I didn't get "was it a blessing," though I seemed to spend way too much time saying deeply trite things like, "I'm just glad she didn't suffer," and "There's nothing she would have hated more than feeling useless, so I'm glad she never deteriorated to that point."
The question that really drove me batshit was the soft, studiously heartfelt, "How are you?" Because it came from fucking everyone, and honestly, what the FUCK do you say to that? "I'm FABULOUS, how are you?!" I know there's nothing to say, and I know people have to say it anyway, and god knows I've been the one spouting well-meant but incredibly inane things many, many times. But that doesn't make it suck any less when it happens to you.
I like the Scanners idea, though. I say go with that!
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Date: 2006-03-24 03:18 am (UTC)I didn't get "was it a blessing," though I seemed to spend way too much time saying deeply trite things like, "I'm just glad she didn't suffer," and "There's nothing she would have hated more than feeling useless, so I'm glad she never deteriorated to that point."
The question that really drove me batshit was the soft, studiously heartfelt, "How are you?" Because it came from fucking everyone, and honestly, what the FUCK do you say to that? "I'm FABULOUS, how are you?!" I know there's nothing to say, and I know people have to say it anyway, and god knows I've been the one spouting well-meant but incredibly inane things many, many times. But that doesn't make it suck any less when it happens to you.
I like the Scanners idea, though. I say go with that!