http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/do-i-tell-my-aunt-the-truth/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 10:48:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/do-i-tell-my-aunt-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 Ronelle Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:24:22 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=552#comment-3267 I suspect that the healthy sister, however dim, realizes that a woman in her eighties who is constantly tired and not really eating, isn't exactly preparing for a marathon. Conciously or unconciously, she has apparently decided not to acknowledge the situation a name, which, if you ask me, is both normal and a healthy reaction. What will she gain by defining the situation? She'll have plenty of time to mourn her sister when she dies. I suspect that the healthy sister, however dim, realizes that a woman in her eighties who is constantly tired and not really eating, isn’t exactly preparing for a marathon. Conciously or unconciously, she has apparently decided not to acknowledge the situation a name, which, if you ask me, is both normal and a healthy reaction. What will she gain by defining the situation? She’ll have plenty of time to mourn her sister when she dies.

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