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[Padme]

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

 

 

** Serious answers appreciated, thank you.**

[Swar]

My dad.

I'd just tell him I love him more than anything (same level as my mom, but still ), even though I don't show. I would apologize for being rude to him sometimes for no reason. I would thank him for doing everything he did for me, especially working at shitty schools just to pay for mine. Apologize for not being affectionate enough. I think that's it.

 

Dem feels.

[Keil]

Also my dad.

 

I would say: "You're going to regret the way you are now. Please, start talking more. Share your feelings, vent out your frustrations, share your joys. Whenever we--Myself, Mother, Brother, Sister--ask about your day, you always respond with one word answers and remain silent afterwards. It didn't matter if it was a good day or a bad day. Your answer has always been the same. I may not be as old or as experienced as you are, but I do know for sure that every time you say 'fine' or 'okay', you separate yourself by another inch from all the people that love you. I get it. You are not a talkative person and you keep to yourself in general, but I hope you realize that if you really want to be happy with our family, you will have to break out that habit before it's too late. It's almost too late for me and I do want to know you more."

 

I didn't wait to tell him (well except for me dying premise). I already told him last week when he was diagnosed with type II diabetes. 

[Nikiforov]

I would call my mom and tell her I love her, and ask her to tell my dad and siblings I love them too.

 

I had to really think about it because I love all of my family equally, but I think if I were to die I would want my mom's voice to be the last one that I hear. If her voice was the first one I heard when I was born I think it makes sense.

Edited by magicalgrl, 10 August 2015 - 10:07 PM.

[Fikri]

hmm you got me racking my brain for this one. i don't really have the luxury of friends and most of the people i interacted with can only be categorized as acquaintances. honestly, i'd rather disappear prior to my death rather than be seen/heard dying. no way in hell i'm gonna let people see me in such a mess.

unlike others, my parents are the last people i wanna talk to. thing is, there's no conversation that i can hold with them without them nagging to me 10 seconds later. if i call them, they'll probably be like, "what? you're dying? who's gonna pay your student debt now? how about your rent? HAVE YOU THROWN THE RUBBISH OUTSIDE YET?" at which point, i'd hang up and strangle myself to death.

but if i REALLY have to pick one person... i guess the answer will probably be my elementary school friend? i already forget how he looks like and what's his name but we used to spend all the time at school together, share our lunchboxes and whatnot. he's the closest person to a friend to me before he moved to another school. if i could have that feeling of pure friendship again before i draw my last breath, i'd die happy.

[Liesa]

We had a workshop like that in our creative writing classes this year. It was rather revealing once you wrote down everything you thought. I wrote a letter to my best friend, saying I loved her and regretted not spending much more time with her. 

[Cass]

I know I should call my mom.

 

But realistically, I would call my husband. To tell him I love him from the depth of my heart and that everything'll be fine. That he needs to take care of the cats and make sure they grow up to be fatties, and that he needs to cuddle them to death everyday, for me. And I'd tell him I'm grateful that he showed me a lot of wonderful things in life, that he showed me ways to enjoy it more instead of being constantly stressed out about every little thing. I may even lull Three Little Birds, since I do that sometimes when he gets stressed out over petty little things.

 

Fortunately I don't wait with these kinds of things. We have our differences sometimes as every couple would, but overall we're a pretty soggy couple. We have a no-fights-before-leaving/going-to-bed policy. I know it's sounds like a joke, but we really do. We have seen to many people suddenly die around us and their loved ones regretting they let them go while in a fight. My stepdad lost his mom at 8 to cancer, and the night before she died he got angry because he wasn't allowed to play outside; he still beats himself up for it. Last month a girl we know had two heartattacks in a row with only 12 hours between them: she was 21. She survived them both, but only just.

 

So we always sit down and talk to resolve - even only partially - a fight before we leave or go to sleep. It's worth the 15 minutes we're late for whatever.

[Tsubaki]

Without any hesitation I know I would call my significant other.

 

I feel like I have nothing to say to any of my family, nor do I owe it to them to pick up the phone for their sake. If I chose to call them it would be to release a few bitter last words and leave this world angry. Same goes for any 'friends'. I have people I talk to here and there but nobody that genuinely knows anything about me, or at least know enough to care I was dying.

 

I'd call my guy and tell him how much I loved and respected him as a person. How i wish I could be as strong as he is and shower him with as much support and love as he has shown me.Thank him for working with me on fixing my anxiety. Thank him for tolerating me despite all the fun outings we've missed because I was unable to leave the house without a panic attack. I'd thank him for being the strength i've never had. I'd hope we'd laugh about our memories and reminisce about our late night talks and last minute vacations. Smile at how insane our dogs are. Remember the little things so I could pass with a sense of nostalgia and hope to be as peaceful as possible. He is supportive and understanding enough to hold himself together so I could leave peacefully and not see him hurting.

Edited by Tsubaki, 11 August 2015 - 04:44 AM.