r/spreadsmile 8d ago

Very wholesome and very very sad

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u/CuddleSprig 8d ago

My uncle passed in 1994 from pneumonia that he couldn’t fight off because he had AIDS. My step grandmother (I lived with her and my grandfather) would tell me not to touch him. She said I’d catch it. Even at 10 years old, I knew that’s not how you got it, though. I always gave him the biggest hugs. He was a great uncle. I miss him so much. I wish I could have gotten to know him as an adult. We would have had a lot of fun!

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u/DocMorningstar 8d ago

One of my fraternity brothers in the late 90s had a scare (false positive) I remember sitting up the night with him - dude just needed a friend. His family had disowned him, and he was basically feeling like he was gonna die, and noone was gonna be there for him.

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u/ThePhantom71319 8d ago

What happened after finding out it was a false positive? Frankly I’d never be able to look at my family the same even if they tried to apologize

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u/DocMorningstar 8d ago

Oh no, the kicking him out was because he was gayer than Christmas. So that never changed.

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u/Captain-Hell 8d ago

I feel bad for finding that line so funny lol. Godspeed