It can be a weirdly touchy subject, much like telling your kids there's a Santa Claus or not
Actually, that is a great approach! Someone butts in, and you can go all OMG MY DAD DIED YOU STUPID BUTTINSKY and with any luck that person will be shamed into a hole in the ground.
I have found that reported death has a vast power to influence strangers, and even acquaintances. My uncle had been dead more than a year when I reported to the Democratic party, "No, he cannot volunteer, because he is not alive," and the woman on the phone apologized as if she had suggested he report to hell for chicken-fucking. I was sort of amused that the Democratic party could be so foolish, but she seriously seemed to think she had crossed some immense line of no-no.
ita, I get a 404 on the second one, and I've not had a problem with wetmen before...
The very name "Miss Kitty Fantastico" has therefore been interpreted by some as meaning "pussy is great".
Oh, god. I'd never heard this before.
Ah, ita: "Due to bandwidth overages, wetmen.provocateuse.com will be down until about the 5th of next month."
I was sort of amused that the Democratic party could be so foolish, but she seriously seemed to think she had crossed some immense line of no-no.
The thing with that, though, is that the first time it happens, it's pretty traumatic, because the person has only just died.
People trying to collect on loans made to the deceased, on the other hand, not apologetic at all.
Let us not speak of the Katie.
I'm obsessively worried about Katie.
I want to rescue her.
You got that with the first, juliana, and not the second? Pfft.
A co-worker has just finished watching S1 of Alias and is sad that there will be no more Will Tippin. Poor man.
It's like, if it were here -- someone says, "I do X," five more people say, "Oh, you do X? I do Y or Z," and it's all cool. If someone said, "OMG you SUCK for doing X! X makes you a terrible person!!!"? Much less cool.
Except maybe if someone here posted "On Father's Day I plan to go over and punch Dad in the head and then unplug his iron lung and dance widdershins around it cackling in mad glee while my step-siblings weep in the background."
Then, it might be okay for someone to suggest that that person had a few issues and should maybe seek anger management classes.
Steph, is there something you're trying to tell us?