death

What do you say to somebody whose dad has just died? I can’t even think how I would react to my own dying. Saying “I’m sorry” just seems too reactionary a response, you’re not sorry as you had nothing to do with the death.

3 comments ↓

#1 Mark on 24.05.07 at 10:30 pm

I’d say that I’m here for you.

The only thing you can do is support them. Anything else, just seems wrong.

Hope you are there for them Si.

#2 LornaJane on 25.05.07 at 7:48 am

I’m with Mark on this. Express support and sympathy and try not to close the subject - they may want to talk again further down the line. If you know them well enough, hug them.

#3 simon on 25.05.07 at 8:43 am

It’s my flatmate and he’s not the most emotionally-open of people. I couldn’t even speak to my Grandpa when my Grandma died; he had to come to me, to talk it over :(