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Maricia Wilson
Branchville, NJ ยท 3 months ago

The best thing you can say is are you okay if you need anything all you have to do is call ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™

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Judo
Memphis, TN ยท 4 months ago

the ol mans dead and you worry about yourself?do that later and dont worry about your comfort so much.

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Therese Orlandi
Tracy, CA ยท 3 months ago

My husbandโ€™s has health issues and so many say they are going to come visit. I donโ€™t appreciate they say they are coming and give me day and time and no courtesy call they just donโ€™t show up. He gets so disappointed and I deal with him feeling he isnโ€™t liked anymore. These are the ones that will come up after and say. โ€œHe is in a better placeโ€. Basically they can just stay away. Cuz if that is all they can say, it is just to make themselves feel better and off the hook.

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Daniel
a month ago

I'm not really sure I understand what the hell she's trying to say.

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Guest Fox
Jupiter, FL ยท 21 days ago

For years my friend always worried about her adult son. He had a drug addiction and would be gone for days and she wouldnโ€™t know where he was. One time he was missing for 3 days. They found him in the river of a park. Overdose drowning. I consoled her, held her and did say, youโ€™re not going to have to worry about him anymore. It wasnโ€™t heartless, it was heartfull.

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Lori
Oak Lawn, IL ยท 2 months ago

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Dinah Kruppa
Covington, LA ยท 4 months ago

She is right. Expressing empathy is better. Tell the bereaved a good memory you have of the deceased and that you will miss him too That is easy to do.

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MamaGus74
Mora, MN ยท 3 months ago

I lost my dad two years ago on thanksgiving morning unexpectedly and my heart broke because he was gone and because my mom was left to deal with everything. The pain of losing a loved one is real and yes it did give me great comfort believing that he was with the Lord and was no longer suffering and the fact that he will always be with us in our hearts and memories. It is not selfish to just want a hug because that is what we the loved ones left behind need. We already know the one who passed is still living in spirit and itโ€™s their physical life that has ended so wrap us in hugs to help comfort us because we need that more than words.

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Ester Carr
Linneus, ME ยท 3 months ago

You are so right. When my husband passed someone embraced me, they didn't say anything. Words were too painful. Many years have passed since that day; however, the embrace stays with me.

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Paula Byrd
Jacksonville, NC ยท a month ago

Please donโ€™t tell people that their loved ones are in a better place, people said that when my husband passed, well, I felt that he was in the best place when he was with me!

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random_muser
Burnet, TX ยท 22 days ago

I was 20 when my mom died. The nerve of some of the things people would say. one person told me they knew how I felt ...their mom was standing right next to them. I became completely introverted from that experience. I couldn't stand the fake mess of it all.

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Dranda DeLeon
Las Vegas, NV ยท 2 months ago

when my dad died when I was nine and my brother was seven and my sister was sick We didn't go to the actual funeral but we went to the one or family came to the house. I'm 72 years old now and it's still haunts me to this day the adults that walked up to me patted me on my head like I was a dog and told me my dad was in a better place. My dad should have been there with his children and his wife there was no better place than that. Don't tell people that it's insulting

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Jennifer Dupree
North Fork, CA ยท 3 months ago

I found that ppl just don't know what to say . it's not done in malice . they want to help and comfort you . make them freezer meals , run errands , help with household chores , simple things done in silence

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Elizabeth Draper
Tomball, TX ยท a month ago

๐Ÿ‘excellent advice ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Teresa4trump
Buhl, AL ยท 4 days ago

Absolutely true

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Joyce
Memphis, TN ยท 3 months ago

people don't know those words aren't comforting until they go through it themselves. I have been throughbit

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Wade Canfield
Hutchinson, KS ยท 25 days ago

facts

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lmcnutt52
Fort Wayne, IN ยท 3 months ago

When my husband died I found myself comforting other people.

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A Hendricks
Scottsdale, AZ ยท 2 months ago

don't say their in a better place

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avoidit
Machesney Park, IL ยท a month ago

maybe you should pass out an instruction manual

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Maricia Wilson
Branchville, NJ ยท 3 months ago

There is one thing you can say ? that if you need help or anything you need a hand please call me an I will be there for you ? ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™Amen

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GOD_ IS_GOOD
3 months ago

AMEN, AMEN, AND AMEN. WORRY ABOUT THE LIVING. GOD BLESS HER.

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Aj Behrens
Barnett, MO ยท 2 months ago

Yes maโ€™am true words

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Patricia Green-Jones
Columbus, OH ยท a month ago

so true

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Scott
3 months ago

In our culture, we are afraid of death. We do everything we can to avoid the subject. When death confronts, we don't know how to act or what to say. People say, "I'm sorry for your loss," "he's in a better place," "she's no longer suffering," and so on because we don't know what to say. People want to offer comfort. You could try taking their words in the way they mean them.

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Jeanne Brock
2 months ago

She is just speaking the truth. After they get over the initial loss itโ€™s like a slap of reality hits!!! How are they going to live now? I have a friend who lost her sister. For years she went next door to take care of her. Today my friend cries and says โ€œwhat am I going to do?โ€

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Carol Hall
Princeton, NC ยท 2 months ago

She is so right!! I lost my husband Wednesday ๐Ÿฅฒ

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Valreee
Alabama, NY ยท 2 months ago

exactly what people.said when my husband and my.dad passed.

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Veronica Stringer
Dothan, AL ยท 2 months ago

The Truth ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

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Jewel Howard
Seattle, WA ยท 4 months ago

if it's no comforting don't say anything

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Sanchez Sylvia
Spring, TX ยท 2 months ago

Yes maโ€™am

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Dale Sadler
Los Angeles, CA ยท 4 months ago

that's true and real talk ๐Ÿ˜…

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Shannon Hollis
Ann Arbor, MI ยท 3 months ago

I feel so much for you. I'm felling the same thing after 4 years. still lost and confuse in this whole mess ๐Ÿคจ

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MWMDTexas
El Paso, TX ยท 3 months ago

So true!!!

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Mary Rutledge
Fort Myers Beach, FL ยท 3 months ago

so true.

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Deena Reyes
Rome, GA ยท 3 months ago

I totally agree

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Beth Richards
Port Huron, MI ยท 4 months ago

words well spoken

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john Mosure
North Webster, IN ยท 3 months ago

when someone you love dies...most people remark.. sorry for your loss..it's so impersonal ..tell them Big Hugs โ™ฅ๏ธ

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Purplely
Lone Tree, CO ยท 4 months ago

exactly correct. it does not make a griever feel any better, actuality worse, depending on the circumstances.

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William
Warroad, MN ยท 3 months ago

Funerals are for the living

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Blue Mom
Benton, AR ยท 4 months ago

Correct

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Pam Roberts
Brookings, OR ยท 4 months ago

First there is absolutely nothing you say to her to make it better. If you paid attention she ended up comforting others.

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Sixx Wright
Englewood, CO ยท 3 months ago

Indeed

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Jennifer Locker
Providence, RI ยท 4 months ago

RIP KIMBERLY ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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Stephanie Suzanne
Indiana, PA ยท 4 months ago

Other things people say: โ€œHow are you?โ€ โ€œHeโ€™s in a good place.โ€ โ€œHope youโ€™re doing well.โ€

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Jacqueline a declue DeClue
Sulphur, OK ยท 4 months ago

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