http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-103456 2/White-ghost-bikes-pay-tribute-dead-riders-da nger-spots-Britain.html Yes, I know to lose a loved one in a road accident is a tragedy (been there, done that, choose not to wear the tshirt) but the less distractions road side the better.
I can't be the only one who doesn't like to see dead and dying flowers strapped to a lamp post - perhaps it is acceptable in the days following the accident, but in my area it goes on for years, literally.
Public grief seems to be the 'in thing', chest beating and wailing. Very often those making the biggest 'show' aren't connected to the deceased in any way, or only very loosely. It seems to have sprung up since the death of Diana.
I remember feeling very angry on one occasion after the death on my loved one. I felt some people (very casual acquaintances) were trying to 'steal' my grief in some way - not just empathising.
Am I alone in feeling this way?