re: Friends son just passed away in a car accident

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You don’t have to say anything. Just go be with him. You can just sit there with him and not say a word. He’ll talk to you if he wants to but don’t count on it. Let him grieve

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Not a son… but my best friend’s little brother died extremely unexpectedly years back. I didn’t know what to do. I even told him directly “I’m not good at this and I have no idea what to do or say”. We sat there together and just chatted. Had a beer later on. Not sure how close you are, but he was just happy he had someone there with him. I was kind of like a shield for him. He would keep gravitating back to me when people came up to give him condolences.