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10-10-2010, 14:22
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Where I have been for the weekend there are many public benches dedicated to people who have passed away. It is a beautiful spot overlooking the sea. The benches have inscriptions remembering lost loved ones.
I noticed that on one of the benches was a big bunch of flowers with a message....." Happy fortieth birthday darling, I cannot understand why God took you away from me so soon"
I read the inscription on the bench and it was from a man who lost his wife 5 years ago, when she was just 35 years old.
I burst into tears. Does it mean that I am just a big Wuss? 
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10-10-2010, 14:31
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Being in touch with your inner feeling and empathy is a rarity in these times. Cherish it.
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10-10-2010, 14:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skinz
Being in touch with your inner feeling and empathy is a rarity in these times. Cherish it.
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Skinz has said it best
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10-10-2010, 14:47
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No mate, it means your human
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10-10-2010, 14:49
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Originally Posted by Dickmint
Where I have been for the weekend there are many public benches dedicated to people who have passed away. It is a beautiful spot overlooking the sea. The benches have inscriptions remembering lost loved ones.
I noticed that on one of the benches was a big bunch of flowers with a message....." Happy fortieth birthday darling, I cannot understand why God took you away from me so soon"
I read the inscription on the bench and it was from a man who lost his wife 5 years ago, when she was just 35 years old.
I burst into tears. Does it mean that I am just a big Wuss? |
Not at all pal. I remember reading on here and in the Star about the motorcyclist killed in Norton. I didn't know the fella and sadly we hear of many deaths like this, but this one really hit me. I felt sad for days about the poor chap and even took time to reflect upon (and change) my own driving habits.
Sometimes death just hits you.
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10-10-2010, 14:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skinz
Being in touch with your inner feeling and empathy is a rarity in these times. Cherish it.
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I suppose that what really struck me was that the guy could not find any inner peace even after five years. His view was that God had taken her unjustly away from him.
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10-10-2010, 14:58
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Yes mate you are a big Wuss , save your tears for people that are alive and suffering , particulary kids .
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10-10-2010, 15:00
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Originally Posted by ValleyBoy
Yes mate you are a big Wuss , save your tears for people that are alive and suffering , particulary kids .
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But her husband is still suffering.
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10-10-2010, 16:24
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skinz
Being in touch with your inner feeling and empathy is a rarity in these times. Cherish it.
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Awww...thanks.
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10-10-2010, 17:36
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Isn't it though.
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Yeah mate you're crying at a bench.
You're emotionally unstable.
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10-10-2010, 17:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ValleyBoy
Yes mate you are a big Wuss , save your tears for people that are alive and suffering , particulary kids .
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I was out shopping last weekend and saw a little lad about 7ish who was in a very bad way, obviously having chemotherapy, cant get him out of my head.
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10-10-2010, 18:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richyhello
Yeah mate you're crying at a bench.
You're emotionally unstable.
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Perhaps I like it that way? 
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10-10-2010, 18:15
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Perhaps I like it that way? |
You stay that way. I'm fed up of this world treating sensitivity as though it were a character defect, which is most certainly isn't!
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10-10-2010, 18:16
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Originally Posted by bagger
You stay that way. I'm fed up of this world treating sensitivity as though it were a character defect, which is most certainly isn't!
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You have got to be a real man to cry.
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10-10-2010, 18:16
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I was bubbling the other week when Lol's dad attacked her on This Is England so if anything you're a tower of strength!
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10-10-2010, 18:28
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Isn't it though.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bagger
You stay that way. I'm fed up of this world treating sensitivity as though it were a character defect, which is most certainly isn't!
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I'm all up for people crying at stuff but there's plenty more worth while stuff to cry about plus it was 5 years ago the guy's probably gotten over it by now.
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10-10-2010, 18:37
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Originally Posted by richyhello
I'm all up for people crying at stuff but there's plenty more worth while stuff to cry about plus it was 5 years ago the guy's probably gotten over it by now.
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Who's to decide what's worth crying over and what isn't?
The OP would probably be upset at many of the things YOU think are more 'worthy' of his tears. But in this instance it was early death of a man's wife that upset him.
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10-10-2010, 18:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richyhello
I'm all up for people crying at stuff but there's plenty more worth while stuff to cry about plus it was 5 years ago the guy's probably gotten over it by now.
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You obviously have not read the thread. Actually, maybe you have and you are merely an idiot .
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10-10-2010, 18:47
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Was it at Thornwick bay, Flamborough?
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10-10-2010, 18:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by satman2222
Was it at Thornwick bay, Flamborough?
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It was on that coast but I would prefer not to say exactly where as someone may have family connections....."It's a small world" and all that.
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