Coping with Bereavement is very hard.Losing your wife after 30 years with friends who gave little or no support and no real family to speak off.Life can be very lonely especially in the evening when no one visits or calls you.
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Hi Coffee999,
I live over 100 miles from family and friends, so my support is not good. I lost my wife of 33 years, 16 weeks ago and to be honest, it was a week before i saw anyone, and that was a week in Yorkshire for my dad’s funeral (he died Christmas day). Then my wife’s funeral i saw people, but nobody has been to see me since.
I have started going to a bereavement coffee morning and my counselling ends next week. The phone calls become less after the funeral. As they move on,but you can’t ,that is not the end for us. It is hard i have saida few times i would just like to go for a drink with somebody else who knew her and just talk about her. So i know what you are saying. Just take care look after yourself. Rant or ramble on here (i do) and it has helped me.
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Thank you for sharing,We had two friends before my wife died not one has came to see me or phone us even though we had known them for about 5 years.None of my family liked my wife for reasons i do not understand,My solution find new contacts and friends we have a Mind welcome cafe here which i have now joined started volunteering to meet other people find other support group’s,It is hard but i have tried to move on and find genuine friends.
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I hope it works out for you. This new path is crap, but that sound’s very positive. I’m still trying to get some mojo back.
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