What to Say When Sympathising?
Don't Use Trite Answers, Don't Minimize Their Pain and Don't Trivialize the Experience or Tell Them to Move on (“You Can Remarry, ” “You Have Other Children”...
Don't use trite answers, don't minimize their pain and don't trivialize the experience or tell them to move on (“you can remarry,” “you have other children” or “it was just their time”). Instead, you could say, “I hate that you're going through this difficult time,” or “This must be really hard for you.”
How do you express condolences?
Example condolence messages
- My/our condolences on the passing of your father/mother/friend.
- Please accept our sincerest condolences. ...
- I was so sad to hear of your loss. ...
- My heartfelt condolences on your loss. ...
- [insert name] will never be forgotten. ...
- The ones we love are never gone; they live within our hearts.
What to say to someone who has died?
Here are some commonly used things to say when someone dies:
- ''I'm so sorry to hear about your loss''
- “My sincere condolences”
- “You have my deepest sympathy”
- “We're all thinking of you”
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