Saturday, January 27, 2018
Here's a phrase
that doesn't cut it, doesn't 'do' it, doesn't express shit, really: Sorry for your loss. Really?
This is when it's been used in the past month(s):
I'm sorry for your loss. You're entitled to only 70 percent of his Social Security monthly payments, even though you've been married for 30 years. Sorry; you're not retirement age yet. I'm sorry; contact your congressman and complain to him/her. Those are the rules. Also? You can't earn more than a pittance before your SS monies must be returned.
I'm sorry for your loss. Sign here so I can load up the hospital bed from the living room, and the oxygen tank, and the roll-away table.
I'm sorry for your loss [said while looking over my shoulder], although I'll post a Facebook meme in which I claim to clasp any and all depressed persons to my personal bosom.
I've even lost FB friends because I've expressed that 'sorry for your loss' doesn't cut it. They're actually offended. "What are we SUPPOSED to say?" they whine. How about: "I don't know what to say. What can I do, or not do?"
There; I wrote that in September. Here it is now.
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2 comments:
"When responses are programmed, how sincere is the sentiment?" (something I read).
In the past few years, my partner and I discovered that some people, when you tell them you have cancer, tell you about their friend or relative who died of that very same cancer. Thanks for that!
Hello,
I have been going through my old blog, deleting some stuff, going over old comments...and I ran into this.
I see that 2018 has been a very tough year for you...actually, 2017 and 2018. Because I did really read your post.
I hope for better days ahead for you. One day at a time, step by step...
Betty
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