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To wonder if true friends really exist

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Somethingsosimple · 06/09/2019 10:38

My dad has been diagnosed with cancer. We are a close family and it has been a real shock. I have confided in a few friends ( mainly school mums) while we were waiting for results but not one of them has remembered to ask again or really care. I find this incredibly hurtful as I have been there for them in the past when they have had family problems. One friend even asked me if I had a lovely school holiday, even though I had poured my heart out to her on the last day of term. I feel like everyone is so busy with their lives. We received some more bad news yesterday and I would so love to have someone I could talk to, but I don’t want to mention it to anyone again as I think people only want hear fun news.

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BrittleJoys · 07/09/2019 00:43

You used the present tense, implying you were talking about ten years after his death, not its immediate aftermath. Of course friends should and would remember closer to the time, though if there’s a slew of parental deaths over a few years, and you’re not on FB, it can be hard to keep track. Three of my close friends lost parents in the last 18 months.

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