Broken Hearts

Always pre dig your grave site.

@cheesemaster said
Always pre dig your grave site.

@suzianne said
The other day, a good friend (male) who knows me quite well said to me, "Oh, quit cryin' about it, ya big baby!"

I appreciate everyone's responses, especially chaney3's Southern Cross mention, mchill's Aquinas quote, drewnogal's practical advice and as always, Torunn's wisdom.

Thank you all.

@moonbus said
I know, it feels awful at the time, but later you will look back on it and say “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”

@torunn said
It does feel terrible but it is the price we pay for the happiness we felt. "The pain now is part of the happiness then." (From the film Shadowlands)

@very-rusty said
It may be easier to say than to live through!!

You have to walk a mile in the person's shoes as the old saying goes.

-VR

@torunn said
I have lived through that a few times.

@very-rusty said
Others handle it much better than others has been my experience in what I've seen in my life so far.

-VR

@torunn said
Because we are all different personalities and one experience is never same as another.

@moonbus said
I know, it feels awful at the time, but later you will look back on it and say “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”

@moonbus said
I know, it feels awful at the time, but later you will look back on it and say “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.”

@torunn said
Because we are all different personalities and one experience is never same as another.

@lemondrop said
so true
you know you look exactly like my fourth wife

Well if nothing else at least this thread has brought out the best in some of us, we can get nasty to each other at times but we can also be this when it matters. Suzianne, I don't know you well, of course, but my perception is that you're a person of great sensitivity and intellect, and you'll be fine. Meantime, you've clearly got a lot of friends here, and I would be pleased and honoured if you would count me amongst them.
Phil

@indonesia-phil said
Well if nothing else at least this thread has brought out the best in some of us, we can get nasty to each other at times but we can also be this when it matters. Suzianne, I don't know you well, of course, but my perception is that you're a person of great sensitivity and intellect, and you'll be fine. Meantime, you've clearly got a lot of friends here, and I would be pleased and honoured if you would count me amongst them.
Phil