http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/should-i-get-in-touch-now-that-hes-dying-of-cancer/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 12:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/should-i-get-in-touch-now-that-hes-dying-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Barry Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:22:37 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/should-i-get-in-touch-now-that-hes-dying-of-cancer/#comment-133 Ben, your answer is implied in your letter. You obviously considered contacting the wife too. That means you had had a good relationship with her. speak to her, and take it from there. Ben, your answer is implied in your letter. You obviously considered contacting the wife too. That means you had had a good relationship with her. speak to her, and take it from there.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/should-i-get-in-touch-now-that-hes-dying-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Felicia Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:20:40 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/should-i-get-in-touch-now-that-hes-dying-of-cancer/#comment-132 Drop the dying man a note by all means, and ask if you can do anything at all. But if you hint that you want to pay him a visit when you have ignored his previous attempts to be social while he was still healthy -- that's a rotten idea, and it may also put him under a lot of pressure. Drop the dying man a note by all means, and ask if you can do anything at all. But if you hint that you want to pay him a visit when you have ignored his previous attempts to be social while he was still healthy — that’s a rotten idea, and it may also put him under a lot of pressure.

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