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    I went to the funeral of a good friend of mine today. He was a friend I had made through the club. It ended up being that there were quite a few of us there (albeit incognito...)

    I can't believe how much I miss him.

    Even our boss (the owner of our club) was there, along with about 8 of their good friends. They're like club regulars, but more like...drinking matey regs, never dance-booking regs.

    I was just wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation?
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    I had to miss my best friend's funeral since I had to go to my mom's, it was on the same day, and they flew my friend's body to Ohio.

    I did write something for his girlfriend to read there (the three of us were pretty close), but she was too upset to read it.

    Sorry to hear about your loss...
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    i have not but i can see where you can become close to someone like that. i'm sorry you experienced this. i know there are people that come to the club that i've been close enough to attend their wake but i'm not sure i would attend the burrial service. i think that is mostly for the family to attend. i am happy that you had the chance to attend the service. some people do'nt get that chance and it hurts worse than the actual death. i hope you get through this ok.

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    I lost a reqular about 2 years ago. We became good friends and we would sit and talk for hours and hours. I knew all about his family and grandchildren. He was good to me and took good care of me. It was hard because at the funeral I wanted to go and talk to his children and grandchildren because I felt like I knew them so well because of the stories I would hear. But I couldn't. This is a tricky situation because you want to grieve but there is no one that you can talk to about it. Your non-dancer friends don't understand and even some dancer friends wouls be like, Oh well, lost a custmer. I really can't give you any advice on how to get through this but just remember that you had a great friend in him

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    Thanks for your support, I was lucky enough to be in a situation where his family and friends knew us just as friends, rather than being affiliated with the club. Porbably had to do with the fact that in the end there were a few of us who saw him more outside the club than in. My friend is also the g/f of his best friend,so I was privileged enough to be able to attend the service. And because I was friends with his best friend, and also knew his business partner among others, I had people who understood, that I could (and can) talk to.

    My problem has mainly been people taking the opinion of "oh well, he was just a customer" and because they never saw us together (we mainly hung out outside work, for obvious reasons) they didn't know that i knew him so well.

    Thanks for the support, and I'm glad some of you can understand what I'm feeling

    He was possibly the most amazing, inspirational person I have ever met.
    rock on gold dust woman,
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    and dig your grave...

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    It sucks when the cool ones go.

    Especially here in Daytona, a town populated mostly by ignorant white trash--good, cool friends are worth their weight in gold, and when I finally found a good friend, his life was senselessly taken from him, and his friendship from me.

    I miss him to this very day...

    Sometimes when I am working, especially (he was another DJ). It can be a busy night and all at once it'll hit me. It bothers me as much as my mom's death does, at times. But you have to go on.
    You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
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