My mum has died – and there is one kind of response I can’t stand | Polly Hudson
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The platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worst Luckily, I already knew having a comic thought at a tragic moment is a natural stress response , or I might have worried.
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