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father's dressed for work the next day?

posted 11 years ago by noveltylibrary
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and didn't even plan on taking time off? the reactions of the parents just didn't seem real. the bed was made perfectly the next morning. i mean, come on!

[–] drek258 11 years ago

Some people express their sadness in different ways. There are some who just cry until they just can't anymore & others just internalise it all & just try to get on with life in the hopes of leaving it all in the past. I know people that have lost their sons & you have a period of mourning but after a while they just have to toughen up & not let it control your life, sure they get moments of breaking down but that's only human.

I found their acting to be very realistic as you can see they both are trying to gather themselves up & just try to move on but also having to deal with the emotions of it all coupled with the guilt of what their son had done.

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[–] Stirchley 11 years ago

the bed was made perfectly the next morning

Sometimes it's very therapeutic to control what you can control. If I feel unhappy for some reason, an unmade bed will make me feel 10 times worse.

[–] Tracey73 10 years ago

the reactions of the parents just didn't seem real.

Everyone grieves differently. In this case, I am going to assume that these 2 parents are going through the shock of their lives. Just the death of your child is hellish enough, but to know that he murdered others, then took his own life? I can't even begin to process that.

I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people. ~ Blue October