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Oct 17, 2014, 05:25 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,120
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Originally Posted by Birds of a Feather
(NOTE: I wanted to post this here-- versus the loss/grieving forum-- as I wanted to get a broad response, and not just a response from those currently suffering from a loss or are grieving.)
If you were at a cemetery to visit a loved one you had lost previously and a stranger walked up to you, handed you a rose (with a short/sweet poem or other verbiage attached), smiled, and walked away, what would be your response?
This seems like a random question, but I have something community service related in mind.
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I answered other because I might be touched AND confused. While this sounds like a caring and touching thing to do for people, the more I think about it the more I think I would find it intrusive. I rarely go to cemeteries to remember ones who've died. I prefer to think of them during daily events that remind me of them. If I make a trip to the cemetery it's for a specific reason. I think I would resent someone intruding.
a side comment about the note attached to the rose - call me a cynic, but my first thought would be that the person was trying to push a religious tract on me. I would find that highly offensive.
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