People Who've Been Widowed: Tell Me How Your Love Life Has Been Affected Because Of It
Losing any loved one can be a life-defining tragedy. But losing a spouse is a different type of experience, one that's still not often talked about.
Every part of your life is affected when you lose a spouse, but some effects are more taboo to talk about than others. So, I'm coming straight to the source to ask widows and widowers: following your spouse's death, as you've attempted to go on with life, how has your love life been affected?
Maybe you lost your spouse young, and as the years have gone by, you've found new love with another person. Has it been difficult to reconcile your feelings about that? Or do you know your deceased spouse would understand? Tell me about it.
Maybe, after an initial mourning period, you've found it healthy to continue to date new people... and discovered that people can be varyingly supportive, insensitive, or just downright weird about your being widowed. What's that been like?
Or maybe the effect it's had is that you don't have an active love life; that is, you're still madly in love with your late spouse and don't have a desire to find a new person. I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Whatever it is, heartwarming to sad, if you're still mourning or if you just want to reflect on how their death affected your life, I'd love to read about it in the comments below. Or, if you want to write in but prefer anonymity, feel free to leave a comment via this anonymous Google form.
Your answer may end up in an upcoming BuzzFeed article. You never know who may be touched by your comment!
