tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post7824627078179074195..comments2024-03-22T18:06:02.887-05:00Comments on Not Just Another Mother Blogger!: Bad News Travels AwkwardlyTMWHickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099277984216556857noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post-22944313195736806732013-10-16T21:06:35.294-05:002013-10-16T21:06:35.294-05:00I'm terrible at delivering bad news-I tend to ...I'm terrible at delivering bad news-I tend to cry and become incoherent. Then I need to be comforted. Not very helpful for the person who is receiving the news, unless my master plan is to distract them from their own feelings. <br />I don't have a master plan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post-71351719129343194022013-10-16T13:17:25.453-05:002013-10-16T13:17:25.453-05:00I'm a crier too! It is what you do post-delive...I'm a crier too! It is what you do post-delivery. You have to be there. As a side note, my mother can be smothering although sweet. Sometimes, often, that drives me crazy too.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841767868797265391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post-65517908811388602912013-10-15T19:01:36.600-05:002013-10-15T19:01:36.600-05:00Exactly. It's what you do post delivery. My mo...Exactly. It's what you do post delivery. My mom isn't just bad at delivering bad news, she sort of relishes it. Today she called and the minute I heard her voice I knew. Yup. Somebody died. And she took her sweet time working up to it. Then she moved on to a nice Alzheimer's story just to round things out. Linda Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285985403444531922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post-41411516375727072362013-10-15T09:42:21.043-05:002013-10-15T09:42:21.043-05:00Always interesting to see the inner-workings of ot...Always interesting to see the inner-workings of other families. My parents were stoic, as well, and avoided giving bad news to us kids. As a result, I felt in the dark a lot, like you did.Mamarifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861115843532508157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1079589059457212218.post-64170485592769267782013-10-14T18:56:51.589-05:002013-10-14T18:56:51.589-05:00The filters can be fairly amusing. ;)The filters can be fairly amusing. ;)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294308714313220666noreply@blogger.com