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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe anyone is excusing this cousin's obvious and egregious error. Particularly when the uncle/father died unexpectedly.

Unless the death is also on the nightly news, the immediately family should be the first to announce it in a public space. And Facebook IS a public space.[/quote]

eh, we just now learned that this death was unexpected. [b]The only "excuse" that I can see is if this cousin had a very close relationship with her uncle and his wife, and his wife asked for her to get the word out to everyone about his passing - so the cousin got the word out to everyone using Facebook.[/b]

It does seem pretty insensitive to his daughter living overseas but sometimes people don't think straight when they are hurting.  And it's possible that the cousin thought "Well if I know, surely the family already knows about this" and didn't think twice about posting a message about it...hoping for some support for her aunt.

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Even if the death was expected, I feel this is completely tacky.  Also, based on the fact that the wife was trying to get in touch with her daughter and the fact that the cousin has since taken the post down due to criticism from the family, it seems highly unlikely that the 'excuse' is plausible.  [/quote]

I do not have a facebook page - it is not a way that I use to communicate.  However, I have seen other people use Facebook to communicate news about illness, death, birth and other personal news so it does not surprise me that people use Facebook this way.  I would be careful sharing details about my life with people who are so "Out There" and frank about their personal lives if you do not wish your own life to be an open book as well.  Lesson learned I suppose.  I'm sorry this happened but given her history it can be much of a surprise...I hope your aunt is doing o.k.[/quote]

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