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Why do we say how wonderful people are only after they have died?

Asked by MRSHINYSHOES (13996points) October 22nd, 2011

This morning I read in the paper about a woman who was murdered in her home. She was a teacher. Some people said that she was the most caring person in the world who often provided free snacks to her students. Others remarked that she was a wonderful mother to her two children. Her relatives said she was a kind, unselfish individual.

This seems like a very simple and trite question, but have you ever wondered why we pour their hearts out about others only after they have died? Why can’t we tell them how special they are when they’re alive? Does it take their deaths to make us do that?

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