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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird for people to send any birthday wishes on Facebook for close relatives. Like why do you need the validation of social media to tell your wife, whom you live with, Happy Birthday?

Even dumber to say it about dead people who won't see it at all. [/quote]

Why have funerals or obituaries?[/quote]

For The Living.

OK: Today would have been Bill's 75th. I miss him. Hey Carl, remember that time Bill fell off the roof? What a guy? Judy, I'm thinking about you today. [b]I know you miss Bill terribly since you were married for 50 wonderful years. [/b]

Cringe: Happy Birthday Bill. I miss you. 
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This is another point. When it comes to death, people project their feelings onto others. Nothing says that Judy misses Bill or that she wasn't coping with his death while he was alive, particularly if he was sick. Others making public statements forces Judy to agree even if she might have already moved on. Sometimes others trap you into grieving longer than you may need.[/quote]

PP you're responding to. Yes, that's a really good point. Social media is probably not the way to go with any of this. I was just trying to think of a way to make it less cringe. Don't even get me started on "In memory of" stickers on people's cars...[/quote]

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