Comments on: A different kind of guilt http://rammi.glomp.me/2009/12/04/a-different-kind-of-guilt/ Not your average everyday sane psycho. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://rammi.glomp.me/2009/12/04/a-different-kind-of-guilt/comment-page-1/#comment-8612 Jennifer Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:02:52 +0000 http://rammi.glomp.me/?p=639#comment-8612 I don't think it makes you callous. You can't really honestly grieve for a person that had little to no impact on your life, no matter what relation they are to you. I too have extended family that I know little about, especially those that are family by marriage/relations only. .-= Jennifer´s last blog ..<a href="http://themindofifer.blogspot.com/2009/12/global-warming-101.html" rel="nofollow">Global Warming 101</a> =-. I don’t think it makes you callous. You can’t really honestly grieve for a person that had little to no impact on your life, no matter what relation they are to you.

I too have extended family that I know little about, especially those that are family by marriage/relations only.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Global Warming 101 =-.

]]> By: Jess http://rammi.glomp.me/2009/12/04/a-different-kind-of-guilt/comment-page-1/#comment-8570 Jess Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:54:34 +0000 http://rammi.glomp.me/?p=639#comment-8570 I don't think this is necessarily callous, just the truth. Last year my great aunt died, and I wasn't upset about it. I met her once aged seven (and I DO remember that) but as far as I was concerned, she was that crazy extremist Catholic relative who sent me Christmas cards each year urging me to go to Mass. And when my grandpa, her brother, was dying she didn't come here to see him herself... she sent a Catholic priest to urge him to convert back (which he refused to do). When I later learned that she left my mum (and by extension us) a ton of money I felt slightly bad for not grieving, but it can't be helped... I didn't really know her and the little I did know was hardly positive. Since it's not like you're happy that she died, I don't think it's really a bad thing. It's just hard to grieve for the deaths of people one doesn't know, I think. .-= Jess´s last blog ..<a href="http://jess.skyness.org/2009/12/left-and-right-wing/" rel="nofollow">Left and right-wing</a> =-. I don’t think this is necessarily callous, just the truth. Last year my great aunt died, and I wasn’t upset about it. I met her once aged seven (and I DO remember that) but as far as I was concerned, she was that crazy extremist Catholic relative who sent me Christmas cards each year urging me to go to Mass. And when my grandpa, her brother, was dying she didn’t come here to see him herself… she sent a Catholic priest to urge him to convert back (which he refused to do). When I later learned that she left my mum (and by extension us) a ton of money I felt slightly bad for not grieving, but it can’t be helped… I didn’t really know her and the little I did know was hardly positive.

Since it’s not like you’re happy that she died, I don’t think it’s really a bad thing. It’s just hard to grieve for the deaths of people one doesn’t know, I think.
.-= Jess´s last blog ..Left and right-wing =-.

]]> By: Emily http://rammi.glomp.me/2009/12/04/a-different-kind-of-guilt/comment-page-1/#comment-8569 Emily Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:41:49 +0000 http://rammi.glomp.me/?p=639#comment-8569 I have an incredibly small immediate family, and a freakishly large extended family on both sides. Even though I see some of these people 2 or more times a year I still don't know who some of them are. The other week I finally figured out how one person is related to me. I've seen her 3 or 4 times in the last 6 weeks. .-= Emily´s last blog ..<a href="http://uncreativewriting.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/the-company-i-keep/" rel="nofollow">The Company I Keep</a> =-. I have an incredibly small immediate family, and a freakishly large extended family on both sides. Even though I see some of these people 2 or more times a year I still don’t know who some of them are. The other week I finally figured out how one person is related to me. I’ve seen her 3 or 4 times in the last 6 weeks.
.-= Emily´s last blog ..The Company I Keep =-.

]]> By: harry http://rammi.glomp.me/2009/12/04/a-different-kind-of-guilt/comment-page-1/#comment-8566 harry Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:43:36 +0000 http://rammi.glomp.me/?p=639#comment-8566 your suitor will be happy. My dad always said marry an orphan with no family! I'm sure you will fit into your in-laws family well! your suitor will be happy. My dad always said

marry an orphan with no family!

I’m sure you will fit into your in-laws family well!

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