Did you ever have the urge to say something totally unfeeling and inappropriate, just because of the way something was phrased?
A woman on one of my e-mail lists just had a miscarriage. I empathize with her grief, appreciate that messages from other list members have been sweet and sympathetic (none of those awful "You can have another one" messages; one woman sent a sonnet by L'Engle that, if I remember right, refers to the death of a baby dolphin, but is perfect for this case). I would never say anything to her to increase her pain.
But I must admit,when she wrote, starkly, "I lost the baby," while most of my brain thought, "Oh, no!" one small snide corner whispered, "Where did you put it last?"
Bad brain.
Posted by dichroic at July 29, 2004 12:56 PMYeah. At least you only thought it. I was almost bludgeoned to death with revised New Testaments by a herd of pissed-off Baptists. One had asked me if I'd found Jesus and I gasped, "Jesus is LOST? Why don't people tell me these things?" ~LA
Posted by: LA at July 29, 2004 02:27 PMYou should get the bumper sticker I saw, LA. It said, "I found Jesus. He was in the trunk."
Posted by: Mris at July 30, 2004 07:55 AM