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To: Rambi who wrote (55242)	8/27/2000 12:13:02 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

ROFL Only you could make imminent death funny. Well maybe a few comics could. I don't want to be accused of exaggerating.

To: Rambi who wrote (55242)	8/27/2000 12:38:50 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Hee hee. Jeez. eom

To: Rambi who wrote (55242)	8/27/2000 12:39:57 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

That's wonderful! Sort of. X is right. It's raining here for the first time in forever. Be jealous, be very jealous. I wrote a bad poem about death this morning. Maybe I'm a bit different than you, though... at least this morning. I'm listening to cynical music and thinking or talking to the powers that be... "pleeeeease, can't I just be DEAD?" "Only if you shoot yourself," they say. But I don't own a gun and by the time Ish shipped his here, I'd be over it. Besides, it's so messy and one should consider what one's mother would find. I may want to be dead, but I don't want the mother being too upset, not to speak of not wanting her to have a big mess to clean up. And blood is so hard to get out of the carpet. "Then shut-up about it." Assholes.

To: Rambi who wrote (55242)	8/27/2000 3:34:59 PM
From: Justin C	Respond to of 71178

... something about the quality of the way they listened to each other ... You've nailed what I've come to see as one of the most important elements of a relationship ... balanced communication with each side genuinely interested in what the other has to say. When I see one person as a constant monologuist and the other as a constant listener, it looks excruciatingly boring to me, although perhaps it works for some. Even in casual conversations, I find myself shying away from monologuists. Over the past few years in my church singles group, I'm seeing more and more widows like your cousin. While it's a very sad situation, the good news is that most of them at some point seem to be able to move on to a new life. One of the widows, Addie, formed a support group called "Movin' On" that the church has included in the help groups that it sponsors. She gave me the group's card whose logo is the profile of a loaded-down jitney chugging along and whose motto is "Widows and Widowers find friendship, understanding and peace after the death of their spouse". I wish your cousin well.