"D.Currie" > wrote in message
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> "MareCat" > wrote in message
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>> My extended family all lived far away from us while I was growing up, so
>> either just my mom or my dad attended the funerals of my grandparents.
>> I've lost one aunt and one uncle in recent years, but I wasn't close to
>> either of them, and so didn't make the trips across country to attend
>> those funerals. And as amazing as it sounds, I don't remember my parents
>> losing any of their friends while I was growing up.
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>> Mary
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> Distance plays a part, for sure. Traveling across the country isn't very
> practical on short notice. Could be, too, that your parents didn't say
> much to you about people dying, where mine would bring me with.

There just weren't many funerals for them to attend back then (luckily). In
fact, the vast majority of the friends my parents had while I was growing up
are still alive today (ages ~ 60 - 70).

Mary