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[quote=Anonymous]My sibling died and my parents could not handle it when casual acquaintances tried to bring up the loss, especially when they ran into those people unexpectedly. They would be trying to maintain control over their emotions when in the grocery store or wherever, and though folks meant well they felt ambushed. They also found it extremely upsetting when people tried to share memories of my sister unprompted or say her name. There is great variability to how a loss like this is handled. I would just say a friendly hello and that you’ve been thinking of them, and let them take the lead. You sound like you are kind of overthinking all of this. Don’t treat them differently or feel compelled to do much of anything when you see them. Did you send a card or reach out when the child died? If not I think it would be even odder to launch into any kind of conversation related to the death.[/quote]
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