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Bereavement

murielm99

(30,745 posts)

6. Thanks to you and everyone else.

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 06:49 PM

Aug 2015

My youngest daughter, 31, emailed me and said, "When you find out what they really want, let me know."

I was very noncommittal and nonjudgemental in my email to her, but that was her conclusion.

I am sorry we all have to be so cynical about family.

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Any thoughts on how to keep it civil? [View all] murielm99 Aug 2015 OP

try to give them the benefit of the doubt. KMOD Aug 2015 #1

"Thank you for caring about him, we can't talk about it, but thank you for uppityperson Aug 2015 #2

Thank you. n/t murielm99 Aug 2015 #3

Take your cue from your husband, since they're his family DeadLetterOffice Aug 2015 #4

Someone in husband's family made the decision to reach out. No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #5

Thanks to you and everyone else. murielm99 Aug 2015 #6

Family is Family. Not a lot choice in the matter. No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #7

We are leaving in about thirty minutes. murielm99 Aug 2015 #8

Enjoy. No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #9

If I speak to anyone on DU about it, murielm99 Aug 2015 #10

My son coached me on how to converse with my long estranged uber winger uncle. mahina Aug 2015 #11

I'd be like are you going to invite us out for a day out on the river/lake/etc on it? 47of74 Sep 2015 #12

Not I! mahina Sep 2015 #13

He bought this used houseboat. 47of74 Sep 2015 #14

That reminds me of the definition of a boat mahina Sep 2015 #15

Yeah that's about it. 47of74 Sep 2015 #16