I contemplated calling my brother’s boss just to ask her to tell everyone to stop calling.
In today's column, Miss Manners advises a reader on how to handle people calling their dead brother's phone.
Someone at the hospital gave me a bag of my brother’s belongings, which I took home and stuck in a closet while I dealt with calling family and friends, consoling my parents, making funeral arrangements, grieving, etc. Is it acceptable to send condolences to a deceased person’s telephone in the hopes that a family member will read them? I proceeded to send a brief thank-you to each one, signing it “from the family.” Was this an acceptable way to handle it?
Knowingly calling a deceased person’s phone is morbid, and quite frankly, lazy. Not only does it not replace a proper condolence letter, but it annoys and disorients a grieving family.
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