When my darling wife passed away in May, I spent a lot of time speaking to a neighbour who had also lost her husband only a few months before, she had no family and few friends I looked forward to talking to her and I think we comforted each other. Recently she appears to have found new friends I think they may be friends of her late husbands. I know this is foolish but I feel left behind and it has set me back and I feel more lonely than ever. I think in the future I will try to avoid her as I feel very vulnerable and she appears to have moved on and left me to grieve alone.
That is hard for you. My neighbour of 16yrs moved away shortly after my partner, Mark, passed away Nov 2025. I felt equally bereft that she’d gone and my new neighbours are a family, whereas she was on her own like me.
Thank you Marissa
We can feel so vulnerable in our situation, all we crave for for someone to hug us and tell us everythings going to be fine.
Take care
Tony
Yes, absolutely, but we know we are really on our own in this, sad though it may be. The future seems so lonely at the moment.
Best wishes
Marissa