How do you say goodbye to someone who is dying?
You know they are going to die. They know they are going to die. How you talk to them really depends on have they come to grips with the reality they are facing. If they have, then simply saying "so long", or "goodbye" would be appropriate. It is a hard thing to go and say goodbye to someone...especially someone you care about. In these situations, realism is better than optimism.
What do you say as a goodbye to someone who is going into the army?
Please... Keep yourself safe, as you are keeping me free.
How do I say goodbye forever to someone in my life?
People come and go as what they always do. That's life, one of the awful parts of it. Though how much we want them to stay, they're not ours to keep and that they have to go their own way apart from ours. And for me, it's the saddest part of meeting people. Especially when we became so familiar of their presence in our lives, when we became so attached to them, when we have poured out all our hearts to them, that eventually they've already become part of us, occupying the big portion of our hearts. We've encountered them for years or even for a while but when they go, their presence leave a big empty hole in us that takes time to heal, and leave a scar forever.In moving on, letting go is the hardest one. Even if we say goodbye a hundred times, if we haven't let that person go and accept it, we haven't really moved on. So letting go is necessary and the final step in order to free ourselves from all the things that connects us to that person that keeps weighing us down. We can't help but feel nostalgic every time we remember sweet memories with them that sometimes we wish it didn't ended. It's the most painful part, but necessary to feel it. JUST FEEL THE PAIN until you wake up one morning and don't get to feel it anymore.There is no formula or a step by step process to do in letting go. But as TIME goes by, that pain would lessen. Don't pressure yourself, later on you'll feel it inside. Your heart will tell you when it's ready and saying that final goodbye would be so much easier than it is now. Let things as it is now, keep doing things that you think will help you and live as much as you can despite all the things that you're experiencing right now.
How do you say goodbye to someone whom you'll never see again?
For some context, I was casually dating a guy during the last couple months of college. I knew I would never see him again but I'd at some point developed feelings towards him that I did not want to act on as I didn't see any future.On my last night, he offered to cook me dinner to which I refused, but as we went to sleep that night, we spoke about our best and worst memories together. I couldn't really sleep well that night but I woke up earlier than him and decided to finish up my final packing. It started raining heavily outside almost perfectly reflecting the tears that weren't appearing in my eyes.When the rain stopped, we hugged goodbye and knew at that instant, this would be the last hug, the last time we saw each other and the last set of memories with him that I could add to my life.I cried on my way to the airport and for a while in the flight. It definitely took me a couple months to get over it but I finally did :)I’m so glad we spent that last night discussing our favorite memories of each other and what each of us could improve on. It definitely created a positive association with the memories I had, and till date I smile when I talk about him.
Saying goodbye to someone special?
How do you say goodbye to someone you love very much, but who does not have those feelings towards you? I won't be seeing the guy again, I see him professionally. I can't ask him on a date as I know he has a g/f. I don't know quite what to do as I have never been that close to anyone before and yet I may never see him again.
How do you say goodbye to someone you care about without actually saying it?
I am the expert of goodbyes believe me. My two daughters live abroad with their husbands and children. When I am lucky I get to see them about 2/3 times a year each.Once a year they come to me on separate visits and once or twice a year I visit them. The excitement it palpable when we arrive there or they arrive here, but as the visits draw to a close, that sinking feeling in the stomach sets in and I start having to mentally prepare myself for the loss. And make no mistake it a loss. Even though I know they are only a phone call or skype view away, it is still hard to handle.So this is how I usually deal with it - happens every time for about 10 years now believe it or not. The day before I am due to leave, or vice versa, I say - ok I am not going to say goodbye when the taxi comes, I am just going to pop off, and I don’t want any tears, and in that way it will be easier for all of us. That is the theoretical strategy.In practice it never happens like that. The taxi comes. (I have refused my sons-in-law taking me to the airport as it makes things even harder), my daughter meets me down. I hug my daughter, she hugs me. We start blubbering like there is no tomorrow. We cannot separate because our interweaved arms now seem set in stone. Finally we manage to tear ourselves apart. I get in the cab crying and don’t look back, and by the time I get to the airport I have recovered. I phone my daughter once I have checked in and we have a perfectly fair conversation ignoring the drama of an hour ago.And why I am relating all this to you is to tell you that you should say goodbye. Yes, I know it is sad, but in life we have to go through sad times and we have to learn to cope with them, and for 10 years I have been coping with this. If I can do it all these times you can do it on this one occasion. Be mature, put your apprehension on one side. It will be sad for a small duration, but then you will remember that you did the right thing for the rest of your life, and it will bring a proper and dignified closure to what sounds as though it was a really valued relationship.
Is it necessary to say goodbye to someone who didn't really care about you? Or Just Ignore?
It depends on what kind of person you want to be. It depends on how confident you are at knowing what another person thinks.Just because you think you know what another person thinks, doesn't mean you are correct. Many people are easily absorbed in projects, work and their own concerns and forget certain people exist they would otherwise care about. Everyone needs a reminder from time to time that somebody unexpected cares, or at least isn't only out for themselves and what they can get out of the transaction.Second, is how you behave only reliant on how you feel? You can't always know what impact your treatment of other people will have on people you don't know are paying attention. If, for example, it's a person who is being let go, saying goodbye even if you don't like them (or vise versa) could be important. That could have untold impact on the future. A fellow I knew was courteous to a man who was fired and later got a job because that formerly disgraced man was a hiring manager at his next job. Just because ignoring someone is the easy option doesn't make it the right one. After all, a common way to see if a person is datable is to see how they treat waitstaff in a restaurant. If you are rude because it doesn't matter, you won't be back or that you are paying them to be nice… how will that reflect in that assessment? “Goodbye” is the most important word to get right. You might not have another chance, and you could salvage the relationship in the long term.
How do we say goodbye to someone whom you can't live without anymore?
Many of our relationships (not only romantic) do not last forever, and so there are times when we must say goodbye. I think the key thing here is not the goodbye as such but how it is done, which is your question. I would say it should be done respectfully, honestly (I know society tries to tell us to be politically correct and diplomatic, but sometimes, some people need that feedback to know how they are perceived!) So in addition, it should be done with empathy. Not only because you don't want to hurt the person, but because sometimes, life is also like a moving train, (moving from station to station and it can return to the 'station' at which you left the person). And this empathy means you reduce the chances of resentment, bitterness and any awkward feelings. So always try to say goodbye the best way you can, because sometimes, it is never always goodbye, but bye for now.That said, even after you have tried to do this, the person may still feel angry towards you, but I have found with time, it dissipates because they realise you have only been honest and doing what you think, is best for you.