crying Game

And certainly this type of relationship can be very painful, characterized by bouts of blubbering to friends and of drinking too many Margaritas.

FORBES: In Praise Of The On-Off Relationship

He knew he made a comical picture, a middle-aged man, still slim, with a full head of graying hair, sitting up in bed, letting himself go, blubbering, wailing, indulging in wild, spontaneous woe.

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