I know they were grieving. I know that it was upsetting. I just...there's no way you could have known that the word didn't get out as the others had promised it would. I'm just angry at the situation and upset that you had to take any flak for it at all.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
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Yeah, I think immediate family should have at least a 2 week period before someone gives them a "talking to," subtexty or not.
The idea of a memorial is to celebrate a person's life and grive their passing, and to support that person's family. It's too bad they weren't there for the formal memorial, but I would think that this would not supercede (should NOT supercede) their own informal memorial and any support they could wish to give to the fam.
I mean, aren't Masons all about the widow's son, anyway?
(Granted, all my Mason stuff comes from the Illuminatus trilogy, so it's awee bit skewed...or, who knows, maybe right on?)
Yeah but I also never became a mason.
We're just feeling protective of you, sweetheart. Please don't feel like you have to defend them. I know his words came from a place of grief.
And now you never will, so there.
ND, if you want me to go back and edit, I will -- I was piling on Kristin's a bit, and mostly coming from this:
immediate family should have at least a 2 week period before someone gives them a "talking to," subtexty or not.
kind of place. I do feel like you didn't need to catch the brunt of it, especially since I know those clubs have good communication channels that could be helping you rather than landing on you - but if it's hurting more than helping, I'll happily edit to make myself look crazy.
Yeah but I also never became a mason
You should have...um, Mason family rollover minutes or something. For a year. Geesh. Like being on a parent's health insurance till you're 18.
It is just a lot of unfortunate. I need to call tomorrow and figure out where the ball got dropped.
Forgive me, Drew, but...the gentleman who called you? Wouldn't he be doing this? I mean, he is part of the organization.
I understand you might feel obliged to do this, or that it is a courtesy you must attend to personally; you just have so much on your plate, I am wondering if this is something you can let others do?