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:: sigh ::
Just like you can't choose your family, you can't choose your coworkers. Hopefully your friend won't notice. I'm sure she'll be too distracted with her grief and possibly a backlog of work. Even though your coworkers are, I'm sure, at the center of her universe. As they should be.
i'm very sorry about your friend.
my friends lost their child. after that the same thing happened. some people don't know how to deal with loss, and the loss of a child is the most horrible thing imaginable. (what's that saying? something about there being a word for losing a spouse, and a word for losing a parent, but there's no word for you when you lose a child because there's no word horrible enough to describe it. i've butchered it, but that's it in a nutshell.)
i know it's hard but i'd cut them some slack on it. if your friend says something to you i'd be honest and tell her they don't know how to deal with her. it's nothing personal towards her at all, but it's better she be told the truth than not.
Wouldn't they just say anything other than "tell me how your baby died?" I don't mean that in a snarky way, but I think it's a sad situation if people can't figure out how to express condolences and act kindly without asking invasive details, kwim? Have we all just lost the art of good manners and consideration? :: begins old lady rant about kids nowadays ::
Really, what's wrong with "I'm so sorry, Coworker, I just wanted you to know we're thinking about you"?
Not everyone handles these types of situations the same way. I can completely understand if they find it difficult to talk to her about anything. I do hope they express their sympathy though.
absoulutely nothing, but if there's one thing the C&Ps on this board have taught me, it's "don't trust anyone".
Okay but someone like that is not really going to follow instructions on what to say and what not to say anyway. I find with every major event in life, good or bad, someone always says something inappropriate. You have to roll with it and move on. I am sorry about your friend though. I know this must be a difficult time for her.
Wow, that is AWFUL. What idiots. As if this is about THEM. That's ridiculous.
I'm so sorry for your friend. What a horrible time for her.
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