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Don't forget people

  • 03-12-2007 12:11pm
    #1
    Unreg1204
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    I'm not sure which forum this is supposed to go in so I thought here might be ok...
    This morning I found out a guy I used to work with was killed in a car accident at the weekend. We were friends when we worked together but it has been a while and we completely lost touch. And now he's dead, one of the nicest people you could meet. I don't know his family or friends so I can't really go to the funeral so just wanted to pay respects here for him I guess - and to say don't lose touch with people you do care about. You'll regret it in the long run.


Comments

  • #2
    Clare Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,613 ✭✭✭✭Clare Bear


    Sorry to hear about your friend OP...you can still go to his funeral, it doesn't matter that you don't know his family or friends or that you lost touch with him, for your own sake you should go if you want to pay your respects.


  • #3
    l3LoWnA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭l3LoWnA


    This has happened to me a few times and I regretted not going to the funerals. It would be nice just to hear the sermon and what is said about him, you don't HAVE to sympathise or go to the funeral home/wake, and if you want to, you can introduce yourself to family members, they would appreciate it, to know he's left his mark.


  • #4
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    happened to me twice. one i didnt find out until a year after he died, and the 2nd, i didnt even know he was sick, but found out on After Hours when his little bro posted about it.

    it scares ya to think there could be other old friends that have passed away but you've yet to find out.


  • #5
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Has happened to me several times and you always feel a bit gulity but somtimes our friends dissappear out of our lives for years and we only find out about them when they have died .


  • #6
    ShawnRaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭ShawnRaven


    The_B_Man wrote: »
    happened to me twice. one i didnt find out until a year after he died, and the 2nd, i didnt even know he was sick, but found out on After Hours when his little bro posted about it.

    it scares ya to think there could be other old friends that have passed away but you've yet to find out.

    Happened to me about 12 years ago, was in a club and someone approached me saying he recognised me cos i used to hang around with someone he knew. I said, that i knew him but hadn't seen him in a while. We'd stopped going to the same place, didn't have a falling out or anything, just lost touch, as it so happens.

    Got the shock of my life a moment later when he's shown me the memorial card. Ended up talking to the guy for about 45 minutes being clued in to the last 2 years of his life (the years we'd been out of touch).

    Crazy what you take for granted until it's too late. Still remember all the times we hung out. :(

    VR!


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