You can't replace people. I am sorry but a person, a human life, cannot be replaced. Are you saying that if you lost someone dear to you, that someone else could replace them? I can't. There is no one in this world that could replace my son. It is true that everytime someone dies and new person enters the world but that isn't replacing. That's evolution. It would be impossible to replace people no matter how similar their personalities are! I've lost someone close to me. I lost my son when I was 6 months pregnant. Althought I never got to hold him or touch him, I could never replace him. I am pregnant now, yes, but this baby couldn't replace my first child. It's not possible and not right!

yes!! people can be replaced, everyone is expendable, there is always someone who can take ones place, if something is not working well why keep it, that is what happens in relationships, marriages, friendships, the work place, etc... if it dont work,leave... replace it with that someone that compliments one...so can one be replaced yes... and we all do it...it is the fear of the rejection or the guilty conscience that makes one think they cant be replaced.

When someone dies and leaves you... there is not much one can do, except let time take over to heal. And once that person has healed from the lost person... the person can most likely be replaced. Someone can take the deceased's place, and the person who lost their important person will almost completely forget about them. PEOPLE CAN BE REPLACED. END OF STORY.

I think you could replace someone depending on your personality but if you think hard, you still have the old memories. Your family... can you really replace them? Think, they're related to you, are your replacements related to you?

I think "replaced" isn't the right word for what happens when someone old exits our life and someone new enters it. I just call that the passage of time. While it's certainly true that people are expendable in terms of their emotional value to use, each person has an inherent right to exist as an individual, and thus can never truly be replaced. Cliche as it seems, I have to say it.... people are like snowflakes. No two are identical. And yes, I realize how corny and lame that was. Any-hoo.. bonds wither and wear as time goes on, and some break off altogether. However, no person can simply be swapped for another. It just doesn't work that way.

anything that lives that enters our lives cannot be replaced. they can be forgotten but never replaced. things and people burn int our memories. our heads are like dvd burners. once you start burning things into a disc you cant go back and burn over it something to replace something else. the only way people are replaced is when you turn them into positions. yes someone can be fired and a boss brings in someone else to replace them, but thatsthe position not the person. even when somone leaves a relationship the memory of them is still than and that person usually has some sort of position in the others life. its not replacement its change in position.

Some people can be replaced while others cannot. Parents, family & friends that are so dear & that have been very supportive may be so difficult to replace. It might be so difficult replacing a lost soulmate or a long-time ally especially when the bonding was so strong or if the person had been such a loyal friend. The loss of such people more often than not stays irreplaceable. But on the whole, everyone is unique & no two people are exactly the same hence no matter how hard we try to replace someone with another, there would be at least one quality that would be missed in the new person. It is therefore advisable not to compare two people as it is often unfair on both sides.

Although I agree with you that they cannot be replaced...you have to be objective that they could be. I know I've definatly have been tried to be replaced. If the person just forgets about you and all the things that they used to do with you are now the resposibility of another...it's almost as if you dont exist. Everything is still being fullfilled it's just....not you anymore....does that make sense?

NO they can not be replaced. Why do you want to replace someone?

If someone loved you as much as you loved them like a family member or close friend would they want to be replaced after they die...ofcourse you gotta move on with your life but how would you like it if someone replaced you. For example you have a best friend, you get hurt and can't walk, so she replaces you with a friend who can walk...and do more stuff. It's not right to try to replace people and it's impossible! They come and go...but that's why there are so many people...you never feel like you lose a friend when friends are all around you.

Absolutely not! People are not objects, they are beings with feelings and experiences. Each person is measured and created by the things that they experience. So, if you are with, say, your mother, she will decide what to do in a situation based on what she's seen in the past, and mixing that with her personality, and a whole heck of a lot of other things, and there is no one else who will do exactly the same thing as she will in all the same exact situations, so how can you 'replace her'?

People come and go in our lives, that is fate, sure, but you can't replace some one, just move on, they always hold a place in your heart and memory, you don't delete them and insert a new face where they were. That's bogus.

**Aimee

I don't know why, but for some reason it runs in my family I guess. My mom did it, my older sister does it, I do it. Friends come and go every year. So far the longest friend I've had was for 2 years. The only person I could never replace is my sister, other than that though, nobody's forever.

Each and every one of us is different and unique. We all have certain qualities that are diverse. Sure when we loose someone or something we'd like to replace them, but that can't happen for that person is who they are and there is none other like them. You could meet someone similiar but they will never be that other person. But now i'm thinking what sort of replacement are we talking bout. Um because you can replace a girlfriend/boyfriend, cat, dog, fish..BUT !! it will never ever be the same....(if you get what i mean)