Hi I’ve just very recently lost my partner very suddenly while hecwas on a day out with friends I’m utterly lost broken and numb I feel so alone and now the house is so quiet without him how are people suppose to cope with this thanks
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Hi Jan 48 i am sorry for your loss. The British Red Cross website deal with loneliness i wonder if that might help They have a free phone line 0808 196 3651. Try put the ‘postives’ as i call them in place = a memory book ,/box, photos on wall of places you went , did your loved one have a hobby you could carry on?? or did they support a charity which you could now support ??take time to sit and reflect ,light a candle and if you need to talk the Red Cross phone lines are there and of course keep posting here
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Hi Jen I am so so sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my son in October of 2021. I know they are different losses but the feelings are probably the same. When the feelings hit it’s like you feel like you’re drowning and you don’t know how you’re going to get through it. I know it might sound cliche but you have to take it a minute by minute hour by hour day by day. I am not going to lie it is excruciating pain but some way you manage to get through it. This site has helped me more so than anything else and it will help you too just keep posting and getting you feelings out. Everyone here is in the same boat one way or another and they give you support and you can say anything you want without being judged. Hang in there and much love to you 
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Hi Jan48,
I am so very sad for your loss. Like you, I lost my partner, Isobel, totally unexpectedly whilst she was enjoying time out with her daughter and Granddaughter.
I’m still reeling with shock at the suddenness of it all.
4 months on I still ache for her, and like you, I feel totally lost and empty. The house we shared feels so quiet and empty too.
I’ve no idea how I’m going to come to terms with her passing.
Reading how others feel on this site does help me however.
It takes away some of the loneliness and despair I feel.
I still talk to her constantly, hoping she can hear me, and who’s to say she can’t eh ?
I hope you have caring people around you, but failing that, this site has shown me I am not so very different than others who have suffered loss.
I’ve found talking or writing about how I feel helps too.
Sending a caring hug your way, take care of yourself as much as you are able 
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Thank you for ur kind words nan nan like yourself I’m just completely lost and its at night I’m finding the house far too quiet as it’s only been a cpl of weeks I still have all his belongings just as he had them on that sat morning I spray the pillow at night with his aftershave so I can try fall asleep smelling him and I give his pic 3 kisses in the morning and night and constantly tell him I love him I hope this kind of pain eases with time for all of us that are going through the same heart ache you keep ur chin up and hopefully as the days and weeks pass the pain will start to ease for all xx
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I’m in exactly the same position as you Jan except my partner had gone on tour abroad in July and never came home. Its utterly heartbreaking and made all the more difficult by the circumstances. I’m struggling to c8me to terms with it myself. You just feel isolated and alone. I’m sorry I have no real words of comfort but can understand totally what you are going through. Do you have children living with you. Mine live away. Getting through the days is okay but evenings and weekends are tough. My heart goes out to you xx
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My heart goes out to you too chelle my son is spending more n more time out of the house to try take his mind of it as my partner was a fantastic step dad we didn’t just live together but worked together so I have no idea how I’m supoose to return to work and not see him at least at home I have everything of his just as he left it so I feel as if he’s still with me the last cpl of weeks I’ve had a little Robin that keeps sitting on the fence where he’d parked the car and neighbiurd have been lovely there saying that’s him letting me know he’s still me xx
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Hi Jan so sorry for your loss. I know how you are feeling so well the awful despair comes over you and knocks you for six. The sleepless nights. The sobbing the anxiety bouts I’m still going through this I lost Leah in Jan this year she was my youngest daughter she died due to breast and liver cancer she was 25 yrs I’m totally devastated and heartbroken my other daughter Katie died 36 yrs ago when she was a baby .they are buried together which is some comfort I come on here most days luv it helps me to get stuff off my chest I’m just taking things day by day that’s all we can do but we all support each other on here I hope you find a little comfort on here. Luv shellyanne xx 
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I am so sorry to hear of your loss shellyanne I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to Loose a child never mind 2 my heart goes out to you me and mick were only together for 3 yrs but we r soul mates I just regret nit meeting him yrs ago just feels as if we were finally happy and content and then my world seems to of ended its his funeral this Thursday and I will be bringing his ashes home to where he belongs he was daft about his football so making him a wee shrine with his urn and football stuff also having some of his ashes placed in a locket so I always have him with me I’m just hoping these kind of things help me on a day to day basis
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Funnily enough, I was getting frequent visits from a Robin after Isobel passed.
The family remarked that it was her coming to reassure me she was ok.
It did give me comfort, especially when the grandkids called her Nanny Belle xx
Hi 8 have been through exact same a year on im afraid its no better
I can’t ever see it getting any easier I know they say it gets easier with time we’ve all had loss in the past but I can honestly say I’ve never felt so Lost broken over the loss of a loved one before …I went to see him 1 final time on Friday I got to stroke his face ran my hand over his chest ans held his hand I’m not sure how long I spent with him but was no where long enough I didn’t want to leave him as I just want to be with him o
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AHH bless you luv if you want to make a shrine then do it if it helps you get through these dark days I’m doing one for Leah and Katie at home as my girls care buried 30 miles away from me so I go once a month but I’m getting some angel ornament s and some solar lights so I’ve can put some little flowers in some vases on my wall when I can’t get that will help me. I think it’s a lovely idea. I hope it helps you get through this awful time in your life. Take care. Shellyanne XX 
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Jan48
I think a shrine is a lovely way to remember a lost one.
I’m going to do an area of the garden with bluebells and lights, and a fountain we bought together, but never got round to do.
Isobel loved Victoria Country park where she took our Cockapoo attached to her mobility scooter.
I’m looking to put a memorial bench in the wooded area, close to where the bluebells grow as well, and scatter her ashes there.
Me and her daughter plan to have rings made with some of her ashes. I know some people have reservations about this, but this is what we want and need to do.
Anything to maintain a connection with my soulmate and best friend. X
Exactly nan nan it’s what ever makes you get through the difficult days just this morning I had some deliveries that I ordered for micks shrine and my lovecheart pendant with our pic on it with a wee message engraved on the back of it also arrived and absolutely l love them and I know he’d live them too xx
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Anything that helps you smile when you think of your loved one is a blessing.
Feeling the connection, even though she’s not with me physically really helps me.
I’m so glad you are getting your deliveries now.
I hope they help with your grieving.
Take care xx
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Hi NanNan i sponsored a guide dog for the blind in memory of my dad . her name is margo . Every time i look at her photo i smile as i really think my dad would have liked that and ( dont know if i should say this) but i picture him smiling as well at margo. Does any one picture there loved ones reactions ??? I can see dad smiling and laughing at Margo.
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Aww, that’s lovely 
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Yes, I picture Isobel smiling at our 4 yr old Cockapoo we got together.
Her name is Luna, which we lengthened sometimes because she’s a Lunatic, lol.
I talk to Isobel daily about all sorts, and imagine her laughing or crying with me.
I guess nobody can know for sure, but I like to think she is still with me, that she’s at peace and still able to look on at her loved ones.
If that makes me sound weird, then so be it, lol x
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Hi Jan sorry for your loss. I to have just lost my husband a month ago. Its hard as we don’t have children and our family live far. We do have a wide circle of friends but you can only take up so much of their time. I have joined u3a as I have ab interest in family history. They do run several courses. I’m going to attend their first meeting on Monday. So I may meet some more people there.
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