Posted by TheMojoPin at 208.1.219.2 on November 30, 2001 at 05:10:56:
In Reply to: I have a serious answer. posted by Smalls on November 30, 2001 at 05:03:42:
I'm in such a bad place right now, and I don't know what to do, but everyone else is so quick to judge. So ready to command. So ready to tell everyone else what they can and can't do. How do I deal with death? I don't change. I live my life to the best degrees of "normality" because it's the healthiest way I can deal with tragedy. I'm glib? Tough. I'm a smartass? Whoa, like THAT'S news, that's how I've always been on this board. For the umpteenth time, this how I deal with any kind of death, be it close to me or remote like this. Maybe it makes me a horrible person, but that's MY eventual crutch to deal with, NOT anyone else's. So go ahead. Cry on about what an asshole I am. That's YOUR way of venting. But who ends being more cruel? Someone who vents indirectly on someone who will never, ever hear what they're saying, or someone who has the audacity to tell someone else how to respond to a trauma and insult them for those feelings to their face (such as it is)?
-TMP