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In some situations, this sort of thing isn't just creepy - it's incredibly fucked up.

My mother gave birth a while ago, and sadly, the child only lived for two months. But for months after his death, we received a LOT of coupons - "20% off diapers for your bundle of joy," etc. It was a sensitive time, and checking the mail often led to tears. After reading this article, thinking back - Target ads. I specifically remember giant, full-paged ads for nothing but baby items from Target.

edit for type, it's =/= isn't




Just wait until an adult dies. You get tons of mail in their name. Some of it even tries to sell them life insurance.


Yeah, I've had this more or less happen to me.

A telemarketer from the bank I used to be with called me on the day of my brother's funeral to try and sell me life insurance.

Terribly bad timing as at the time I was waiting for the car to pick my mother and myself up to lay him to rest.

I'd like to say I handled it well, but I didn't. I vaguely recall some hefty swearing on my part the next day as I closed my account with them.




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