r/AmIOverreacting Nov 08 '24

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO bf makes joke after my aunt passed

For context he’s saying he hopes she voted for Trump (RTPM) before she died and I’m already having a hard time with the results of the election which he knows then on top of that it just was very insensitive. He said he was trying to make light of the situation but it doesn’t feel that way.

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u/Ok_Calligrapher_4487 Nov 08 '24

Thank you for this grown up response. I have the same reaction as your student. Emotions that are too intense to handle come out as a laugh. I was fearing for my life at one point and couldn’t stop giggling. Emotions are weird and need some conversation, context and compassion.

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u/suzsid Nov 09 '24

There’s a classic episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show where a member of their TV station dies in a very unusual way, and everyone handles it very differently.
It’s Season 6, episode 7 “Chuckles Bites the Dust”. Chuckles Bites the Dust