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Being orphaned as an Adult

  • 24-08-2015 9:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭


    I was at an event yesterday and the speaker extended sympathy to someone present on the recent death of her mother. Shethen went on to diccuss the emotions one feels when both their parents have passed on and used the term "Orphan" in her speech.
    The lady in question is in her mid 60s and while I understood the sentiment, I'm not sure if those words really fit the situation.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


    Well you are an orphan of course. But by then, it 'shouldn't' have the same impact on you since by then you'll be grown up and independent and hopefully your parents will have taught what you need to know to survive and be a good person and ****.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,622 ✭✭✭secman


    When my dear mother died 12 years ago, my dad having passed away some 21 years ago .. I immediately thought to my self and said it aloud to my 2 brothers that we were now orphans....just the way I felt at that moment .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Once your parents are gone you're pretty much an orphan - regardless if you're 6 or 60.

    When both my parents are gone (hopefully a very long time from now) it will be pretty scary even if I am a grownup man.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks




    Isn't there anything that Larry David doesn't pick up on?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    I was "orphaned" at 25. That sucked. However, I was an adult, I was strong and healthy and capable of fending for myself. The main source of unconditional love and having someone in your corner was gone, and that was pretty hard to deal with but in terms of everything else I consider myself very lucky in that I had an amazing childhood, the best of oppertunities, and parents who idolised me. Quality over quantity. I would rather that, 25 years of good memories, than 60 odd years of manipulative/drunk etc parents.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭kingchess


    Was it Oscar Wilde who said of someone that if he killed his parents he would beg for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan


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