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Originally Posted by NuckingFutz
Thank you all for your heartfelt words. And yes Lynn, you did make me laugh! I was close to this neice while she was growing up. She was pretty down to earth until important names and institutions came up. First it was Harvard law school then she won both cases in front of The Supreme Court then Oprah's magazine did an interview with her. Looking closer at the facebook stuff I noticed one of my brothers and one of my sisters were also missing from her fb friends so in an odd way, I do not feel as bad. Since I was able to send her a private message to wish them well, I am just going to let go and see what happens. I will let you know if anything happens.
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Oh, NF!
Have you considered the possibility that her reaction has nothing at all to do with your condition? In my (limited, personal) experience, once people ascend into such celestial realms it is almost natural for them to completely erase from their lives the real, normal people not only to whom they are related but with whom they had friendships, shared experiences, grew up, etc. It's a completely different world up there. A very few people do not succumb, of course. But most "stars" do. And they're just gone, gone forever from the lives of the "plebs" below them, unless, of course, they screw up and do an Icarus fall from their great heights. It's sickening, I know. Maybe it doesn't happen in other societies. But it really does in ours. And, again, it probably has NOTHING to do with your illness. Do you really have any idea of the ego-inflating potential of what you've related regarding your niece? And one can get adjusted and live an entire life up in that particular stratosphere. I've been up there. And now I'm down here. And have been for a long time.
Take care.
