saying goodbye

[ammutbite]

 I am not sure how it was I stumbled onto the subject, which has preoccupied my mind for the last week...perhaps it was the murder/suicide of some people I was casually friendly with, or perhaps something entirely different, but I ran acrosss this paragraph on a website devoted to grief:

- Everyone has heard about the famous "Dear John" letters that

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[ammutbite]

I will once the sting of the breakup heals up. It had to happen, but it was not going to be pleasant no matter when it happened

[mossymonkey]

It hits home when parents age, as well.

I spent the past spring facing the fact of my father's age when a sudden illness put him in a hospital bed for a month. I coped with it with the typical Protestant denial-through-frenetic-helpfulness.

I was both somewhat surprised and disappointed with myself, as months later I was calm enough to reflect and really started freaking out.

[ammutbite]

this was primarily motivated by the disintegration of a year and a half long relationship I have been emotionally invested in, but I can't deny that the parental losss anxiety is a constant presence in my mind to a greater or lesser degreee