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How do you deal with a friend who has lost a parent?
I have a friend who lost her mom about 6 years ago, before i even knew her. Her parents were divorced, but both were remarried. She lived with her mother for the majority of her childhood. We're now in high school and every time we go to a football game she sings the school's song that she would have gone to instead of where she goes. She always just seems to be stuck in the past, and she visits her step dad each weekend, and once when we were having a party she had to leave early so she could make it there on time, so i suggested she just not go that weekend and she got extremely angry at me. I feel like no matter what i say to her, she'll get mad about it, if it deals with her family or her life.
And also, she got extremely mad at me earlier this week because of something i said about a family thing. So i'm the type of person who likes to talk things through and make sure they don't happen again, but when i saw her later that day she just ignored it and pretended like it never happened, when i was still angry with her. I feel like that's how she is in life, too, if something happens to her she ignores it instead of trying to confront it.
I just feel very helpless, any suggestions will be helpful, thank you.
2 Answers
- Anonymous5 years ago
Yes, i had a similiar situation when i was younger and i didn't have a clue what to say. The fact is that you are not trying to suddenly make things better for the person. There is nothing that you will say that will take the pain away ..... but you can be supportive, LISTEN (this is important), and help out with small things (make dinners, take dog for walk etc), don't avoid the conversation of the dead person as it's nice to talk about them and talk about "good times". The grieving process is different for everyone, different emotions will come out at different times and all you can do is be there to be supportive, understanding (if they are behaving differently than usual) and a good listening ear.
