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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:09 PM Original message |
'Celebrating' deceased person's birthday. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can see how Judson may be upset if he thinks everyone has forgotten |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, it creeps me out. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "We still miss Jen." That's perfect. I couldn't think of a better |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seems if it's okay w/ the father and her husband, it's not bad. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Have no idea if the husband is in on this. |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. seems the husband is the most important one to check with on this |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah, that's a damn good point. And thanks. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Damned weird to me. I wouldn't put a dead person's name on a cake. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Me and you, bud. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. How about a second, smaller cake that says "Happy Birthday in Heaven, Jen" |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I'm a Catholic and I haven't seen this before. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I never said it was a tradition. |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I'm Catholic and I have never heard of this. It's creepy beyond words. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Not Irish Catholics, cetainly. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree with you... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thanks, GOG. It ESPECIALLY sux when someone dies |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oh how awful! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. We were in Albuquerque, enroute from Boston to Phoenix. |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Seems a bit 'off' to me. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, the hostess is not the wife. |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Oh dear. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Drinking a toast to the departed is fine, but a birthday cake is morbid. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, I'd be fine with that. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think "Happy Birthday" is a little gauche |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'll talk to the hostess tomorrow. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. I go to my mom's grave on her birthday and sit...read...and I bring TWO |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. My comment? That you should be more understanding of a man whose child has died |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Dad isn't the one who wants the cake. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks Maddy. Read on at your own risk: |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Don't you dare let this get you down. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Naw. Miz t. told the cousin-in-law |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'd love to hear what y'all decide. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Yep, that was me. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Not helpful. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. From one southerner to another. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Absolutely. |
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mykpart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why does a cake for an adult have to say |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. Two of my Brothers were born on the same day. One died... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. I will update tomorrow. Thanks for comments. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thought maybe you'd like to know the beginning of the story. |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It's a beautiful story, trof. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Damn. I made inside US. News & World Report many years ago. |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. media cousins |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yeah. Did we talk about that? TWA |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yeah. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Actually, I would. but... |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. PM me an addy |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. the whole name on the cake thing trips me out, don't want to sound mean |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. How can a dead person have a happy birthday? |
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