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We were not good friends
but your passing has shocked me
to the very core
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Your mid-life crisis conduct
hard to forgive, even now
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by Scooj
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We were not good friends
but your passing has shocked me
to the very core
.
Your mid-life crisis conduct
hard to forgive, even now
.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 
It’s always a shock to me how certain deaths can hit us in ways we hadn’t imagined whereas others don’t, and the shock often comes from our feelings about that person . . .
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Sorry for your loss Scooj . . .
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I feel strange about this. I never much liked the guy. We didn’t share values and he spent his life trying to prove himself, which becomes tedious because he was always trying to out do others. I didn’t like the way he ditched his wife (a good friend of ours) not the way he forced her into a poor divorce settlement. I won’t go into detail, but his behaviour was despicable.
My shock arises out of the sudden nature of his death and the fact that he is younger than me. I worry for his ex wife’s well-being and especially their two children.
Although tragic I have confused feelings about it all.
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A sudden death will always be a shock, the fact that it’s happened to someone who didn’t behave as well as perhaps they might have done towards either their own family or supposed friends is perhaps a slight blessing rather than it being someone who was deeply loved and admired.
I can only hope his ex wife finds the strength and time to move forward with her life and to make the coming years filled with love and joy . . .
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It’s hard to know what to say. I’m sorry this person was such a disappointing human being. I hope all concerned will not be scarred by this sudden death. I hope somewhere in your history together there is a scrap of good memories.
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Sometimes it simply is what it is, your anger is an act of caring, compassion, even. Please forgive my assumptions.
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I think you are right, and no forgiveness required.
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