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[quote=Anonymous]I have a friend who married a man very soon after his wife's passing.  He has adult children and they were really thrown for a loop -- not because they didn't want their father to be happy, but because they were still mourning the loss of their mom and that was completely incongruent with planning a wedding.  My own mom had died around the same time and I had a tough time being supportive of my friend, because I kept putting myself in the kids' shoes.

Id be having a tough time, too, OP.  And I'm really sorry.  I agree that counseling might help, just to give you a place to talk openly about your feelings without repercussion.

It is just as okay for you to be sad and heartbroken as it is for her to remarry.  I think you can tell your mom how you feel and then grit your teeth and try to figure out how to deal with it.

honestly, though, we were all counseled not to make any dramatic decisions (unless necessary) for a year after my mom died and I guess we really took that to heart, so it does make it tough for me to understand how people are able to seemingly move on so quickly.  Id have been reeling and you sound like you're handling this as well as you can, which is surely better than I would have.

I'm sorry about your dad.  This stuff sucks.[/quote]

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