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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad died when I was 6 and these type of events always broke my heart - even if I did take my grandfather, uncle, or mom. [/quote]

Eh, my dad died when I was 11 and these kind of events never "broke my heart". I never thought much of them really. There lots of events and parties in life I am not going to get invited to, this is just one of them.[/quote]

I would imagine that the experience of a 6 year old whose father has died is very different than that of an 11 year old. But I'm glad you were so well adjusted to the death of your father. [/quote]

I also had a father die young, honestly it's such a devastating time in your life that everything hurts.  When you have a parent die, pain and longing for the absent parent is a part of your life, you can't shield a child from every hurt.

My father's favorite dessert was apple pie a'la mode, and we would eat it together often.  When I see it on a menu now I still get melancholy.  Does that mean that restaurants should remove it?  No.

I feel sympathy for kids who do not have their fathers but think people are going WAAAY overboard.

If you have two moms or two dads you are going to have to face some adversity, just like I did without a dad.  Kids can't be shielded from every thing.[/quote]

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