Do you expect (or appreciate) friends & family to remember your loved one's death anniversaries and reach out?

[Anonymous]

I have texted friends' families on the first anniversary (or around there), but not an ongoing thing.

One of my friends who passed celebrated orthodox xmas, so I will text her mom on that day (only child, single mom) and sometimes her (passed friend) birthday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Definitely not. I wish my DH did though. Even when I remind him, he just doesn’t think a death anniversary is a big deal, probably because he never experienced a death that was a tragedy. In some sense, I think it’s something that’s hard to do if you’ve never experienced it.

This.

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

No, I can't imagine anyone else remembering that date (and I have wonderful friends and have lost a sibling and parent).