DEAR ABBY: We just lost three perfect little boys, our triplets. They were born prematurely. Many people have been kind to us, yet we have been stunned by the insensitivity of others.
The day our triplets died, a doctor went to my wife in the hospital and said, "Look, it wasn't meant to work out. People aren't supposed to have litters."
My wife's hairdresser, on hearing the news, said, "Who would want three babies anyhow?"
To such people, I'd suggest they think of the three people they care most about in the world, and then imagine them all dying in front of you. -- SAD FATHER IN CONNECTICUT
DEAR SAD FATHER: Please accept my sincere sympathy for the tragic loss of your beloved baby boys. I'm sure the doctor and the hairdresser didn't mean to be unkind; however, their comments were enormously insensitive. Babies can't be replaced, but people in service-oriented businesses can.