When does death of a close love one hit you?

Am I ass for not feeling grief for someone close to me that died Friday night.

This is someone I grown up with since grammar school and I'm kinda mad at myself for not feeling grief

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

The death of my dad was a long time coming and we were all very very prepared for it and knew for months that he wasn't coming out of the hospital. I wasn't distraught but I was lightly sick for months and think about him often now. My eulogy for him was like 45 minutes as I told a huge room his entire life history cause it was amazing and nobody really knew it beyond my mom and a few old stories.

So I'm at peace with it as much as anyone can be and when it comes to the death of a parent I had it easy despite him going ten years too young.

As Frostcloud said, there's no right way to grieve. There's just grief.

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

@CountScrofula I did the same as you for both of my parents that died early of cancer, and I did not grieved for them until well after the estate and affairs were settled.