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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Losing a child is something you never get over and something you'd never expect[/quote] [b]This is a very 21st-century-western sort of sentiment.[/b] Although I completely agree that losing a spouse doesn't hold a handle to losing a child.[/quote] Yes, read older literature and it used to be losing a child was a normal part of life but to lose a spouse (especially a husband) would mean economic devastation. So for a woman 150 years ago, widowhood would be worse than a child's death and could mean losing your other children if you had no way to support them. However, men had a pretty high likelihood of losing a wife in childbirth so that was a more expected loss.[/quote]
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