I was having a conversation with my mother once when she was in her late 80's, after the dementia had started to set in but was not too bad at that point, where she was lamenting about not having having any friends. As gently as I could, I reminded her that all of her friends had died. Watching the realization of what I said come on in her face was pretty astonishing.
I only remove dead people's numbers from my phone if I want to forget them... One of them was killed by her ex. I might have plans for him when he gets out of prison.
yeah, you know you getting old when you have to do that. I removed 3 names in the past 2 years now. dave in pa.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks, but what ya gonna do?
DeleteI was having a conversation with my mother once when she was in her late 80's, after the dementia had started to set in but was not too bad at that point, where she was lamenting about not having having any friends. As gently as I could, I reminded her that all of her friends had died. Watching the realization of what I said come on in her face was pretty astonishing.
ReplyDeleteThis guy still has clear thinking.
Nemo
She not to bright
ReplyDeleteI have several dead friends in my contacts, can't bring myself to delete them.
ReplyDeleteYep. been there, done that. Not all, but entirely too many.
ReplyDeleteI start each day with coffee followed by a look at the obits. It’s sobering how often I recognize names.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of getting old is that you now more dead people than living people, unfortunately.
ReplyDeletePhil B
Something tells me the numbers are going to be getting a lot worse.
ReplyDeleteI only remove dead people's numbers from my phone if I want to forget them...
ReplyDeleteOne of them was killed by her ex. I might have plans for him when he gets out of prison.
I use https://earth.nullschool.net, with it configured to show surface winds. Currently, its showing below 65kts max for that storm.
ReplyDeleteI use Ventusky, but not here in this thread...
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Sometimes you just gotta let them go.
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