Question by jj_700: Native English speaker, is the word “enjoy” used here normally?
The following is part of a comment by a politician whose co-worker’s child passed away. Is the way he uses the term “enjoy” normal?
I looked it up and couldn’t find the usage.

“…Every child is precious and irreplaceable. And the death of a child is an unbearable sorrow that no parents should ever have to enjoy. Politics can sometimes divide us. But there’s a common human bond that unites us in sympathy and compassion that time is trial, and in support for each other at times of grief…”

Best answer:

Answer by chrlsshore
An unfortunate choice of word. “Experience” would have been better.

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