I have been in an amazing relationship a widower for the past 7 months now - he unexpectedly lost his wife to cancer in February 2014. He's 32 and I'm 26. We became friends 6 months after she died, and then we became a couple in June 2015. He's done nothing but treat me like a queen - he's always buying me flowers, taking me out on amazing dates/trips away... he even introduced me to his late wife's parents 2/3 months into the relationship. He donated all of her clothes to charity in November 2015 (including the wedding dress) and he started to decorate bits of the house this month. I couldn't be more proud of him.
On Friday (this is almost two weeks ago now), I called him on my lunch break to have our usual chat and he said, in floods of tears, "I can't do this."
I won't lie, it completely caught me off guard. He texted me the following day to say "I deserve your anger. I'm getting help but I just need some time by myself. I know I've taken the coward's way out and I'm sorry".
I'm praying that this is just a blip and he'll come back to me...
Any advice?
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Dating a widowed man
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susanellen · 23/02/2016 09:45
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