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		<title>Bereavement Forum: Died Or passed away? - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>Which do you prefer to say when you or someone else is talking about the death of a loved one?
Personaly i hate it hen people say my dad di...</description>
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			<title>Comment by Dotz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes i agree with you as i hate the word dead and died. I use i have lost or passed away. A friend on thi sweb site uses angel day for anniversary]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:35:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by AstridW</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I think you should say what is most comfortable. I have heard some folks say "lost" "passed on". My son Tony went on a motorcycle ride 09/09/07 he died as a result of the injuries suffered. The motorcycle flipped and he was crushed ...blunt force trauma.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:46:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ALC67</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I really have no preference. 'died, dead, passed on, passed away, lost, crossed over', they all mean the same thing. I know sometimes people are uncomfortable with using some terms to describe death. I think it's up to everyone to use whatever words they prefer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:50:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by mari3333</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[i say 'crossed over'. i like the image and sound of it. the only thing that dies is the body, and to me, the person still lives, because, to me, we are not our bodies. its just a transition, so i call  it crossing over.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:58:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Crazywolf5</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I would prefer to say passed on because they have passed on to another life.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 02:24:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by gecko31313</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I prefer died, dead... everything else sounds like a pointless euphemism to me.   
  
 I hate that it happened, but they did die. Wherever they are headed, whatever I believe; they are dead.  I suppose the polite terms are more acceptable, but I really don’t get the point.  Good manners I guess.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 02:51:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Johnna</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just cant bring myself to say he died. I say he passed away or I lost my brother. Just feels better]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:19:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Tahnee</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When my brother rang me in the early hours of the morning to tell me that "Dad has passed away", I was eternally grateful that he used those words instead of "dead" or "died".  I don't know why I feel like that, but the latter words seem cold and hard.  I say "passed away" too.  I am sorry for the l...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:28:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by msoy</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I too prefer passed away, it just doesn't seem as harsh.  yes, my parents are gone, and that is harsh in itself.  Guess it is preference though.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:20:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by taylorsmumandad</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I used to hate the word died but ive found i say it now...i dont think theres a right word but its up to the person i guess hugs xx]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:33:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lisazz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I believe the more you talk about death,the easier it is to use the word.DEATH is a part of LIFE!!!I use all the terms died,dead,lost,passed on,passed and crosed over,although i prefer the word 'passed'!I do agree with reply #8 and #9,Death is very cold and harsh,but a person's spirit never dies,jus...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:56:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Stacieh73</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is something that's different for everyone I think.  I prefer to say passed away because that's what she did:  quietly passed away.  Saying she died just sounds so abrupt, ya know? 
 When my Mom first passed away we couldn't bear the sound of 'my Mom died.'   
 Dad would say, "when your Mom left....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:02:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by jean747</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I always say Yolanda was killed.  To say just that she died or passed on seems to absolve that monster of what she did to her.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:10:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by antaresmom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[passed away most definetely,really dont like it when people say he/she died.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:27:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by gel1968</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i feel u pass away when u are ill and u already know u are dying, but my husband drop dead of a heart attack all out of the blue, so no, i dont feel like he passed away, i feel like he died. passed away sounds so peacfull and it wasnt peaceful at all xx]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:15:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ApolloPlease14</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think it depends how much I'm still grieving the loss... when the loss is still fresh in my mind and the pain is at the surface, I tend to say "passed". When I've become more comfortable with the idea, or when <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> about someone who I don't know, I tend to use died/dead (ie, President Lincoln d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by SkyWoman</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I say died or dead. It's the truth even though it depresses the hell out of me.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:17:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by SkyWoman</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh yes and I say lost my dad. I feel like he was taken away, stolen from me.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 18:18:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by nancy7161</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I prefer passed away. I don't think my parents are "dead" in the sense that they are alive and at peace in another place.  I talk to my mom all the time.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:37:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ClaresMom</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dead is true and real. So I say dead. My mom and dad are both dead.  
  
 Though I do say: "I lost my mom." What I mean is God stole her from me the s0d!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:38:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tdale69</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I personally prefer died. i somehow see the other ways of saying it as sugar coating things..like someone wants me to  pretending that my mom is away on <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Relaxation" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Relaxation')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Vacation">vacation</a> or went away by choice...Nobody is fooling anybody by using those words..What my mom went through was ugly and horrible and messy and unbe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:49:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Tigerz43</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In reply to Apolloplease41 
  
 I know what you mean when you say if you dont know them, its like being formal and in formal in another language (you will know what i mean if you take or have learnt a second language) 
 I think saying that someone died or is dead, is a cold or angry way of stating it, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:13 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Bloomeany</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I find it really hard to say that my dad or sister is the "d" word...I just cant say it...I always say passed away, and even that is hard.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:38:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by PaulaE</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i like to say "passed on."  Because they have now passed on to eternal life....they have not died....they are living forever in either heaven or hell (depending if they believed in Jesus Christ as their Savior.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:04:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by DanaR</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I use killed, because he died in a motor vehicle accident with a reckless driver.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 13:16:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sophie09</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Depends on who I'm <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> to. If it's someone I know really well, I'll say "dead" or "died" but if I don't know them, I'll say "passed away" because people seem to respond stronger to "dead" or "died"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:38:59 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by topazbluegirl</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I say my Mom died.  The other day I told someone I had "lost" my mom and they didn't understand right away and started asking questions. 
  
 Sometimes I say she passed away.  Most of the time I just say that she died.  It's to the point and people ask less questions.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:13:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by sunnyc</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I rather say My son died  He was killed and it took me a long time to say that let alone write it,   he died in 1991 the moring after his 20th birthday So because of how it happen now I say my son was killed,]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:15:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by hurtingmama</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I use both depending on the situation but prefer to say died.  I have lost several people who were very close to me in the last few years. I feel like when I say passed away it is like saying they passed through my life and are gone and our paths won't cross again. I believe that someday we will mee...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:30:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dilli</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I use both... if i use died its because I want whoever I'm <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> to ..to understand what I'm saying.. I use passed away if I'm <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> to those that understand..sometimes I feel I have to be blunt to get some to understand that I'm hurt that I have lost my Dad.. other that understand I use the gen...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:48:47 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tonelowe</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Bereavement/forum/3359059-died-passed-away/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Some people have different ways of saying it, passed away is nicer but then the word death or died seems final,I just say lost. I've lost both my parents, and it is still hard at times. I take comfort to know they're now both together finally and no longer in any pain. If you want to talk I'll liste...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ihart</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whatever works for you. I am now saying died most of the time cause for me I have come to the accptance stage of my sons death.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 12:49:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by BamaFlash</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The comments are interesting.... 
 To say 'death or died' is the reality, as is 'killed'... 
 When someone loses a loved one to death, I am always careful to use 'passed' or something like that, because am never sure how the other person will react... 
 When my sister 'died' on April 19, I wrote an ema...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:06:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by anniepoo21</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I used to lay lost, but at a military base when you say that they automaticly think we got divorced.  So now passed away is the term of choice.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:10:07 +0100</pubDate>
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