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Originally Posted by Dylanzesz
Why are people so focused on spending the last days alone?
I'd tell my friends "Ok, so I got another 30 days to live due to a rare disease. In the next 5 minutes you'll have time to tell me how sorry you feel for me. After these 5 minutes have past I don't want to hear about anyone feeling sorry. I only have 30 days left to enjoy. Let's make this a month for you all to remember and for me a month worth dying for".
If I could count on them blubbering for only 5 minutes it would be terrific but I know my 76 year old mother would cry every time she sees me and my 76 year old father might have the final heart attack of his life worrying. The rest might agree to my terms but in reality they'll feel like crap for the next 30 days and feel guilty if they tell me no when I call them up and say, "Hey, let's go grab a beer, some hookers, and some blow. I've only got 30 days left."
I may do something that I've never done before, like bang a hooker, but I don't want anyone guilted into hanging out with me. My parents will already have to deal with the grief of losing a child, even if I'm old, and I won't start their misery early. But now that you bring it up, I might ask them if they would want to be told so they could prepare for it.