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[quote=Anonymous]My parents died when I was in my early 20s. They never met my husband and our children. I am also an only child with no cousins or other family. When my parents died, my friends tried to be supportive. My husband has both parents living and also tries to be understanding. They just don't really understand the grief until they go through it themselves. Some of my friends who are now losing their parents (I am mid 50s) have told me they don't understand how I didn't have parents for so long. That helped me a lot. Losing your parents-- assuming there was some goodness to the relationships-- is always painful. Your struggle may be that no one around you truly understood when you lost your parents and you have carried that grief for a long time by yourself. I don't want to see my friends or husband hurting over the loss of their parents, but I admit to myself that their understanding of my grief 30+ years later helped me. Wishing you peace[/quote]
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