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[pensnest]

Beast and I went to see my (nice) stepmother on Saturday, and returned with a bunch of boxes of Dad's life (he was a ridiculously detailed scrapbook-keeper) and a wooden chest of Other Stuff. I opened the first folder of Other Stuff, and found an account of my mother's funeral, and a folder of condolence letters.

And was outraged to discover among the condolence letters something from a woman who expressed sympathy and then proceeded to state her qualifications as wife number two. Who actually, subsequently, *became* wife number two. My father could be a fool, sometimes. I can't—I haven't the words for this. WHO FUCKING DOES THAT?

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[digital_diva]

I went through the same thing with my grandfather. When my grandmother passed away, he hung up a notice in the lobby of their apartment building and some woman came to ring his doorbell to offer her condolences and ... never left. They never married, but I fear that may be because my grandfather passed away barely two years later so she probably never got around to bringing that up.

I don't know when that woman ever thought it was a good idea to write something like that. And your dad was obviously vulnerable enough to fall for it.

Horrible find, Pen. Quite saddening.

[pensnest]

That's awful! I just can't get myself inside the mentality of someone who sees that someone is bereaved and thinks, aha, there's a spare man! Just... what?

[copracat]

I think, from stories from my friends, that this is far more common than you might imagine.

[pensnest]

I have heard of it before, but never from somebody 'real', if you know what I mean.

[puszysty]

Wow. How insensitive.

[pensnest]

Incredible, really.

[laughingrat]

That's...wow.

[pensnest]

Yeah. Kinda boggling.

[letterboys]

...I have no words. That's just so incredibly tacky and insensitive and insane.

[pensnest]

I mean, I knew the woman was a selfish cow from having to live with her, but...

[rikes]

... WOW. That goes right on top of my list of crazy things people do after somebody dies. It's not a pretty list.

[pensnest]

Yes, indeed. I never understood the way her mind worked, and this is just, I dunno, boggling!

[beckyo.livejournal.com]

Seriously??? Good god.

[pensnest]

Yeah. It's just—I dunno, baffling, astounding, creepy... Who *does* that?

[runzu.livejournal.com]

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