# The Other Shoe is dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047 "2013-09-05T02:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/21 "2013-09-05T03:10:06Z")
I’m so sorry for your loss. Please take care of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/22 "2013-09-05T03:11:20Z")
Oh my gosh, there are no words except I’m so, so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/23 "2013-09-05T03:12:04Z")
I’m so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/24 "2013-09-05T03:12:32Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I’m so very sorry. Are your friends staying with you? Please take care of yourself. I received offers. I turned them down. I’m a slow-thinking introvert and I genuinely NEED to be all by myself right now. Life for him after he came home from the hospital was overall much harder than my rather optimistic posts here. He broke his own hand a couple of weeks ago: couldn’t get at something that was juuuuust out of his reach and punched the bejesus out of whatever was in front of him. He’s in const … was in constant pain. And now, he’s not. I am – I’m all alone without the best thing that ever happened to me. He fought hard. I guess it wasn’t enough. A few friends have asked me to call/text over the next couple of days to, we’ll, basically, verify that I made it through the night. I guess I’ll do that here but, honestly? I’m so numb that I don’t see myself having the epic nuclear meltdown for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/25 "2013-09-05T03:15:54Z")
I’m so very, very sorry. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/26 "2013-09-05T03:16:22Z")
So sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/27 "2013-09-05T03:20:00Z")
Keep posting here to vent. We will always listen. I’ll pray for you. I don’t know your names of course, but if I say your username I really believe God will know whom I mean. I am so very sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/28 "2013-09-05T03:21:07Z")
My sincerest condolences, **purplehorseshoe**. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/29 "2013-09-05T03:21:41Z")
What \*\*Leaffan \*\*said, in spades. I’m so, so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/30 "2013-09-05T03:22:13Z")
Poor thing. Peace be with you. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/31 "2013-09-05T03:22:29Z")
I’m so very sorry to hear this. May you find peace. I send you my most sincere condolences, **Purplehorseshoe**. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/32 "2013-09-05T03:22:44Z")
His name was John. But to me, he was always, always Johnny. ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/33 "2013-09-05T03:23:06Z")
I am so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/34 "2013-09-05T03:23:16Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > His name was John. But to me, he was always, always Johnny. Rest in peace, John. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/35 "2013-09-05T03:24:05Z")
Condolences. I thought he was getting much better. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/36 "2013-09-05T03:27:36Z")
I can’t believe it. I’m so sorry you have to go through this. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/37 "2013-09-05T03:27:38Z")
My condolences and please know our thoughts are with you. So sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/38 "2013-09-05T03:29:04Z")
Damn it. I’m so sorry, **purplehorseshoe**. ---
**Author:** ![turtlescanfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/39 "2013-09-05T03:30:26Z")
I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m new here, but I followed your other thread on his illness and recovery back when I was just a lurker. The feeling of family support and camaraderie that came through in that thread was one of the reasons I joined the board. Take care of yourself, and remember you have a lot of friends here whose heart is breaking right along with yours. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047/40 "2013-09-05T03:30:41Z")
Oh honey, I am so sorry. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-other-shoe-is-dead/668047.md?page=3)