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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i took three days off when my mom died last month. i'm basically phoning it in, though, i'm not able to focus well on work.

i'm lucky that all the really difficult stuff was done years ago-- it took about four months to empty and repair and sell their house when they fell ill, because they lived a two hour drive away, and i had a few-month-old baby i wasn't willing to be away from for days on end.

grief is messy, and thats before you start on the paperwork of a messy estate. i only got the death cert last week! thank god basically everything was already wrapped up-- but everyones situation is different. your colleague may be taking care of another family member, or trying to deal with bills and creditors, or they just may be mired in grief. give some grace.[/quote]

Yeah I spent many long periods on the phone clearing out my dad’s estate when he died during “lunch”. Not proud of that but it takes time and it was important to my disabled sibling so it was on me. [/quote]

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