Ive found out that my great Auntie and Uncle have recently died in the space of two weeks. I havent met them for a number of years but remember them fondly as a child. I used to go round to their house and eat jam tarts on hot summer days. At least they went together I guess but I do regret not making more of an effort to see more of my relatives. I guess we arent close outside of my immediate family.

Has this happened to you and do you regret not making more of an effort?

I'm sorry JD.

I had an uncle pass away over 7 years ago from brain cancer, and I didn't see him in the hospital before he slipped into a coma. It was the last time he was awake, and talking to people, and I mised out. I still regret it to this day.
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Sorry for your loss, hon.

yep, i missed all 4 of my grandparents deaths, i need to keep my ass in one place

it is upsetting, but whats done is done...

aww I am sorry JD

eraclito said:

Ive only ever known my Nan (Dads Mum). The others passed away before I was born. I will be devistated when she goes.

i'm sorry, JD.

i was like that with my grandfather. he was my dad's step-dad, and i never met either of my biological grandfathers, so he was all i ever knew. he died when i was 12, but i was a stupid shy kid & he was a reserved man, so i was never really close to him. it bothers me all the time now.

lessons come to us in strange ways sometimes ... I had one like yours when I was a teen

so I tried hard to change my choices

JDINTERACTIVE said:

then when u get back from your travels, i recommend that u run to her

dont be like me...

sorry bout your loss

Yeah the last time I saw my aunt we had to move her from the nursing home she had been placed in and have her admitted to the hopsital. My mother, her sister was with us and signed all the paperwork. They hadn't seen each other in 5 years and we had promised my mom she would get to see her at least every 3 months or so. when we left we promised to bring mom back the following weekend, but my aunt died that next thursday from heart failure.

I still feel bad that we didn't leave my mother there for that week, but she had appointments and we really had no idea she was as ill as she was. My mother talked to her on the phone the morning of the day she died. I did not. I didn't even get to say goodbye.

Again, I'm so sorry, JD.

Sorry to hear that JD - I hope you and your family back home are okay.

Sorry JD Shame you're so far away...

My uncle died abuot 5 months ago. They didn't tell my mom (who lives in the same city) until 4 days after the damned funeral.


Then my Aunt died last month. She was notified immediately, but I wasn't able to make it.

These are relatives on my dad's side of the family, and they are not very close to each other, let alone to us. So I didn't really mourn their loss, other than every life is mourned to some extent when it sunsets.

I miss deeply miss my Aunt and uncles on my mom's side of the family though. Many many good memories.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Sorry to hear about this JD. Losing two family members within 2 weeks of each other is hard to take.

I'm sorry to hear that JD. I hope I don't sound insensitive but I always find it somewhat romantic when couples that have been together forever pass away right after the other. My best friend's granny and gramps passed away a year apart. She remembers hearing gramps saying that he couldn't live without her. They were together for 60+ years.

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