To actually be crying because Carrie Fisher passed away?

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And not really be ashamed of it? I grew up on Princess Leia busting every body's balls and I really loved Carrie herself, and her being so candid and actually funny and clever.

Fuck off, it's ok to be sad. I'm not personally grieving as such but she was funny, witty, a legend. A big part of the films I grew up with. Hilarious with her dog Gary on chat shows. It is sad. I will miss her presence in the world. She was awesome.

I loved that witty, sweet, kind, beautiful lady and I will miss her.

Properly gutted.
She always seemed so down to earth & funny.
RIP Princess

It's going to be a miserable existence if every year you mourn the death of every celeb + family member + friend + neighbohd down the street who passed away at this time 1,5,10 years previous.

There is no need to pity people who are not unbelievably sensitive. Build some resilience! I doubt George would have been left bereft at your passing.

If only you'd been around to tell Donne that, JessCress ...

Jess - I appreciate your opinion (that the famous are mourned excessively) but I think that some of us do get emotionally attached to people who represent something in life that means something significant.

I'm shocked at how upset I am, real tears here

Finola1step. (Sorry, not sure how to do in bold). I am 52. I awoke yesterday to the death of George. I even played Careless Whisper to myself in the bath today. What I'm saying is, I never cried, sobbed, am bereft at the death of someone I never met or really knew. Although am shocked at George, but not enough to change my FB profile etc. I loved George Michael (I'm the right age of course 😊). Did I shed real, emotional tears, of course not. Never met or knew the man.

Being sad is fine and normal I reckon. You can't expect someone to be famous and part of our lives or our growing up and then for us to feel nothing when they die. For some people music or words of someone they admire can be inspiring during dark or sad times and you make a connection with that person. Of course you can mourn their death, why wouldn't you?

It's going to be a miserable existence if every year you mourn the death of every celeb + family member + friend + neighbohd down the street who passed away at this time 1,5,10 years previous.

Why would you? not all of those people will mean something to you. Why would you mourn them all? You really don't get it do you? Try thinking about it for a minute.

JessCress do you appreciate that this isn't about mourning every celebrity who passes? This is simply about being sad when a person you enjoyed watching, listening to, admired for many years passes away.

Yes, people die every day, including celebrities. That doesn't mean that we have to be all stone cold Teflon, allowing everything to just slide on by.

maddiemookin and jesscress

I pity you for your lack of empathy.

I cried when Terry Wogan died. Heard the news, thought 'how sad' but then watched the One Show tribute and sobbed all the way through it.

IMHO YUBU

maddiemookins16mum

Thank you for being the voice of reason.

Rather YABU

It's very sad, but crying? 😐

YABU, but I do find it sad. I thought she might make it.

My mum believes that it was unimportant for women to have a career, Carrie was the first time I consciously saw a woman on equal terms with the men around her, being just as gutsy. Saddened here too, but sadly was expecting the inevitable.
But yes, totally YANBU

So we are all on a forum where people come to share their worries and troubles and get support from other people around the world. Most of us will never see each other in our "real" lives. We live in different cities, countries, have a different background and may have very little in common. But say that you shed a tear about someone who had a certain impact on your life, even indirectly and you're called a fool. Strange, isn't it?
Being sad about someone's death, even if it was a person we've never met but whose work had a lasting impression on our life doesn't mean we are shattered or broken. That would be ridiculous. Feeling sadness, even shedding few tears is nothing extraordinary. You're not BU, OP.

It's very sad.

I normally can't believe people crying over famous people they don't know personally dying, but Carrie Fisher's death has made me well up.

Dh says the Queen should do the decent thing given the year we've had!

Wouldn't say I was devastated, but it's the sheer number of celebrities I actually like who have died this year that has been so weird.

I think it is okay to be sad. These people were part of the fabric of our childhoods - all sorts of personal memories are bound up in their work.
Their deaths signify the end of an era. It's hard not to think of our own mortality when people you remember as young and vibrant and so alive, suddenly are not.

I was going to marry GM, when I was 10

2016 has been relentless.

and you're called a fool.

If that is about my post it was in response to jesscress