http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 10:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Horst Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:32:29 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/#comment-291 Alicia, it is a basic rule of social discourse that unless you want to hear endless stories about other people's illnesses, it is your responsibility to change the subject. Preferably to something really stupid and dull, that will put the other person to sleepl. Try -- "I just stumbled on a sale at Bloomies," for starters. Drop illness and death as subjects of discussion. Alicia, it is a basic rule of social discourse that unless you want to hear endless stories about other people’s illnesses, it is your responsibility to change the subject. Preferably to something really stupid and dull, that will put the other person to sleepl. Try — “I just stumbled on a sale at Bloomies,” for starters. Drop illness and death as subjects of discussion.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Graciella Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:25:41 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/#comment-290 Talking about fatal illnesses is like whistling in the dark. We pretend that the sounds we make will death at bay. Talking about fatal illnesses is like whistling in the dark. We pretend that the sounds we make will death at bay.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Gail Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:21:25 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/breast-cancer-competitors/#comment-289 Alicia should spare people the details. If she's late to a dinner party, she can simply apologise, without specifying why or explaining what kind of treatment she took her sister to on that particular day. iIt's all in her hands. Alicia should spare people the details. If she’s late to a dinner party, she can simply apologise, without specifying why or explaining what kind of treatment she took her sister to on that particular day. iIt’s all in her hands.

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