Heartbreaking photograph shows an elderly man eating alone at a restaurant on Valenti

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Sad story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tines-Day.html



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[evince]

he had the chance to love and grow old

17 people do not now

[Kobie]

Totally guessing here, but given the glass of wine and the gift on the other side of the table, I'd say he was having a Valentine's Day for a recently departed spouse.

Hits me right in the feels.

EDIT: Didn't read the article first. Shit, that's ashes! Yeah, now feels hit HARD. Poor fella.

[Kobie]

he had the chance to love and grow old

17 people do not now

Dude. Let the thread be what it be.

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he had the chance to love and grow old

17 people do not now

You just can't help it, can you?

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Dude. Let the thread be what it be.

She will always try to derail a thread, it's her nature.

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[evince]

is this thread about love and loss?


you only want to fluff the subject

[evince]

Dude. Let the thread be what it be.

I know the racist poster too well

[Kobie]

Shut the fuck up.

This is so sad.

1. I moonlight at a restaurant (well, not now, since I'm on a two-month sabbatical thanks to a broken foot). About 6 months ago, one of our regulars died. We did the whole "leave a barstool open for him with a candle" thing that a lot of joints do when a regular dies, and the people who just came to give the empty seat its due was amazing. People touch each other in so many ways, even if just knowing that guy from the bar for a minute, and we should never forget those moments.

2. At the same restaurant, we had an elderly couple come in for months until eventually, just he came in. Sat in the same booth, ordered his usual, but two drinks. One for her. Once we all knew what had happened, we didn't make a big deal of it, but we brought her favorite dish to the table just to let him know that we missed her too. He thanked us profusely. I haven't had too many really touching moments there, but that was one.

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Kind of a beautiful story, actually. Sure, it has sadness, but I love that he does that, and even buys the extra glass of wine. That's love, and really says a lot about their relationship that he keeps her memory alive like that and honors what they had.

[evince]

Shut the fuck up.

This is so sad.

1. I moonlight at a restaurant (well, not now, since I'm on a two-month sabbatical thanks to a broken foot). About 6 months ago, one of our regulars died. We did the whole "leave a barstool open for him with a candle" thing that a lot of joints do when a regular dies, and the people who just came to give the empty seat its due was amazing. People touch each other in so many ways, even if just knowing that guy from the bar for a minute, and we should never forget those moments.

2. At the same restaurant, we had an elderly couple come in for months until eventually, just he came in. Sat in the same booth, ordered his usual, but two drinks. One for her. Once we all knew what had happened, we didn't make a big deal of it, but we brought her favorite dish to the table just to let him know that we missed her too. He thanked us profusely. I haven't had too many really touching moments there, but that was one.

I get it dude


this poster is evil


I wish his pretense at feelings for others were real

but its not

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is this thread about love and loss?


you only want to fluff the subject

Holy shit, there is a fuckton of gun threads already.

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I know the racist poster too well

I should have banned you.

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[Nomad]

I really don't see the point of the article or the OP that links to it.

OK, the man is lonely and misses his departed spouse.

So what? The world is full of lonely people.

If she had died as the result of some tragedy like the London apartment tower fire, or some terrorist act, I could see the pathos and the point.

But this just seems to me like a thinly veiled attempt by the publishers and re-posters of it to pat themselves on the head and say "Oh, look at me. Look how sensitive I am to the sorrow of others."

Meanwhile, they express support for a stone-hearted jackass like Trump and right wing policies that reward corporate greed and environmental degradation.

The phony sensitivity of it has been noted.

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I really don't see the point of the article or the OP that links to it.

OK, the man is lonely and misses his departed spouse.

So what? The world is full of lonely people.

If she had died as the result of some tragedy like the London apartment tower fire, or some terrorist act, I could see the pathos and the point.

But this just seems to me like a thinly veiled attempt by the publishers and reporters of it tompat themselves on the head and say "Oh, look at me. Look how sensitive I am to the sorrow of others."

Meanwhile, they express support for a stone-hearted jackass like Trump and right wing policies that reward corporate greed and environmental degradation.

The phony sensitivity of it has been noted.

Should have banned you as well.

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