Dear Judy,
A close friend lost her live-in lover to a sudden heart attack (he was 41!). I’ve been a really good friend: calling, dropping by with groceries and DVDs, buying her little bottles of cologne or boxes of chocolate from time to time.
The thing is, this has been going on for at least 7 months. I [...]
Dear Judy,
Our first cousin knows everything, especially about my mother, who died recently of a heart attack. Whenever someone in the immediate family makes a decision — or plans a party — or buys an expensive item — this first cousin says, “Your mother wouldn’t have liked that!” or “Your mother would have wanted the rest [...]
Dear Judy
My brother’s wife just died. She was awful (When I say: rude, stingy, bad-tempered, you’ll know what I mean). Also: she wasn’t even nice to my 2 kids who are 11 and 13, and they’re pretty well-behaved. She never gave them so much as a birthday card.
My brother though is in a bad way. [...]
Dear Judy,
A very close friend, a prominent member of the community and serious professional died of a massive heart attack recently and I was devastated.
It got worse after we – her other friends and I — discovered what was in her Will. In it she asked me to help have her poems published. Trust me, I [...]
Dear Judy,
My father, who died 18 months ago of a heart attack, was a partner in a prominent law firm, along with his older brother. I recently graduated from law school, and the idea was I’d start working in the same firm soon thereafter, while waiting for the results of my law boards. Which I did [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m sure you’ve never had a question like this before. Two months after our neighbors moved in next door, the husband dropped dead (heart attack). Naturally I hardly knew them, but as they have a toddler and so do I, we used to wave once in a while.
Nonetheless, a bunch of us in the [...]
Dear Judy,
I have to write what must seem to you like an extremely odd question. My husband dropped dead of a heart attack 4 weeks ago. I know what I just wrote will strike you at least as odd as what I’m about to say, but bear with me.
The two of us did not get along. That’s [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009