When my father's grandmother (who was the one who raised him since his mother died when he was a baby) passed away, his family back in Iran decided not to tell him about it, because they were afraid that he would jump on a plane and fly there. This was the late '70s, mind you, so the political climate in Iran wasn't very hospitable to expatriates. He didn't find out for about two years, when a family friend called him to shoot the breeze and mentioned "Oh, by the way, sorry to hear about your grandmother."
My dad hasn't forgiven his family for keeping him in the dark.
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Date: 2004-01-10 01:49 pm (UTC)From:When my father's grandmother (who was the one who raised him since his mother died when he was a baby) passed away, his family back in Iran decided not to tell him about it, because they were afraid that he would jump on a plane and fly there. This was the late '70s, mind you, so the political climate in Iran wasn't very hospitable to expatriates. He didn't find out for about two years, when a family friend called him to shoot the breeze and mentioned "Oh, by the way, sorry to hear about your grandmother."
My dad hasn't forgiven his family for keeping him in the dark.