I cannot conceive of the personality it would require to laugh at a person who had lost a family member under such circumstances. I hope you never saw her again after that.
Thank you for sharing this, man. 35 years later, I can tell it still hurts. You have my sympathies.
Actually, Joan and I shared classes all the way through senior year. We were frequently seated close to each other in each class, due to the school using the traditional system of seating students alphabetically. But in the grand scheme of things, I managed... and I honestly don't think Joan was deliberately cruel with her laughter; I think it was her "coping mechanism", as dysfunctional as it was. I won't deny her reaction stung me, though.
O M G I cannot see how anybody could possibly find that funny. I do know several people who giggle when they are nervous or uncomfortable, but it does not sound like Joan was doing that, either.
I'll admit that my emotional state may have made Joan's laughter seem somewhat worse than it actually was... but it sounded like a lot more than "nervous giggles" to me.
Actually, the blackout was accompanied by a heat wave -- indeed, it's likely the heat wave caused the blackout with everyone in NYC running their AC at full blast. So the temperature inside the hospital buildings soared to over 90 F when the power went out... and it's not that surprising that the contents of the freezer got ruined very quickly
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Thank you for sharing this, man. 35 years later, I can tell it still hurts. You have my sympathies.
cheers,
Phil
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Thank you for the sympathy and support.
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I cannot see how anybody could possibly find that funny.
I do know several people who giggle when they are nervous or uncomfortable, but it does not sound like Joan was doing that, either.
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I am so very sorry that your family had to go through this.
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