TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I don't really know why I am creating this, I guess I just wanted to ramble. Or be noticed. Or something.As some of you may have seen, my father recently died. I just found out about it. I am the last of my family line, and I'm feeling a lot of pressure from it.It's infuriating that I didn't find out about this until I knocked on the door, and a stranger appeared. He told me that he was the only one who lived there. I had to inquire to a friend about it. I don't understand why PU wouldn't tell me about this. Surely someone there must've noticed that my father died. Surely they must've realized that I wouldn't know until they told me. Why the hell would they not say something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertyne Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Troy, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I can only imagine the kind of devastation and loss you're feeling right now. I wish there was something I could do to help. I think I speak for everyone here when I say that you're in our thoughts, and if there's anything we can do to help make this period of grief and confusion easier for you, you have only to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hey, thanks Brit. I know I don't really know you, but its nice to know that someone cares.Truely, thank you.I think I am going to take a break from my country tour for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Stone Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I hear your tour has taken you to California recently. Come by my home in Beverly Hills. Take a load off here for a few days, this place makes Hugh Hefner's mansion look like a demonstration in mediocrity.It's great place to to gather your thoughts. My door is always open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Beverly Hills isn't that far. I'll stop by, if nothing else but to just say hello.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenshire Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Sorry for your loss, Troy. If you have any legal troubles let me know. You are not alone in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I would like to say something to make your forget all the pain you must be feeling. I wish I could have stopped your father dying. I can no more turn back time than find any words that could give you the comfort you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 You could say that you want to see me again soon. To comfort me. To hold me.Gosh, don't you women know anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Troy,I'll see you soon.I'll bring you something I am sure you will like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Thank you And thank you, Ravenshire. If I need anything, I'll buzz ya up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 And you boys think that breasts make every problem go away. I'll see you soon. We have road trip. I am fixing up my GTO, it is awesome looking.We will have plenty of time to forget the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Didn't I just get done with a post about being pro-chastity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Stone Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Originally Posted By: CatalystAnd you boys think that breasts make every problem go away.No, but they certainly help me focus.Quote:I am fixing up my GTO, it is awesome looking.Ugh, cars. I never could get the hang of fixing them up. I tried once and I put a starter in backwards. Not good from what I hear. All my vehicles go straight to a garage. Even some of the older ones I've collected that needed body work.I'm sure the bill for the work on your GTO is going to be a nightmare to see, but mechanics love working on those old model cars though. I'm looking forward to seeing it when you and Troy get to New York. Fisrt round is on me. Good luck on your trip guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Thanks, Gabe. I'll hold you to that drink offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J. Lambert Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Losing your parents is horrible Troy, but don't let it get to you. I know how you feel man, but believe me it will slowly get better, you just gotta hang in there.Realistically speaking, you will read that and might either hang to it OR make fun of me. But it's true man, it will slowly pass and soon you will only have the good things they did for you in your mind, memories don't die unless you want them to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 I'd not make fun for something like that.That is worth while advice, Robert. I thank you, so much. I'll buy you a drink something. When I am old enough to buy drinks, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Law, don't worry about buying me anything. Really I would prefer talking to you than drinking with you. Besides all the drinks you could give me would be drinks you wouldn't want to buy me.Troy, I hope you are doing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Stone Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Originally Posted By: CatalystLaw, don't worry about buying me anything. Really I would prefer talking to you than drinking with you. Besides all the drinks you could give me would be drinks you wouldn't want to buy me.Oh? And why pray tell would I not want to buy you and Troy a round of drinks?This I am just dying to hear.And please, it's Gabe, or Gabriel. Law sounds so... formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Cuase I think you would feel kind of silly telling the bar tender that you want a round of sodas,and yes you mean the just a soda. No, they do no need any booze in them. I have been told it is akward to go to a bar and not buy booze.I did not mean to be formal, I think Law is a cool name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Aura Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Troy, I'm sorry for your loss. If you need someone to talk, you can call me.On a side note, you should talk to your PU rep about them not notifying you. It sounds like an error or an oversight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 I called my rep the day after I found out and screamed at him. He said he didn't know, and there must've been some crossed wires.These things happen, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-Kara Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Troy, I would also like to offer my sincerest condolences. Let me know if you need anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thank you, Kara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 She is a nice woman,I am going to see her soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Brickman Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Sorry Troy. There doesn't seem to be anything else to say.Originally Posted By: TroyLloydCampbellI don't understand why PU wouldn't tell me about this. Surely someone there must've noticed that my father died.It's a big company. Whoever noticed he'd died presumably didn't know he was your father. Whoever knew he was your father did know he'd died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Light Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Sorry Troy.But you should have stayed in contact with him more, and not relied on a bunch of people you don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Brickman Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Hey, what'd he die of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Doc says heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Brickman Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Basically that means 'old age' right? I hate that... but take it from an old man, of the choices out there, it isn't a bad way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan-Happy Scientist Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 A lot of factors can lead to a heart attack, Josh. Age is only one of them.Troy, I feel sorry for your loss and I hope you find some peace out of all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Light Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I saw some guy have a heart attack once. It was a nightmare to watch. I've never seen anyone in such pain before. Doctor said the pain must've felt like he was dying for years, all at once. Une chose terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyCampbell Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Wow. That was so amazingly uncalled for.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Flynn Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 At the risk of sounding callous, Troy, consider that this dark cloud may well have a silver lining. If his life was a good one, and his soul pure, then he will certainly be rewarded. If the reverse is true, then rest easy in the knowledge that he may bring unhappiness to the living world no longer. As for you, personally...Once your grieving is done, you may find that without such ties to your former life, you now possess a degree of freedom you could not have attained before. Many still labor under the burden of their shackles, weighted by responsibilities to society or family that they are unable or unwilling to break for themselves. Perhaps this event, traumatic as it is now, is meant to be a sign for you. If I were you, and experiencing the confusion and hurt you must be feeling, I would most certainly seek out those responsible for such a cruel, potentially deliberate act of omission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertyne Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Nyx, while I'd never presume to say that Troy can't draw some positive influence from this experience, I'd be wary of holding out some sort of false hope for him. It's true that adversity can galvanize the spirit and that even disastrous events can be opportunities if we force them, but please, selling him a story about how good people go to a nice place when they die is false, and it undercuts the gravity of the man's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Flynn Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 On the contrary, libertine. I do not sell anything. He will believe what he wishes. It is my experience that such things are generally considered reassuring. Do not presume to force your own loose morals on anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertyne Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 People will generally believe whatever they like, of that, we can agree, Miss Nyx. I wasn't trying to push my beliefs on anybody, merely pointing out what seems self-evident to me: that the dead are gone, truly gone. And I, personally, find more comfort and solace in celebrating a life well-lived than a vague and uncertain promise of harp quartets and feathery wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Flynn Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 If that brings you comfort, then, by all means, continue to believe so. Given your particular... idiom... of course, I can understand why you would prefer to view life as largely meaningless when it's done. I may no longer adhere in any practical sense to the beliefs of my previous life, but a lifetime of ingrained behaviors is difficult to overcome. I fully expect that, should such behaviors prove to have been rooted in truth, I will not be lightly judged. In any event, this thread is not the place for such discussions. Should you wish to continue it privately, I would not be opposed to the debate. Let us leave this man's plea for comfort unsullied by such discord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Light Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 It seems I missed my chance to voice my opinion, so I will do so anyway. I don't think people should be religious, most notably Christian. I think that it removes the realness of reality. If someone needs some invisible, all knowing, and all powerful power-hungry cop in the sky looking over them just to be good, than I full and well don't think those people deserve to suffer the joy that is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertyne Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I do agree with you, Ms. Doritha, but Ms. Nyx is quite correct. This is neither the time nor the place. We should leave troy to his grieving and celebrating and carry on this discussion elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Light Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I know, and i'm sorry. I just wanted to get the word in before the idea was forgot. And sorry for my comment earlier, Troy. It was uncalled for, and I realize that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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