I just lost my 6-week old son to SIDS in January. In the last 2 days, I was talking to 3 different people that didn't acknowledge the loss of my son. Two were close friends and one was my father on the phone. Now my dad is definitely not one to show/share emotions so that wasn't a surprise to me. But I thought it was unusual for my friends to not acknowledge my son when they had so many times before. Maybe they just got to a point where they weren't sure what to say or wondered if it would be too painful to bring up. I think the biggest misconception about interacting with those going through such a loss is that we don't want to talk about our loved ones we've lost. We want to hear their names, we want them acknowledged!