MancBee
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Sorry for long rant and post
I've been away for a weekend. Not fancy Venice, just a few days in glorious Wales. I must have had a better time than Jack on her trip because I didn't think once about using SM. I went walking, eating fabulous food and enjoying the company of my OH (did you know I have an OH?).
Anyway I jumped right to the last page and saw a message tagging this quote and I feel physically sick. When my previous partner died his best friend asked me if we would play "For a friend" at the funeral. We of course did play it during the service...
That's because it was how he felt about the loss of his friend
That's because my partner died of an AIDS related illness, the subject of the song
That's because the words were pertinent
That's because they had been friends since childhood
That's because he loved his friend almost as much as I did
That's because he knew how his other friends were feeling
That's because in the space of two years we had been to numerous funerals of young gay men who had died of AIDS related conditions.
It was not requested by my partner before his death, as that would be totally inappropriate. It wasn't his friend that was dying, it was him fading slowly away in ever increasing pain over a matter of three months. Never leaving his hospital bed.
I didn't think Jack could stoop any lower, but she never fails to trigger someone, does she? To appropriate the song written for the death of someone who died of AIDS is a new low.
It means so much to both me and also within the Gay community as a remider of all those that died, and are still dying across the globe, of that terrible disease.
How disgusting of Jack to suggest this song for herself. My first post after a lovely weekend and she has made me furious, angry and brought back the most painful time in my life. I think I need another Jack break... You Fraus are so kind I don't want Jack to stop me enjoying your wit and support. I will take your advice and join the F&D thread.
That's because it was how he felt about the loss of his friend
That's because my partner died of an AIDS related illness, the subject of the song
That's because the words were pertinent
That's because they had been friends since childhood
That's because he loved his friend almost as much as I did
That's because he knew how his other friends were feeling
That's because in the space of two years we had been to numerous funerals of young gay men who had died of AIDS related conditions.
It was not requested by my partner before his death, as that would be totally inappropriate. It wasn't his friend that was dying, it was him fading slowly away in ever increasing pain over a matter of three months. Never leaving his hospital bed.
I didn't think Jack could stoop any lower, but she never fails to trigger someone, does she? To appropriate the song written for the death of someone who died of AIDS is a new low.
It means so much to both me and also within the Gay community as a remider of all those that died, and are still dying across the globe, of that terrible disease.
How disgusting of Jack to suggest this song for herself. My first post after a lovely weekend and she has made me furious, angry and brought back the most painful time in my life. I think I need another Jack break... You Fraus are so kind I don't want Jack to stop me enjoying your wit and support. I will take your advice and join the F&D thread.
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