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The Sublimated Grief of the Left Behind
- draw_down 9y agoMy condolences to the author. I can scarcely imagine what it’s like to have your life crumble like that at 35. I like how honest this is, how frank it is about how blithely people who are on the inside treat the pain of this outcome. I would have made a good scholar if I had understood what that meant at an earlier age, but nevertheless it always seemed like a very fraught pursuit due to the possibility of going through what the author is now dealing with. And even if you do get a job, you have the two-body problem. Et cetera. Edit: Apparently this became a bit of a sensation and was reported on. I guess it touched a nerve for lots of people in a similar situation.