People Who Know Someone Who Died In A Freak Accident Share Their Experiences
Reddit user RawAsparagus asked: 'People who knew someone who died in a freak accident, what happened?'
TRIGGER WARNING:This article contains sensitive content about death and injury.
Sometimes, on a completely uneventful day, while someone is doing something they've always done, something goes terribly wrong. An accident occurs.
Sometimes, the person is lucky enough to make it. Other times, they are not.
These are total freak accidents -- harmful incidents that occur under unusual and unlikely circumstances.
I don't have any experience with this myself, but Redditors do. They are now sharing the stories of how people they knew died in freak accidents.
It all started when Redditor RawAsparagus asked:
"People who knew someone who died in a freak accident, what happened?"
A Nasty Death
"I used to work for a septic company. A guy who drove one of the big septic trucks that sucked out underground septic tanks at people's houses had to get on his hands and knees and reach into the tank because the lid had fallen in. He lost his balance and fell head first in. His shoulders got wedged in the opening and he drowned upside down in human waste. I don't think I've ever heard of a worse way to go. The homeowner found him after about an hour."
– Claytrain1989
Neck Injuries Are No Joke
"A family friend bumped his head, walked about 15 feet across his back yard, sat at his picnic table and died."
"Autopsy showed no head trauma, but he broke his neck when he hit his head. They figured the walk across the yard caused something to shift enough to do fatal damage to his spinal cord."
– Blundell1992
"My sister came so close to dying in a somewhat similar way. She was in a car accident and was pulled out of the wreckage by some friends. She was guided to some grass by the side of the road to sit and wait for the ambulance. She apparently kept saying her neck was really sore & was asking people to help her “pop” it. Thankfully, her friends were smart enough to encourage her to leave it alone. She gets to the hospital & some yahoo either doesn’t read the x-ray or reads it wrong & agrees that her neck is just sprained or something & wants to send her home. Somehow, someway, they ended up transferring her to another hospital before that happened who discovered her badly broken neck which required surgery to fix and left her with permanent nerve damage. I have NO IDEA how she didn’t end up paralyzed or dead. She has the stupidest luck where the most random bad things will happen to her but she turns out fine in the end lol"
– Aggravating-Jaguar96
Poor Guy
"A guy I knew was setting up a rope swing over a lake for his kids and their friends, which he had done many times before. He always would take a practice swing himself before he would let the kids go. His hands slipped off the rope and he fell before he was over the lake. He hit his head on a rock and died in front of the kids."
– highvolt132
Why I'm Scared Of Animals
"Former co-worker of mine was gored by a bison while on a trail run. Ironically, he often posted on message boards for the park to be aware of wild animals while there, and in one post he said there are too many people with headphones on, or trying to get too close to the bison to take selfies. He was normally very careful apparently."
– doctor-rumack
Before Life Even Started
"Lovely girl I went to HS with got a scholarship to a prestigious university, being one of the very few students from my sh*tty school to make it to college or uni. Two weeks into term her room mate found her laying in her bed dead. The heating boiler was faulty and she'd died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her sleep. We'd even thrown a party for her to celebrate her achievement. This was in 1996 and I'm tearing up a bit thinking about this. RIP Sonia."
– Johhnymaddog316
Adrenaline
"A friend of a friend showed up at his girlfriend's apartment with a head wound. He didn't know how it happened. He also didn't know how he drove over there."
"She took him to the ER where he ended up passing away."
"He had his keys, wallet and phone on him."
"The only thing we could think of is he might have tripped, fell and hit his head in the wrong spot."
– cbpantskiller
"It was probably muscle memory that got him there."
"How awful."
– BoringMcWindbag
"Or adrenaline. There was a woman who got attacked by a bear on her isolated mountain ranch. After fighting off the bear (with the help of her dogs), she got in her car and drove several miles down precarious mountain roads to the nearest fire station with her face ripped clean off and, IIRC, one eyeball dangling out of its socket. She said she was almost totally blind and going into shock, but a combination of muscle memory and adrenaline somehow got her down the mountain safely."
"She did an AMA on reddit once. Cool lady. She wrote a memoir, too."
"EDIT TO ADD: Her name was Allena Hansen. I read her memoir and I quite liked it. She's a funny woman who has lived a very interesting life, even aside from the bear attack."
– eldestdaughtersunion
Frozen
"I was snowboarding in 1997 in Switzerland with a good friend. He was skiing. I had caught en edge and landed on the back of my head while also twisting my knee badly. I was being looked over by the mountain rescue and first aid. I told my friend he could keep skiing, i would head back to our villa."
"I ended up going to sleep at around 6pm as I had a hot shower and some tylenol 3s after dinner. I woke up to see my friend hadn't returned and thought it was odd but maybe he hooked up with a lady at some bar."
"Friend never came back from skiing. He was found deep in a crevasse the next afternoon and frozen to death."
– rayrayrayray
A Legitimate Fear
"A friend slipped and fell in the tub. Cracked his head. His roommate found him a half hour later. Died on the way to the hospital."
– HypeMachine231
"I've always been afraid of falling and dying in a bathroom."
– Morlanticator
"I tore my shoulder labrum falling in the shower. It seems like such an elderly person sort of way to get hurt, but I’m not old. Non-slip tub mats are like five bucks, people. It’s a good investment."
– the_cadaver_synod
Always Use A Spotter
"The TV station I worked at previously had a gym in it, and during the midnight shift, the security guard, during his break, decided to lift some weights alone in the gym. He lifted the bar, which was apparently too heavy, and it came crashing down and cut off his circulation. No one discovered him until about six hours later when someone came in to use the shower in the gym."
– phisigtheduck
Pinned
"My uncle was mowing grass on an embankment next to a small body of water. The mower unexpectedly slipped down the embankment and overturned on top of him, pinning him under the water. He drowned in a few feet of water that he otherwise could have stood up in."
– apatheticnihilist
"When my mom was working in hospitals, they had a patient whose tractor rolled over him and he fell into a ditch with water. He was so lucky because he was on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and when he rolled over, a car passed by. The woman driving rushed to his aid and held his head out of the water. This was before cellphones so she had to wait holding him until another car drove by and then rushed to the nearest house to use the phone. Guy made a full recovery thanks to that woman being there at the exact right time."
– BlackChimaera
A Horrible Accident
"An old buddy I had known since elementary school died while driving when a chunk of loose gravel was kicked up through his windshield by a passing truck on the freeway. His best friend had been riding in the passenger side and had to steer the car to safety. It was nobody’s fault, just a complete freak accident. I’ve always felt terrible for the friend who had to watch it happen."
"I think about my friend who died a lot. He was a really cool guy. I still remember playing basketball with him during recess when we were kids. It’s strange to think that he never could have known how his life would end or see it coming in any way. That kid I used to play basketball thought he still had an entire life ahead of him."
– an_edgy_lemon
See A Bump, Go To A Hospital
"A mom went ice skating. Little slip, fell, all everyone saw was her bump her head lightly."
"Family finished skating. On the ride home, she started speaking gibberish. Dad dropped kids at the grandparents, took mom to the ER."
"Brain swelling, coma, dead a week later."
– Expert-Diamond6467
Honestly, I've always been scared of dying from a head injury that doesn't seem serious at the time. Always, always, always get checked out!
The Biggest Regrets Dying Patients Shared According To Medical Professionals
The only thing that is possibly more difficult than losing a loved one is being with them in their final days.
Or worse yet, their final moments.
When it's no longer a question of if but when.
No matter their age, or cause of death, when people know that the end is near, they will become reflective of their life and all they've accomplished.
And sadly, all the things they wish they'd done... or hadn't done.
The things they never got a chance to do or wished they'd never said.
Something that health care workers and home aids find themselves equally moved by as the family sitting vigil.
Redditor delete_my_comment was curious to hear the most heartbreaking confessions hospital and healthcare workers heard from their dying patients, leading them to ask:
"Hospital workers, what regrets do you hear from dying patients?"
Some People Are Just Ready To Go.
"Some people just want you to let them go."
"I had a man with terminal cancer break down crying after his daughters left the room because they wanted him to 'keep fighting' and he just wanted to rest and pass peacefully."
"Learn when to let go."- SheWolf04
When You're Truly Alone
"He was one of my first patients as a nursing student, named Frank."
"He was 92."
"After knowing him a few days, he disclosed to me his regret was outliving everyone he loved."
"That he and his wife hadn’t had kids, and he was 'all that was left' and that he wanted to see his wife again."
"I wasn’t sure how to respond , so I just listened."
"It made me realize how living so long isn’t great if everyone you love is gone."
'He passed away later that week, and while I distinctly recall some of my classmates being upset, I felt relief for him."
"I knew he was where he wanted to be."
"I’ve had many patients since, but you tend to remember your first ones."
"Other than that, ditto what everyone’s saying, more time with family/loved ones, wish they wasted less time with work or other bullsh*t, etc."- Reiiran
Regret Comes In Many Forms
"I’m a hospice social worker, so I have the honor of getting to listen to peoples’ life stories, including favorite memories and regrets."
"Most regrets center around what they didn’t get to do, like never traveling to Italy when their family was originally from Naples."
"Some regret not getting specific education, wanting to go to college but never doing it."
"Some regret their choice in partner, especially when alcohol/drug abuse was involved, or cheating."
"Many express a sadness that looks a lot like regret if they are estranged from family."
"And some have anticipatory grief from knowing they will miss a milestone, like the birth of a grandchild."
"Some regret not taking better care of their health, people with COPD who regret ever having a cigarette."
"In general life is long and time smooths some of the rough edges, so people tend to focus on the good."- Notacoldnight
Everlasting Love
"I worked in long term care for 12 years."
"I remember a married couple that shared a room."
"She had cancer and kidney failure."
"I was helping her eat lunch one day with her husband sitting there with us."
"She looked like death but her husband looked at her then at me and said have you ever seen a more beautiful woman?"
"I had to leave and go to the bathroom and cry."
"I cried for days every time I thought of what he said."
"I thought I would never know what it was like to be loved like that."
"I had been divorced for years."
"I couldn’t even tell the story without tearing up."
"Footnote, I was divorced 23 years when I met Rod."
"Been together for 11 years."
"I know that love now. It’s never too late."- Moonpixy
Past Decisions Come Back To Haunt You
"He wished he had been a better father to his daughter."
"He wished they had reconnected."
"His dementia prevented him from remembering they had reconnected years before and that she visited often."
"I wish I could have made him aware that he had accomplished his last wish."
"But he died not really understanding that."- shesagdb
The Life He Never Got To Live
"I worked as an oncology nurse right out of nursing school."
"I was barely 21 years old."
"Had a patient about my age who was dying of lung cancer."
"A few hours before he died I sat with him and he was telling me how much he wished that he would have had more time-to maybe fall in love, marry, have kids."
"He was so young."
"He asked me to call his parents and he died shortly after they arrived."
"It was awful."
"His regrets were more about the life not lived."
"Many older patients had some interesting life stories and most wanted to tell them before they died."
"Most were at peace with the life they lived."
"Many regretted working so much and not spending enough time with family."- MagiBee218
Life is precious and short.
Chances are, none of us will accomplish everything we hope to in life.
So the best we can do is live to the fullest, and enjoy each waking moment.
And never take for granted the people we love and who love us.
Most of us are lucky enough to say that we've never found ourselves in a truly "life or death" situation.
While almost everyone has had a turbulent flight, dangerous experiences on the road, or maybe a deep cut that ended up requiring stitches, we don't usually question whether or not we'll come out alive in those situations.
There are those, however, who did feel like they had come face to face with death once in their life.
As well as others who were in a potentially fatal situation without even realizing it.
Redditor ImTheGodOfAdvice was curious to hear more about the experiences of people who narrowly escaped death, with or without realizing it, leading them to ask:
"Redditors who almost died, what happened?"
Sleeping Through A Fire
"Slept through a house fire."
"Ended up with 85% burns."
"Spent 14 months on hospital during which I had pneumonia three times, lung collapsed & had a cardiac arrest."- allergic_to_fire
Dangerous Misdiagnosis
"At 25, roommate had talked me into training for a 10k trail run."
"Started vigorously training, lost some weight, got some decent conditioning, and about a week before the run, I noticed a small amount of blood in my urine."
"Went to the urgent care, they took a sample, didn’t see anything unusual and the doc chalked it up to 'jogger’s hematuria' which is somewhat common apparently."
"Doc said to pause my running for a bit and it would clear up."
"I decided to continue training and finish my run, because I had worked so hard, and would stop for a couple of weeks afterwards to heal."
"I finished my run with a decent time, about the middle of the pack."
"Quit running and waited."
"And waited. "
"Nothing was clearing up, if anything it was getting worse, and then pain started to accompany the blood."
"Then it would get darker and darker until clots would come out."
"Me being dumb was still going off the doctor’s original claim that it would clear up on its own."
"One night, we decided to go watch 'Avatar' in the theaters, and I got a large drink."
"Held the pee during the whole movie because I didn’t want to miss anything."
"After, went to the bathroom and felt dizzy, so we went home and I laid down to rest."
"Middle of the night, had to pee again, so got up, went a lot and it was so much blood it was like a murder scene."
"Finished and walking back to my room I passed out, and luckily hit my roommate’s door on my way down, waking him up."
"He got me up and we went to the ER."
"After multiple tests, a CT scan discovered a tumor in my bladder that had grown to 6 cm, and every time I relieved my bladder, the pressure burst blood vessels supplying it."
"I had 4 units of blood transfused."
"Doc says I was lucky I didn’t die right on the floor of my apartment."
"That roommate was the best man at my wedding a few years later, and is the godfather of our daughter."- ba_cam
Terrifying Car Accident
"I was 20, and on my way to work on a Saturday morning."
"I had a 95 Chevrolet Monte Carlo."
"Driving behind me was a mid 2000s Chevrolet Impala."
"He was swerving all over the road."
"He’d get right up on my rear bumper, swerve, fall behind, swerve, speed up, repeat."
"I tried to ignore him and kept driving."
"First mistake."
"Eventually he fell out of sight."
"I finally come up to the parking lot, which is just over the crest of a hill and on the left."
"I’m waiting for traffic to clear to make the left turn."
"I have my wheels turned already so I can hit the gas and get into the parking lot."
"Second mistake."
"While I’m waiting, I see something fast come up behind me in me rear view."
"It’s the Impala absolutely FLYING up at me."
"I didn’t even have time to say 'oh, sh*t' when the lights went out."
"I woke up being stretchered out of an ambulance in the worst pain of my life."
"I felt like someone was sitting on my chest as I couldn’t breathe."
"Then, lights out again."
"I wake up one more time in what I think is a hospital OR to what feels like my right armpit on fire, then out again."
"I finally regain full consciousness in a hospital bed with a chest tube in my right side, an IV in my left arm, a neck brace on, and excruciating pain in my chest, head, and neck."
"My parents were both there, and one of the first things I remember saying was 'my car’s totaled, isn’t it?'"
"The Impala driver had fallen asleep behind the wheel and pressed fully on his accelerator pedal."
"He hit the rear end of my car at an estimated 75 mph."
"Because I had my wheels turned, I was pushed into oncoming traffic where a brand new Toyota RAV-4 then smashed into my passenger door at an estimated 50 mph, causing my car to whiplash around in the opposite direction it was rolling."
"The impact was so hard, it tore my rear wheel off and sent it a quarter mile down the road."
"They found parts of my rear brakes in a tree."
"The passenger door was touching the center console."
"The front bolts for my seat had sheared out of the floor. "
"Originally, first responders thought the reclining mechanism had broken because I was laid back in the car."
"I suffered 6 broken ribs, a punctured lung, a severely sprained neck, a nasty concussion, a perforated eardrum, and various other relatively minor abrasions."
"Aside from the half-deafness in my left ear, newfound motion sickness, and occasional neck stiffness, I’d say I made a full recovery."- NobiZero
Medical Negligence
"When I got my wisdom teeth taken out I got IV sedation."
"The next day my IV arm was a little sore."
"The next day it was more sore and a little red, so I called the oral surgeon who said it was fine--just take some Advil."
"The next day it was more red and more sore, same advice from the oral surgeon."
"The next day the redness was tracking up my vein, and the oral surgeon said it was fine."
"The First Nurse on the other hand firmly said to drop whatever I was doing and go straight to the ER."
"When I got to the ER they skipped me ahead of everyone in the waiting room and straight back to put different broad spectrum antibiotics IVs in each arm, and started me on a 3rd one in pill form because I had a blood infection."
"I specifically remember them saying something to the effect of 'we don't have time to figure out WHAT it is, we just need to kill it'." - Reddit
Dangerously Ill Without Even Realizing It!
"December 2019, I bought my first business."
"I'd never owned a business before, but there I was writing checks for 50k each week and watching my bank account dwindle down to a few hundred bucks, only to hope checks would come in the following week."
"Then I did it all over again, but the next week there's a payroll due."
"It took me a couple of months to get comfortable with the routine."
"Well if you do the math, a couple of months brings us to March 2020."
"Now I'm writing checks for 50k each week, but almost no one is paying me."
"All my big customers are in NYC, and NYC is shut down."
"I am stressed AF."
"My wife says that we need to get life insurance because of the business and I think that's a pretty ok idea."
"The Life insurance company says I need to get a physical before they will insure me, so they send a nurse to do blood work."
"She tells me that my blood pressure is high and I should get it checked out."
"Normal me would be like 'Yeah, whatever'."
"But for some reason I made an appointment for a physical at a regular doctor."
"I go and they also do blood work."
"That was a Monday."
"Tuesday comes, and I get the results from the life insurance blood work."
"ALL of the kidney numbers are through the flipping roof bad."
"I call my regular doctor, and they say it has to be an error."
"No one with numbers like that would be living, nevermind being upright and coherent."
"I should come in the next day when their blood work would be back."
"So I wait until the next day."
"Go into the doctors office, and wait to be seen."
"The doctor comes in with an ashen face and asks me if I'm feeling ok because according to what she sees, my kidneys are nonfunctional."
"I spent 8 days in the hospital bringing my blood back from being basically poisonous."
"I was told I had a few days left if I didn't get to the doctor."
"I am now on dialysis 3 days a week and waiting for a kidney transplant."
"My life is completely upside down."
"Take care of yourself people."- TheGrateGooglyMoogly
Life is precious, and we should never take it for granted.
Always stay alert and keep your eyes on the road.
And if you think something might be wrong, call your doctor immediately.
Despite the advancement of technology rendering people left to their own devices–literally–to entertain them, there are some leisurely activities that will never go out of style.
Or so you would think.
Do people still knit to pass the time? Are people actively collecting stamps?
It depends on who's asking.
Curious to hear about hobby trends, Redditor gizehgizeh asked:
"What are once popular hobbies that are slowly dying these days?"
Before we've become conditioned to living on our phones, these activities used to keep people occupied.
Before Texting, There Was This
"Letter writing."
– littlekingMT
Literal And Tangible Joy
"Well the internet killed pen pals for sure. I do remember I had a Japanese girl for a penpal maybe back in 2007 or so. I honestly don't remember how it started, pretty sure some website, but that was a fun experience. But now I can just straight up talk to foreign people real time, lol. But yea getting a physical letter that someone took the time to write and mail still is hard to beat feelings wise."
– skyburnsred
Model Trains
"When I was growing up, every town had a model train store in it. Now I have one in region and everything else has to be bought online."
– Hairy_Effective1172
It Ran Out Of Steam
"My grandpa used to make model trains from scratch with decals and everything, been doing it for probably 30 years. We recently opened a hobby shop with some of his models on display and people are always fascinated by them. There's also a few model train clubs in the area and they've been excited about a shop opening up to get stuff."
– AshesandCinder
Pretty Rocks
"Don’t see anyone playing marbles anymore, I had an awesome collection in school."
– sheeple85
"I had some marbles as a kid in the 90s. My grandma got them for me and I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I always imagined them as a thing kids in the 40s played with."
– Ryoukugan
Human Canvases
"Paintball has been dying a slow death since 2006. Sad, really."
– hobo_recycler
How Tuneful
"Organ playing. Such an underrated instrument."
– Daaemong
Before the general population began hating clutter, collecting was once a "thing."
Precious Coins
"Coin collecting... I'm a silver/gold nut and I'm always hunting for precious metal coins. whenever I go into a shop they get all excited because 'no one under 70 collects coins anymore.'"
– ThatFishySmell99
A Good Deed
"I was given a jar of coins when I was about 18 from an old bloke. He couldn't afford to pay my boss for the job (upgrading his TV reception so he had a outlet in the bedroom for his bedridden wife to watch shows) so I went back over the weekend to do it free as I felt guilty my boss wanted to overcharge them took me 3 hours from my day and about $30 worth of cable etc (quoted something like $200) and as I was leaving he gave it to me as a thank you. mostly British coins and I think one is worth like $10 now."
– Haunting-You7898
Post It
"Stamp collecting."
– spooky_scully_mulder
"Collecting in general, really. Of course there are still prominent collectors but it's slipped more into enthusiast and niche territory than being a popular hobby that you might expect anyone to have."
– iuytrefdgh436yujhe2
Novelty Messaging
"At the beginning of the year I got a box of 100 postcards and a book of stamps. Any time anything good happens to my friends I pop a postcard in the mail to let them know I’m happy for them. It’s the best!"
"I know it’s not quite letter writing, but inspired by it!"
– AudreyLocke
What A Gem
"Rockhounding was immensely popular back in the 1950's and 1960's. Personally, I think it's a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, but when I go to a meeting at a rock and gem club, I'm usually the youngest one in the room by several decades."
– filthy_lucre
People once enjoyed making things.
Admiring The View
"Stained glass. I learned how to make it from my old man, and my junior high art class teacher also taught it. Very few artisans are still around."
– brobeanzhitler
Metal Vocation
"Black smithing."
– kenworth117
"I bought a forge to try. It’s insanely hard work, and crazy expensive. I still haven’t finished a piece."
– DSentvalue
Scrapbooking
"Yeah. I'm watching the arts and crafts stores around me completely uninstalling their racks for specialty paper. Now the only thing they have is mega packs of repeating colors/images. To boot all the inclusions like papercraft/die-cut things, washi tape, scissors, stickers, etc have gotten so expensive I would rather go buy $5 bags at value village to get an assortment of things versus buying anything new. I really, really miss yard sales for the same reasons."
– Phantasmai
Perpetually Lost At Sea
"Building miniature models of ships inside bottles."
– dee615
I envy people who have jobs that are basically their hobbies.
Not everyone gets paid doing what they actually enjoy and have a profound level of passion for.
If they do, kudos to them.
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People Share The One Deceased Person They'd Revive For 24 Hours And What They'd Do Together
We all like to think about what we'd do if we had the opportunity to see people that we love again. Loss changes you.
What would you do if you could get back those days? What would you do if you had even less time than that and had to make the most of it?
The prospect of life after death–and especially cheating death–continues to remain a topic of intense human fascination. Perhaps death has never made sense to us. So what would we do if we had the opportunity to spend time with people we've loved and lost, even if only for a little while?
People shared their thoughts with us after Redditor Some_Stacy5625 asked the online community,
"You can revive one person, but they can only live for 24 hours, who are you picking and what are you doing?"
"My husband, I would tell him that I did my best to give him the best medical care but it wasn't enough, that I did my best to help his daughter, that she is starting university next fall, that he was an amazing husband and will never be forgotten by all that knew him and loved him."
"That my life is so much richer by having him those 13 years in my life. That I have tried my best to fulfill all those promises I made him in his last moments, so that he would pass in peace. Just talking and tell him that he was and is loved so so much!"
YakLongjumping9478
I want to give my 24 hours to you. I bet he’s super proud.
"I'd apologise..."
"My granddad, I'd apologise for taking our time together for granted and I'd introduce him to my little girl. And I'd go horse riding with him one last time and get him to teach my girl, one last lesson to his first great grandchild."
Wymona99
Sorry for your loss. Few things hurt as much as the loss of a loving grandparent.
"My father speaks highly..."
"My grandfather. My father speaks highly of him and I never met him as he died before I was born."
TheOvercookedFlyer
I also never met my grandfather and I have always been curious.
"I want to talk..."
"I want to talk to my grandma again. I want to show her all the things I made while we were in quarantine. I want to tell her I loved that she always sent me cards and thought about me. I miss her."
throwingplaydoh
I'd also pick my grandmother. A loss like that never stops hurting.
"My old neighbor Allan. He was a great dude. Didn't build anything glorious. Never performed at the Apollo or sang at the Opry. He didn't invent anything."
"But he took care of his family, even the chuckleheads. Watched out for everyone. Was pleasant, open, strong, and had a sense of justice and fairness that would hold to the bone."
[deleted]
Aww, he sounds fabulous. I raise my glass to him. He sounds like the kind of neighbor everyone needs.
"I'd give literally everything..."
"I'd give literally everything I own for a single day with my dad."
"He was a great guy, absurdly intelligent, nerdy, and handy with tools. He helped with the creation of the nuclear plant before there were nuclear engineering degrees."
"His downfall was tobacco. Smoked inhuman amounts of cigarettes for at least a decade or two. Mom and dad quit together on their wedding day after a not so pleasant prognosis."
"I know he liked seeing me happy, fiddling with the old Toshiba laptop, drawing bunnies, having a blast on the bike he never got to ride and left it in the box. I still regret the day that thing was stolen."
"I appreciate all that he did for us, be it bread winning or spending time watching stupid Hell's Kitchen stuff."
"He would be so proud of all of us, especially mom. I'd love to show him where my love of biking and drawing took me. Brother would love to show him where his interest in architecture took him. Mom would love to see him at least one more time, let alone catch up and have the biggest hug in the world."
"OUR KITTIES WHO KNEW HIM would welcome him with open paws. They'd recognize him instantly, and he would get to lay on the couch with a pile of kitties on him one last time."
"I miss this man. Sure he's had moments of being dickheaded, but so was I to be fair lol. I miss collapsing the electric wheelchair in the tiny 4 door car. I miss going to our favorite family pizzeria on 59th and Peoria. I miss it all."
nonnamesp0
You are very lucky to have a dad who loved and appreciated you so much!
"My mom..."
"My mom, and we would just hang out, drink coffee and catch up."
CatSk8Scratch
So simple but beautiful. Sometimes that's all you need.
"My wife's dad..."
"My wife's dad so he could meet his grandkids. Man, he would really get a kick out of them."
tacomaboy
"I'd want to hang out..."
"I'd want to hang out with my grandma and see if she's proud of me."
chesterlola2014
Of course she is. That’s what grandmas do.
"I don't think..."
"I don't think I could bear to loose the person I loved the most again. I'm still just barely getting back on my feet, one day wouldn't be enough."
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This is fair. What would the psychological implications be?
Taking someone back? Not an easy decision. But for many, the chance would be something they'd jump at immediately.
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