Hi,
Since losing my Mum suddenly and speaking with people about losing someone close, I have become more aware about people’s feeling about bereavement.
What surprises me is the feelings of resentment others have to people still living following a death of a loved one. In all the cases I’ve witnessed, there was no connection to the death of the loved one and the person receiving the resentment. In other words and for example, it wasn’t the case of the ‘resented’ person surviving the same tragedy as the person who died.
I feel I’ve also been on the receiving end of this type of this resentment. What makes it more painful is that it was from someone I loved and respected and I thought their feelings for me were similar.
This has got me thinking that most relationships can become fickle when difficult situations like bereavement occur.
I feel I have a different approach, as to me people who can still have conversations with their Mum are blessed.
Hearing of and being on the receiving end of resentment makes losing my Mum more painful.