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[quote=Anonymous]Our family suffered two losses last year, First my aunt died in early fall and a few months later my husband’s cousin died. Both women had been ill for several years and their husbands were devastated at their deaths.

FF, we visited the cousin last week and he spent considerable time telling me and my husband about his dating life, including asking us for advice on how to engage women in today’s heavily online world. Cousin is mid-50s, successful, healthy guy. Seems set on having many girlfriends and getting remarried ASAP.

My uncle is planning a trip to visit us next month (for a sort of family reunion)  and he just emailed me that he is bringing a “companion” with him and named her and asked that she be included in any “spouse” activities we have planned. Uncle is late 70s, newly retired, in good health.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I do find it strange how fast they’ve moved on and are already engaging in relationships including traveling with new women, less than a year (in cousins case less than 6 months) after their wives deaths. Is this a “normal” response? I know if something happened to my husband it would take me a lot longer to move on and my husband said the same thing. Is this more common for older people who no longer have young children to care for? [/quote]

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