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look some of you didn’t spend an unreasonable amount of your formative years in funeral homes and it shows.
there is a way to express your sympathy (and even be empathetic) towards people experiencing loss without talking about “my heartbreak” and “my tears” and how “i couldn’t imagine”
grief, and especially talking to/about grieving people isn’t really something people know innately and i recognize that most people don’t have the experience that i do so this isn’t shade, it’s an opportunity to educate.
i really recommend reading and learning about the ring theory of grief and the following article. i also would like to encourage you to take a minute and really think about what you say to someone grieving, especially when you have the time to think, type, and edit.
