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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 0:03:40 GMT
I haven't read through all the comments, but I think it's the listing of the children's accomplishments that rubs me the wrong way a little bit.
ETA: I didn't have the same reaction to anything written about her.
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paget
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Post by paget on Aug 9, 2014 0:45:14 GMT
I thought it was lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 0:49:10 GMT
To me, it reads as a lovely tribute to their mother - except when they forget it's supposed to be about her and tout their own accomplishments. Polyglot. Really.
Those spots are horribly pretentious.
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Post by inkedup on Aug 9, 2014 0:49:10 GMT
I think the obituary is lovely. I don't understand all the negativity about what one family has chosen to say about their deceased loved one.
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Post by caro on Aug 9, 2014 0:57:57 GMT
I do see the pretentiousness of the children but I 'll just chalk it up to their grief and not thinking clearly.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 9, 2014 1:54:48 GMT
I like reading more than birth, marriage and death date in an obituary. I like to get the feel of who a person was.
As for what her children wrote, I don't care, I will cut them some slack as the just lost their mother and a loss like that can ver very disconcerting. So in general, I thought it was nice.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 9, 2014 2:00:31 GMT
It's a lovely tribute to their mother.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 9, 2014 2:06:44 GMT
I liked the parts about her, I thought all the talking of the children's accomplishments was unnecessary and tacky. If they wanted to show that their mother raised successful children as something she should be proud of, they could have just said something along the lines of, "Our mother was very proud of our personal accomplishments and we owe her many thanks for her role in helping us achieve them."
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 9, 2014 2:06:52 GMT
Maybe I found the obituary as classless as a tacky Christmas letter. Wow, that's pretty harsh, considering the fact that they lost their mother suddenly and had to write her obit quickly. Still, each to their own.
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Post by pierogi on Aug 9, 2014 3:07:07 GMT
I've never had an obituary make me hungry, before.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2014 3:37:32 GMT
I thought it was lovely. She was obviously a loved mom and sister, and I'm sure her death was a huge shock. Sudden deaths are so hard to deal with. My heart goes out to the Plimpton family.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 9, 2014 4:44:28 GMT
I've never had an obituary make me hungry, before. This did make me LOL and I thought the meal descriptions in the obit were incredibly personal and sweet.
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Post by spitfiregirl on Aug 9, 2014 5:03:51 GMT
I liked the parts about her, I thought all the talking of the children's accomplishments was unnecessary and tacky. If they wanted to show that their mother raised successful children as something she should be proud of, they could have just said something along the lines of, "Our mother was very proud of our personal accomplishments and we owe her many thanks for her role in helping us achieve them." This.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 9, 2014 5:14:28 GMT
I got stuck on the word polyglot. I think it's making me all bajiggedy.
In all honesty though, my mom and my MIL are about that age. Who knows what I would say if they died suddenly. I would say all good things because I love my mom and my MIL, but it's hard to predict what my grief babble would spit out.
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Post by jamieson on Aug 9, 2014 5:23:26 GMT
They just lost their mother suddenly. Their lives will never be the same again. I won't nitpick how they chose to memorialize her. Thank you for saying what I was thinking.
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Post by sunnyday on Aug 9, 2014 5:34:45 GMT
I loved it. I wish more obits were like this. When I read them, I think about how they really don't tell enough about the person at all. I feel like I got to know a little bit about her and her family, which is nice.
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Post by jamieson on Aug 9, 2014 20:35:34 GMT
Okay, yes, maybe it talked too much about the kids' accomplishments. That's a minor thing to me. Overall, I still think it's a lovely tribute. How simple would it have been to just write a brief, standard obit? Someone(s) put a lot of work into this and it is mostly about mom. And to those who think it sounds like a bragging Christmas letter ... that is a very different kind of a thing from an obit. The person being remembered is supposed to be celebrated in an obit. This a thousand times, as well as MaryMary's post. I think it's lovely, and that they're listing they're accomplishments because their mom made them possible, and would be very proud of them.
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