Re books for the grieving; which ones are helpful?

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jf2007jack@gmail.com - 18 Jan 2008 02:46 GMT

Many of us who grieve for our pets who've passed on have turned to the
'Life After Life' sort of books,in desperation for some consoling
ideas to help us recover as much as possible;

Unfortunately, many of these books seem fraudulent, organized
religious-based, with pat answers that don't help at all.

My question is which ones have been of any help to readers here? And
which haven't?

Thanks,
jf

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Outsider - 19 Jan 2008 01:29 GMT

jf2007jack@gmail.com wrote in news:1c01d688-5e7c-4737-9deb-
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> Many of us who grieve for our pets who've passed on have turned to the
> 'Life After Life' sort of books,in desperation for some consoling
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You either believe in the after-life thing or you don't. I don't know how
much it affects how one deals with the grief of the loss of a pet. The one
thing I do think helps, universally, is other human beings who show
understanding and compassion about your grief. That and time seem most
helpful from what I have observed.

Andy

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IBen Getiner - 19 Jan 2008 02:31 GMT

On Jan 17, 9:46�pm, jf2007j...@gmail.com wrote:

> Many of us who grieve for our pets who've passed on have turned to the
> 'Life After Life' sort of books,in desperation for some consoling
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> (Previously attempted to post this, but it seems not to have appeared)

You people must certainly be desperate for love and affection. Just
let it go. It's just an animal! Not a person. I had a dog for 10 years
when I was a kid, but when it got into poison and died, I never even
so much as shed a tear. I understood that this was an animal and
animals aren't going to live nearly as long as people. I save those
kinds of feelings for human beings. Not simple animals. You people
should learn to tell the difference.
Just my Three cents.

IBen Getiner

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Noon Cat Nick - 19 Jan 2008 03:48 GMT

> You people must certainly be desperate for love and affection. Just
> let it go. It's just an animal! Not a person.

Your particular love and affection for persons is blindingly evident.

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Baldoni - 19 Jan 2008 11:29 GMT

Noon Cat Nick laid this down on his screen :

>> You people must certainly be desperate for love and affection. Just
>> let it go. It's just an animal! Not a person.
>
> Your particular love and affection for persons is blindingly evident.

I tend to think he does have a point. I mean nothing against anyone
and all people are different but based on my own experiences in life
and the way I was taught I take some of his points as valid.

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IBen Getiner - 19 Jan 2008 21:30 GMT

> Noon Cat Nick laid this down on his screen :
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See............?

IBen Getiner

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Baldoni - 19 Jan 2008 11:24 GMT

jf2007jack@gmail.com laid this down on his screen :

Don't get me wrong here as whatever makes you feel better do it. But
IMHO a person just has to face up to the upset and get on with things.

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