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If you could talk to someone that has passed away, who would it be and what would you say to them?

Dawgismygawd 6 Mar 29
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I would talk 2 my pop, that's my grandpa. I would like 2 ask him what his opinion of my big new plans for the future is. He was kinda blunt, not very emotional, or at least he controlled it well, and very outspoken. It could be taken the wrong way, but he was also the most honest, hard working, and toughest old man I ever met. He always did right by our family and his word actually meant something.

Byrd Level 7 Mar 29, 2018
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My dad. We had a blowout one week before he died at 90. Next time I saw him was at funeral home.

I am so sorry for your loss, but I am sure your father knew you loved him. I hope you find peace.

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My dad. I’d tell him that I love him but I’d never follow his advice on relationships again!

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My grandfather. Just to make it known to him that he did not pass away. I would say to him, "You did not pass away, you nitwit. You died. Plain and simple. D-I-E-D." I would then ask him to disseminate that information to all his relatives so I wouldn't have to listen to all of them evading the issue with stupid euphemisms at his funeral.

I hearya. Or, even worse, when people drop the 'away.'. 'So and so passed.' Passed what? A test? The potatoes? Me on the highway?

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I would talk to Jesus and say "Look at the big mess you have made in the world with your BS story"

Maybe he just had a few good card tricks and folks just blew it out of proportion.

@Tominator That is true ....Actually Jesus did not do any miracles. Later writers embellished the story with miracles.
When Jesus was with his Apostles in the garden of Gethsemane, [Mark 14:32-50] when Judas and the men came for Jesus with swords and clubs, the Apostles feared for their lives and they ran away. ""And they all left Him and fled."" [Mark 14:50] Had the Apostles actually witnessed Jesus healing the sick and injured, walking on water, and raising the dead, they would have had nothing to fear. The safest place to be would be with a man who could perform these fabulous miracles. But the Apostles ran for their lives because the miracles in the gospels never happened.

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I would tell my papa how much I love him and thank him for all the time I got to spend with him and tell him how desperately I miss him and how I'm sorry that I can't get over his death

This is almost exactly what my first thought was. I am sorry for your loss, and I relate so much... I lost my papa a few years ago, and I am not able to move completely past it. He was my best friend, and I miss him so much.

I truly hope you find some peace. I hope we both do.

@RaeBxtchens he died suddenly in my arms in a severely traumatic way, and it really scarred me up. I get nauseated even mentioning it. He was the closest to me over everyone and I feel like a large piece of me died with him. It's so hard. I miss him so much. I hope you find the peace you need, too. I hate feeling this way

@LadyAlyxandrea I cannot possibly imagine what you must be going through or feeling. I am so sorry. If I could, and you'd accept, I would hug you.

I don't have anything helpful, but I can offer you that the only thing that sometimes helps me, is allowing myself a moment to cry, then focusing on the good memories and how much he meant to me. However, with such severe trauma, you may need counseling to truly deal with this.

But you didn't ask for advice, so I am sorry if is unwelcome.

@RaeBxtchens please, it is fine. Im always receptive to ideas. I've already been through multiple therapists, but they couldn't do much as I'm rather experienced with psychology and already tried the things they'd suggest. Nows just a matter of dealing with the PTSD. thank you thiugh, for your kind words and advice

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Einstein, Am I relativitly related

EMC2 Level 8 Mar 29, 2018
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My maternal grandmother. It wouldn't matter what we talked about. I'd just be happy to hear her voice again.

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People in my family

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I would hug my mom one more time and tell her I loved her, but I do that in my hart all the time,next would be my old cat, now you may think that's sad but that's all I got? I'm an old 66 year old gay dude and its a wonder I made it that far in this insane world.

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The one that got away. What happened? I'd want to know if I could have stopped it.

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William Shakespeare. I'd love to learn about his writing process. I'd also tell him that he's still the most famous playwright in western civilization.

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I would talk with Dr. Wilhelm Reich and try to console him in his bitter disappointment in the expectation that fifty years from his death, he'd be a little better understood. He is in fact no better understood today than 60 years ago when his lifeless body was found in a prison cell where he died of a broken heart.

His books were burned by government order following suit with the NAZIS and Communists previously in Europe. They had him on death lists, yet he met his end in the hands of the US Government.

His crimes were loving humankind too deeply, too much dedication to findings of his scientific work and too much unwelcome knowledge.

Yes I'd try to conslole him at this time but join him in confidence that at least some time in the future a society will exist that is capable of not only understanding his discoveries but implementing them because, as he said: 'In the act of thought life comprehends it's own essence."

Interesting man. I concur.

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I never knew my father (killed in military service) and would want to have a few hours with him.

ORRR...I'd talk with the Pharaoh Hatshepsut. (She was the first female pharaoh and she must have had ENORMOUS charisma to overcome thousands of years' prejudice against female rulers! I want to know how she pulled that off.)

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This is a hard choice, because I would want to talk to my mom, and tell her how much I love her and miss her, and then I would try to tell her everything that has happened since she died 10 years ago. However, I would also want to talk to my dad and tell him how much I love and miss him, and then ask him why he left the Catholic church, and many other questions about his family that I never found out because he died when I was 20 years old.

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Marilyn Monroe.

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The two people that started as lovers and became lifelong friends.Not so much a discussion of regret, just to continue our lifelong conversation.THey both knew me from when we were young and becoming and that can not be duplicated

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My Grandfather ( my Mum's Father). I used to visit love visiting regularly and loved that old guy then 14 yrs old discovered Music,Cigarettes and Girls so rarely saw him. Joined the Armed Forces and eventually visited when I was about 22yrs. He said to me- metaphorically- ' Where have you been all these years?' Went abroad and next I received news he had died. Would love to see him again and tell him I love him!

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I'd tell my dad that I loved him one more time, and how I appreciated all the sacrifices he made for me when he was alive.

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I would want to talk with my maternal grandmother, the most decent and honorable person I've ever known. I would ask about her background, her raising, my mom.
Of the famous people, I would choose Mark Twain. He could see the joy, the tragedy, and the folly of life.

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I would like to talk to my father. He was in the 42nd infantry division (rainbow) during WW2. His division liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

My father never said anything against Jews his entire life, and he passed along the idea to me that they were a people who had suffered a lot during their existence.

I have to wonder: anti semitism was common and accepted behavior when my father was a boy in the 1920s.

My question to him would be did he always hold the Jews in high regard, or were his experiences at Dachau something that transformed his way of thinking?

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I often have nothing to say, so even if I had someone that passed away that I could talk to, I would say nothing.

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Definitely my grandma. I would ask her to teach me everything she can in the time that we have. Saying she had a green thumb would be an understatement.

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I would like to talk to James, my first "real" boyfriend. We lived together on the Olympic Peninsula on the Qweets Indian reservation. I was 17 just out of high school. He was a stunning male specimen. Full blooded Swed 6'3, deep blue eyes. blond hair half down his back. Boy did we have fun. Worked as "Shake Rats" out in the clear cut. Grew herb out there in the rain forest. Body surfed in the ocean at these gorgeous beaches, visited the hot springs many times, swam in the rivers. We had a blast. He was 9 years older and I wasen't ready to settle down...at all. He passed away in a car crash on the 101. I wish he was here, thats, what I would tell him. I would tell him I loved him and that in ways I regret that I ever left him. That I diden't know how good I had it. He was an incredible lover, and an incredible man. Sniffel,sniffle.

"...if you can be with the one you love...love the one you'er with...."

Never lost a Lover... in all my years I know of only one woman I had sex with that passed and we were buddies not lovers, our encounters were in Orgies, those were the 70's, before AIDS and HERPES. It will be hard when it happens, not to my liking for sure. Sorry for your Loss. Suddenly I wonder how many that I remember are no longer here. Moment of Sadness for the Gone.

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Really just about anyone and I would ask, "What's it like down there?"

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