Today, my family is still telling me to "get over" the death of my great aunt. The great aunt who always gave the most wonderful birthday gifts, and was overall one of the most pleasant people I've ever met, and I'm NOT allowed to be sad that she's gone. Did I mention she died on my birthday? FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after burying my dad on my birthday, one of my aunts walked up to me and said, "Well at least you won't forget your birthday." I wanted to cuss her out so bad, like, bitch, how would I forget my birthday and the day I buried my dad? FML
Today, after my cousin recently died, my aunt basically told me that I shouldn't be sad, because we fought. FML
Today, I found one good thing that came from my great-uncle's death: My family can no longer start arguments about his date of birth. Except now I have a new problem: They're mad at me because I was right all along. Someone's dead and they're too busy being sore losers about a date to care. I miss him. FML
Today, my uncle died. It was also my grandpa's 85th birthday. His reaction to the death? "Best birthday gift ever!" FML
Today, it was my birthday. It was also the only day my family wanted to hold the graveside funeral for my grandmother, who passed last week. FML
Today, I took a day off from work for a doctor's appointment. It ended up taking a lot longer than I expected, because while I was on my way, my mom called to inform me that my great aunt passed away this morning. As a result, I showed up extremely late and was berated. And the worst part? It's my birthday. FML
Today, it's my birthday. Today is also the day my grandma died, six years ago. Since then, I get to sit through any sort of attempted celebration while my mom sobs and drinks herself into a stupor in the background. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My grandmother died yesterday. We were close and she basically raised me. FML
Today, an aunt that I'd had a massive falling out with passed away. My entire extended family refuses to speak to me, because they think I "had something to do with it". I live several hundred miles from her. FML
Today, my mother-in-law had a bitch fit because I had a miscarriage and my husband and I are having a difficult time. It’s her birthday and she said I should, “stop being an attention-hogging drama queen” and that, “shit happens, get over it” She doesn’t see what's wrong with her statements. FML
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wysegirl 24
my aunt died 10 years ago in July.. its still hard. People that mean the world to us take longer to heal from losing. It will get better OP just slowly.
Jon Tessler 14
the OP can grieve however she/he wants. to bitch at them while not knowing if they even made other posts(or even if they did), shows that you are a callous and insensitive person. before you bitch about someone else, go look in the mirror you will find "the problem" staring back at you
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slhiggx 17
Oh, you’re the one that was bitter your friend made a different friend a care package but not you. Aren’t you? The person lost a young sibling to a car accident. And you’re mad you didn’t get a care package? That doesn’t make them any less your friend just bc they did something thoughtful for someone else. You seem a bit insensitive in that department. You can mourn any death you have the ability to mourn. That’s your right. But that last post you mad… horribly inappropriate. So you were bound to get what you’d consider negative responses. A great aunt. Someone you are 3 generations apart from. It was most likely her time. Not to sound insensitive myself. My condolences on your loss. But this just seems like a huge cry for attention.
Jon Tessler 14
the OP can grieve however she/he wants. to bitch at them while not knowing if they even made other posts(or even if they did), shows that you are a callous and insensitive person. before you bitch about someone else, go look in the mirror you will find "the problem" staring back at you
Nikki 17
Did you see the other post?
Jon Tessler 14
prove the other "anonymous" post is from this exact same person. heck my fiancee posted an anonymous post last week, you wanna add that one to this OP's post log?
Jon Tessler 14
sorry for your loss
wysegirl 24
my aunt died 10 years ago in July.. its still hard. People that mean the world to us take longer to heal from losing. It will get better OP just slowly.
jobekka 20
i once cried because our family dog died, and my mom stopped telling me when the dogs died cause she didn't want to upset me. my mother has always had a kennel with 8-13 dogs while I grew up.
RichardPencil 32
Did you get a gift on that birthday? Someone had to ask.
Jonkbaby 23
I think not everyone knows how to deal with grief, or other's grief. Hug for you friend. I am glad she was in your life