Let me tell you a story. Last fall, my brother found out a long-time friend of his had died right before Thanksgiving. So Thanksgiving was a sad time for him and he& #39;s been mourning his friend these past months. 1/
Fast forward to a few weeks ago and my brother tells me that someone tried to call him from his dead friend& #39;s phone number around 2am. He didn& #39;t answer because a phone call that late from that number freaked him out. (I totally would have answered) 2/
Then, last week, someone whose name I didn& #39;t recognize tried to friend me on FB. Their profile was blank & our only mutual was my brother. So I asked him who it was--it was someone impersonating the friend of his who& #39;d passed away. 3/
Yesterday, my brother says to me, "Soooo...about my friend who died. It turns out he& #39;s not dead. He& #39;s alive!!!" 4/
This friend had suffered a head injury & was thought to be brain dead so his brother freaked out and started telling people he was dead (don& #39;t do that, okay?) Including an ex-girlfriend, who is the one who told my brother he was dead. 5/
So with all of the weird occurrences, my brother decides to reach out to this woman who told him their friend was dead and say, "Hey, here& #39;s what& #39;s happening, isn& #39;t that weird?" 6/
And she says, "Oh yeah, HE& #39;S NOT DEAD. That was a mistake."

But she never told my brother, who she& #39;d originally informed of friend& #39;s death, of his resurrection.

She forgot to share some EXTREMELY IMPORTANT information (don& #39;t do this either). 7/
So his friend, who was dead, is actually very much alive & was the one calling my brother & friending me on Facebook. Because he& #39;s not dead. Because he didn& #39;t die. 8/
In summary, when you tell someone a friend has died and then you find out they& #39;re really alive, please make sure you follow up to share that news too.

Or, you know, just don& #39;t kill off your relatives prematurely. /end
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