I'd add in that, over the course of a life, we'd expect maybe about half the people we personally meet to die before us. Everyone dies, and that makes for some

I'd add in that, over the course of a life, we'd expect maybe about half the people we personally meet to die before us. Everyone dies, and that makes for some relatively sombre statistical realities. If you are meeting a lot of people, there isn't time to stop and get worked up when you know people who are experiencing grief from a death once removed - there are going to be a lot of deaths.