Coping With Disappointment Gifts

"Don't cry, Mom. Lots of parents have children who didn't get into their first-choice college, and they went on to live happy, fulfilled lives."

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

"Do you want to be vaguely dissatisfied with Italian or Korean?"

"I thought there would be bacon here."

"But honey. . . he's just not our kind!"

"I know you're sad, but don't beach yourself up over it."

"After Harry was gone I started decorating the house as a distraction. It was around the time I was wallpapering the driveway that I thought I should seek grief counseling."

"Your book is a masterpiece, but, unfortunately, we're rather picky."

"You've suffered a loss and you need time to grieve, also, tomorrow the market may turn around."

"Your husband died from medical malpractice, but it may comfort you to know that brain surgery is always risky...even when the doctor doesn't have a hangover."

"Honey, can you bring me a drink? I had the worst day. That promotion I was telling you about? They gave it to a mallard. Can you believe it? A mallard!"

Greeting cards: Get Well, Sympathy, Pity.

'Frankly, Charles, I'm having a hard time handling our investments'.

"Your mother says to quit bringing laundry over. She's dead."

'We're sorry for your loss. but it must be a consolation to know that his death didn't effect our targets.'

The night

'Not getting into university is not going to stop me doing the things I hoped to do...'

Denial Exit Now: Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance Next 4 Exits.

'This sucks. Let's try and start the wave.'

'I'm afraid that your father is dead. Dead as a Dodo.'

'Quit blubbering. This is why I hate taking you shopping.'

'No fortune cookies please - I don't want to get my hopes up.'

"We will rebuild!"

"Colin never bothered with a seatbelt. The pub quiz team never recovered."

"Listen ... can you hear that? That’s the sound of four months of winter depression."

"If Neil could only be half the man he is in his texts..."

"Johnny, strikes out, and will be thinking about this well into his thirties."

"Yes, this is a used coffin. My brother was a car dealer."

'We can't promote you to partner, but I will teach you our secret handshake.'

"And now, dear, I’m going to hum annoyingly and see how you like it."

"Honestly, I think this was a waste of money."

"At least he died at home."

"He just doesn't know what to do with himself since he passed away."

"He's still dead then?"

"It's really sad when you outlive your children."