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What NOT to say……EVER

5/28/2013

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There are some things which should never be said. Such was my experience today. I was attending a wake and had been introduced to a cousin of the deceased. She was remarking on how it is more difficult to lose someone you were living with (i.e. a spouse) than someone you were not living with. This woman's sister and parents had died years ago, but she said it wasn't as hard because she didn't Iive with them. The conversation then led to the loss of a child or a spouse. While I know she never meant to be insensitive, this is what came out of her mouth: "when you lose someone you were living with, like a spouse or a child, it's kind of like when you lose the family PET…..you keep thinking you will turn around and there they'll be."
As I inferred above, she wasn't being deliberately RUDE and insensitive…. but, she should have thought before she spoke. 
Please don't ever make the same mistake by comparing the loss of a significant other to that of losing the family dog (and, yes, we have a dog that we adore, but….seriously….). 
It's a good reminder to think before we speak.
Blessings…….

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