Yesterday, my uncle died. Probably of a heart attack.

...What I find disturbing is that I don't actually feel sad for it at all. We've called my uncle the "Drunkle" of the family for years after my Grandmother died. My sister and I haven't even spoken to him in ten years. The last time we were in New England about 7 years ago, we didn't even acknowledge his existence. The only thing I find disturbing is that he was four years younger than my mother, and she was the one who came up with all the "Drunkle"-comments and even has a small newspaper clipping saying he was arrested for Larceny hanging from the fridge. :|

I guess it's simply because you haven't talked to him, or haven't seen him in years. If you talked to him often and such, then you'd probably be upset over his death. But what do I know.

Sad that it happened though, sorry.

Oh, yeah, happened to me as well. See, I think it's just because you didn't really understood what happened, so you're not really sad, but just wait, soon enought you will realise what has happened and will feel sad.

At least how it happened to me, but again, I saw my uncle pretty often, so yea, maybe you just didn't know him enought.

So one thing I found out was that my cousin was just a few hours away from meeting my uncle.

...For the very first time. He literally hasn't seen her since she was 5 months old. (She's 17 right now) In fact, I learned that his wife really was a jerk. She basically just moved everything, fake-paid the bills and ran my uncle into Bankruptcy and then left, with her cousin. My cousin was never told about what happened at all, and in fact, his ex even forged a letter from her trying to get what little money he had left. My cousin's absoultely furious at her mother right now after talking to my uncle's family, on top of her already not being that close.

We never actually learned of what she did to him, so my family's opinion of him actually has gone up...a little.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss DigitalPotato.

I know what your going though now, since I lost my grandmother just three weeks ago and it will hurt for a very long time but I sure he wouldn't like if if you sat around all day felling sad about him so you should get back to your normal life as quickly as posible.

I would recomend taking some time off work(obviously for the viewing and funeral) for griefing. My prayers are with you and your family.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Usually, not feeling sad about someone's death means that you never really liked that person or you never met enough to establish a true connection. Regardless of whatever happens to be the case, take care.

You're in the exact same situation I was in. I didn't know my uncle, and he died of cancer a year or two ago.

I didn't feel anything bad, either. Just sorrow for my mom and her parents.