Delete dead friends.

[soaps]

Do you find it hard to delete dead friends or relatives from your phone?
I find it hard to do, it just feels like I'm putting them to death again.

[Andyvon]

Sorry Naomi - I read that wrong. I suppose it also matters how close you were to the person who has gone. If I'm to be honest I wasn't that close to my mother. I was saddened by her dying of course, and it wasn't pleasant as she had breast cancer, but I was never able to get close to her. My mother had a lot of problems when I was young such as never getting over my brother's birth (post-natal depression now) and moving from place to place abroad.

If you had a normal (whatever that is) relationship with your mother then it seems you feel differently about her voice (I really am learning an awful lot on here tonight!). You are lucky and I'm sure you treasure your memories as Ummm obviously does.

[Andyvon]

Hi Onetoomany,

Wow, you certainly seem to have had your share of shock. It must have been terrible losing your Dad at that age and then being taken into the mental health system. I don't know how long ago that was but I hope you are coping well now.

[naomi24]

Andy, I can't speak for Ummmm, but personally I have good memories and not so good. Nevertheless, if I had recordings I really would treasure them.

[ummmm]

My memories of my Dad are 90% good...the 10% was forgotten and forgiven long before he died.

Not sure how I would feel if it was my Mum....

[Andyvon]

I'm pleased you came out the other side and life is good for you now O.

[Scarlett]

Yes... I think that's pretty normal. When my Grandma died, my Grandad succeeded her by 12 years. He also crossed out her name on their address stickers they used on envelopes. I thought that was a brave thing to do.

[flicrat]

My sister died five years ago and I kept one of her last text messages to me.It is nice to reread now and again.Brings her close again and keeps hr memory alive.