That’s yet another thing people outside grief wouldn’t normally think about: how, especially if your loss was out of order or unusual, it becomes a topic up for public discussion. Anytime you are out in public, people feel the need to come close, to ask, to check on you. It doesn’t often matter whether you are friends with the person or not. In fact, the more distant the relationship, the more probing you might receive while hovering over the produce bin.
