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Reply to "How long do you think is a respectable time to mourn the death of a spouse?"
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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my cousin died after a long battle with cancer and his wife started dating very soon afterwards. I think the reason is when a person is sick (not just "has cancer with no symptoms" but really ailing and needs lots of medical help and help with bodily functions etc) the spouse is mourning while their partner is still alive. So part of the process is happening ahead of the actual death. To put a superficial spin on it (because I'm trying to come up with an analogy here but it's kind of lame)--if before your friend got really sick, you were getting together and going out for lunch once every couple of weeks, you would probably by now have been for some months first not have gone to lunch, then ended up at lunch with someone else. It doesn't mean you wouldn't rather be at lunch with your friend, but there is a void there... [/quote]
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