Gwendolyn, I'm wondering if this may resonate for you is how and when to bring up grief with someone. Can you give us any thoughts about like a very practical question you might ask that person or way of checking in because I fear like, am I retrigging them? Were they having a great day? And then I'm like, how are you feeling about your dad having died? They're like, actually, I was compartmentalizing really well, asshole. Thanks for bringing it up.
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