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[demon2daddy]

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[iamafreakmagnet]

"is he dead yet?"

there's a woman i'm friendly with on the bus. as casually friendly as you get with someone on the bus. at least that's what i thought until the day her cat died and she told me i was the only person who could make her feel better. then i learned she'd elevated our relationship a bit further.

i hoped said elevation would inspire her to employ a bit more of a filter than she normally does. a lot of cringe-worthy comments come out of her mouth. i don't think she's particularly mean-spirited, she just has no fiter - at all.

she had been asking me more questions than usual for some time because she knew my father-in-law had end-stage cancer (a fact i began to regret her knowing as time went on). during this time i worked from home for a few days and therefore wasn't on the bus. when i returned she immediately approached me and said she was worried because she hadn't seen me. when i gave her a confused look, given that i periodically work from home, she said, "is he dead yet?"

stunned, i just looked at her.

"your father-in-law... is he dead yet?"

no, no he's not.

note: i have not spoken with her since this exchange. since only one of us is capable of utilizing a filter, i'm using mine from a safe distance.