Attention seeking? or?

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So basically, I know this girl in her early twenties (younger than 24) who's father died approximately 3 years back. This girl is the lead singer of an unvelievably shitty band, and she uses her father's death as sympathy for fans and support, no jokes. Everytime they have a gig, she opens with a sob story about her father. She literally has turned it into a completely public event. Two years ago when I still had patience for facebook, every single post she made was about her father, real whiney stuff too. Everytime she drank a beer, she'd be like "this one's for you dad, it kills me everyday that you're not here" and then she'd commence loud public crying episode. I think that's ridiculous. My father died too, I'm a few years younger than her, I'm not showing it off to the entire world? And I'm sure as shit not using it as a tactic to gain fans or sympathy or anything else. Is it normal for someone to milk the death of a parent like that?

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  • Zalenn
    9 years ago

    Tbh you already know she's milking it. She will just look pathetic for it. Self pity is not a recipe for success.

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  • handsignals
    9 years ago

    Are you talking about Bindi Irwin?

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  • Petrichor.
    9 years ago

    Sounds like attention seeking to me.

    You should have respect for your loved ones, even after death if you really cared about them. Some people just don't get it - it's not normal. And it's selfish of her.

    People exploit tragedies when they think they have something to gain. She might come to regret it later on, though.

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago

    She an attention seeker who has no shame. Using her dad's death for attention is disgusting and very low. My dad died too, when I was very very young. I have never in my lifetime used it for attention and sympathy, nor do I have any plans to do so in the future. She is terrible.

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  • GunnerKing
    9 years ago

    attention whore.....

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  • Fall_leaves
    9 years ago

    You described my sister, she has a disorder that causes her pain in her abdomen and uterus and you would think she's the only person in the world to have this disorder. Her disorder isn't life threatening and the pain isn't excruciating but she thrives off of the attention and sympathy she is getting from her disorder.

    While her friend has a malignant brain tumor that is killing her. My sister actually had the audacity to say that she would rather be in her friends shoes. Her friend has a six year old son and husband and she won't live to see her son graduate or get married. My sister has a four year old daughter and according to my sister she's the greatest mom to ever walk the earth but she would rather be dying of a brain tumor than live out the rest of her life in a controllable pain.

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    • [Old Memory]
      9 years ago

      Abdonimal and uterine pain can be pretty excrutiating though, because I suffer from it too and am on some serious meds for it, but I don't bitch about it. I get the meds for free, it sorts my shit out, and that's that. Is the pain annoying? Ofcourse. Would I rather spend the rest of my life in pain rather than in self pitty? Ofcourse! So I feel bad for your sister because I know how bad it sucks, but on the other hand I agree that its total attention seeking bullshit. I suffer from chronic eczema too, and although it doesn't sound that bad, it gets pretty excrutiating. The only medicine that helps are immunosuppressent steroid medications which come with a plethora of side effects, but I use them and go about my day. Why sulk about what's wrong when you can carry on enjoying life? I'm thankful everyday that eczema isn't life threatening. I'm sorry about her friend with the tumor, that bit made me really sad :( it must be the hardest thing in the world coming to terms with the fact that your child and partner will one day have to live without you around aslong as you should have been. I actually despise selfish self pittying people so much more now.

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      • Fall_leaves
        9 years ago

        My sister is the type of person that one week will be complaining about abdominal pains and the next week will be saying she needs to go to a chiropractor, then a neurologist, there's literally always something wrong with her. Before she got her disorder she would use her friends cancer for sympathy, she's impossible to be around lol

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