When you meet someone new, and your getting to know each other, another question that always pops up is “Do you have kids?”. You have a deceased child. The conversation goes like this…
“Do you have kids?”
“I have a daughter/son, but they passed away.”
“Oh, I am so sorry. I know what you’re going through.”
Do you really know what I am going through? Did your child die? Unless this has happened to you, don’t, under any circumstances, say that you know what I am going through. Because you don’t. If you have lost a child in a custody battle, you still don’t know what I am going through. So don’t say you do! No matter how long it has been since the passing. The same goes for any death of family or close friends. If I say a parent passed away, and both of your parents are still alive, you don’t know what I am going through.
