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Some terrible personal news
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#62Matt and I both come from the same rural / impoverished area in Kentucky and we both studied CS under the same professors. I have looked up to him for years as a role model. Im very sorry to hear of your loss, Matt.
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#63Unimaginably sad news. :( I hope you make it through buddy.
I just learned my father who I was not close to for several decades has died - just yesterday. I have mixed emotions about someone who was very distant to me and can't even imagine losing my wife. The only thing I can think of that would keep me alive is my son. I don't know what I want to say but I guess maybe there is comfort in being around family in this very difficult time. I will think about you and your wife, please take care.
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#64Matt is my boss. He is the kindest and best leader I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Cindy, his wife, was a jewel. My heart hurts so much for him.
Give him a big hug for everyone.
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#65Rejoice, Matt, for YOU are one of the few who for the rest of their lives get to say "We knew each other for 23 years and we were married for 18 years,"'till death did us apart. If I can say such a statement in the end I will cry one tear of gratitude for every tear of sorrow. I hope you can find the strength.
He lost a person that he greatly loved at a relatively young age and you presume to tell him to be happy about it because now he can lord his widowed status over people. I'm generally not into making direct personal character attacks on the internet but I think that outlook is disgusting.
Thanks, I accept how you read it through your lenses and responded in kind, but it does not reflect my intent and feeling.
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#66Rejoice, Matt, for YOU are one of the few who for the rest of their lives get to say "We knew each other for 23 years and we were married for 18 years,"'till death did us apart. If I can say such a statement in the end I will cry one tear of gratitude for every tear of sorrow. I hope you can find the strength.
He lost a person that he greatly loved at a relatively young age and you presume to tell him to be happy about it because now he can lord his widowed status over people. I'm generally not into making direct personal character attacks on the internet but I think that outlook is disgusting.
I think you’re misreading that but it’s a bit clumsily written so it’s understandable.
Celebrating what you had, and the persons life with you, rather than dwelling on the loss is actually recommended as a healthy way to grieve (though we each grieve differently)
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
He lost a person that he greatly loved at a relatively young age and you presume to tell him to be happy about it because now he can lord his widowed status over people. I'm generally not into making direct personal character attacks on the internet but I think that outlook is disgusting.
Thanks, I accept how you read it through your lenses and responded in kind, but it does not reflect my intent and feeling.
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#68So sorry to hear that Matt. Stay strong and stay positive.
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#69Terribly sorry to hear this, Matt. I'm a member of something like 200 meetups in the DMV area. Let me know if you need help keeping busy.
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#70I lost my wife suddenly in 2009, she was 34. Losing your significant other is something that you never get over - you live with the emptiness and the hurt, and you learn to move on and hope that the "fog" eventually lifts. It's something that only someone else who has been through the same experience will understand. I was lucky to meet a friend who had lost her husband a couple years before, and she helped me throug…
I lost my mom in 2001. One week after 9/11. I was 6.
I often wonder if I would have been a better person if she was there.