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FlyingHandbag Sun 14-Jun-20 17:32:28

Thanks Nortsat. X

Nortsat Sun 14-Jun-20 16:54:24

Of course you’re upset FH, it entirely understandable and natural. Give yourself some time to let things settle and then you will remember your friend positively.

We lost two of our Good Morning GNs in recent months and Mick’s lovely thread was entirely taken up by people commenting on the sad losses, lighting candles and putting flowers in their windows to remember our virtual friends. ?
Women here will understand exactly how you are feeling.

FlyingHandbag Sun 14-Jun-20 16:44:50

Thanks paddyanne x

paddyanne Sun 14-Jun-20 01:07:08

I made lots of great friends online during the 2014 referendum campaign,we've stayed friends and I would be very upset if any of them died. You are as entitled to grieve your friend as anyone else ,light a candle for her and think kindly of her as you would for any friend .

FlyingHandbag Sun 14-Jun-20 00:03:21

Thanks all... you are all being so lovely x

Oopsminty Sun 14-Jun-20 00:02:23

Of course you're upset

You've lost a good friend

Many of us have virtual friends these days

Perfectly understandable to be sad at her passing

FlyingHandbag Sat 13-Jun-20 23:56:17

Thanks Grammaretto. X

Grammaretto Sat 13-Jun-20 23:55:01

Sorry about your loss. I would be very sad to lose a virtual friend.

FlyingHandbag Sat 13-Jun-20 23:47:05

Thanks Hithere and cornergran. X

cornergran Sat 13-Jun-20 23:25:41

Of course you’re upset flyinghandbag, I’m sorry for your loss, no matter in real or virtual life she was a friend. Be gentle with yourself.

Hithere Sat 13-Jun-20 23:20:43

So sorry for your loss.
She was a friend and her death of course upset you.

FlyingHandbag Sat 13-Jun-20 22:44:29

Thanks all. X

Anniebach Sat 13-Jun-20 22:42:56

You have every right to be upset, she was a friend

BlueBelle Sat 13-Jun-20 22:20:30

I feel very sorry to hear this but why on earth shouldn’t you be upset I have friends I ve never met that I would be truly upset if anything happened to them you don’t have to meet someone to connect with them and have feelings for them that’s why we can cry at TV or films or books

FlyingHandbag Sat 13-Jun-20 21:53:51

Hi all,
I have just found out a virtual friend has died. We were both in a crochet group on FaceBook. I chatted to her often, over the course of about a year and she was a very warm, friendly woman.I logged onto FaceBook and the first thing I saw was her husband posting in the group to say she had died, I dropped my phone in shock when I saw it, as she had never mentioned her health problems and it was such a shock. But at the same time, I feel like I have no right to be upset as I wasn't family or anything, I was a virtual friend. I am very upset but I feel guilty about being upset, her family has right to be upset, I don't. She was a lovely woman, who I'll never forget. sad x