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I just saw this on Reddit and some friends and I talked about it over dinner. What was the saddest or strangest goodbye you have ever had?

For me the saddest involved a friend of mine when I was 20 years old and my buddy (same age) was in the Marines. He was getting sent to Saudi Arabia for Dessert Storm. I have known this guy since we were in the 5th grade. He had a few days leave before he had to ship out so he came home to see family and friends. At that time everyone expected Saddam to put up a hell of a fight and my buddy was right on the front. It was rough telling him goodbye and not knowing if I would ever see him again. He made it through without a scratch and was actually at dinner tonight. That weekend was his saddest goodbyes as well.

My oddest was also kind of sad. I had a job working in this office. There was a woman that worked there named Lorna. She was a nice lady and got along with everyone. She had been there for a long time and people liked her. One day she called in sick, which she never did, so people assumed she really was sick. She didn't show up the next two days (Thursday and Friday) and people were worried. She wasn't answering her phone and didn't call in. On Monday she came in and told everyone that she was leaving. She had gotten sick and felt dizzy the previous week. She went to the doctors and after several tests she found out that she had very advanced brain cancer and they think she may have less than 6 months to live. So she was leaving, cashing in her 401K, selling everything she owned and she was going to travel to every place she had ever wanted to go. I admired her for going out like that, but it was odd saying goodbye to someone and knowing that they were going to be dying soon.