jerkbox said:
of course not....the whole concept of the thread is pretty ridiculous....let's out-sad one another, while AAP gets his fill human interest sob stories.....and of course some of the usual suspects show up, posting the same crap that they should be posting on
www.whogivesashit.com
Actually, not.
I started this because yesterday I mailed off my contribution again to
http://www.bryanshouse.org/
I was thinking this was the saddest thing that I have ever encountered. I started the thread to see what most people on here have experienced and the overwhelming responses had to do with death. Yes, death is sad, but a deeper sadness comes from life.
In case you didn't know, Bryans House is a home for unwanted babies that are HIV+. They never asked to be born, they never asked to be infected, and they never asked to be unwanted. But for whatever reason(s), they were left on doorsteps or at firehouses or malls or whatever. They were not desireable. Only because of someone else's opinion.
If you want your heart broken, you visit there and walk past the ward for the under 6 month old patients. They just look at you and instinctively stretch their arms out hoping you will stop and hold them. All they want is to be held close and cuddled. It is almost like at that early stage of development and age, they don't really "know" they are unwanted or undesireable, but yet somehow they "know" something isn't right and they only want someone to give them a few minutes of time to make them feel like they are loved and someone does care for them.
So continue on with the LOLing... if you have never experienced true sadness, I don't know if that makes you lucky or terribly unfortunate as you can't fully comprehend how your life is truly good.