2007-12-11 14:05:22 · 38 answers · asked by Susie 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My dad used to say, 'No parent should outlive his child'. I'd think it would be more painful for the parent-- always wondering what could have been, had their child lived.
Having said that, I've never lost a parent or a child, so my answer is just my opinion.
2007-12-11 14:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jelyol 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A co-worker of mine just had to lay her 22-year-old son to rest last week. He was killed in a car accident. She couldn't describe the pain she was feeling. All she could say was that it's the worst hurt she's ever felt in her entire life. While a child losing a parent is very very hard, especially if that child is young I still don't believe that it can compare to a parent losing a child. Just seeing the pain that my co-worker and her family is going through proves that to me. A child losing a parent is part of life, it's going to happen sometime it's the way of things...but parents NEVER think about outliving their child. It's not natural.
2007-12-11 14:15:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ruthie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think for a parent to lose a child.
2007-12-11 14:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet cherry 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both are just as painful as the other, and I don't wish either on anyone, because that is too much pain for anyone to have to go through.
I know one thing I rather not lose one of my parents nor either of my children, i love all of them to much to loose them. If I ever lost one of my children I couldn't live with that, I wouldn't be able to go on, I've been through alot but that would be more than I could ever handle.
Even the inevitability of it, is a harsh thing to realize. You never really want to lose anyone in your life, and I still miss my grandfather after almost 15 years.
At least we will enjoy the times we have shared together, and grow from what we loved and lost. A parent losing a child is a hell I never want to enter.
:-(
2007-12-11 14:14:47 · answer #4 · answered by ~* Garden Empress*~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
painful for a parent to lose a child
2007-12-11 14:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I can only imagine it's far worse for a parent to lose a child. We all accept the fact that our parents won't live forever and know that one day, we will lose them. But no one could ever make peace with the idea of losing their child.
In my military career, I've had to break the news to a few people that their son has been killed and I've stood beside more than a few weeping fathers and held mothers at funerals. It's something you can't explain looking into someones eyes as they bury their child.
2007-12-11 14:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it's equally painful but more natural for a child to lose a parent.
2007-12-11 14:09:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A parent should NEVER outlive their child! I know it's hard for a child to lose a parent but I think the other way around is MUCH worse.
2007-12-11 14:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Jealouster 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
parent to lose a child
2007-12-11 14:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Both are bad, but I would say a child losing a parent. Just because parents are suppossed to be there for their child, make things better. And when a parent dies, half of that goes away, you know?
2007-12-11 14:08:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋