I’m a middle-aged widow. I don’t want your husband

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CousinBette · 26/05/2024 16:01

…so you know, I could still be invited to the dinner parties and weekends away that I was invited to before the husband died… Instead, it’s just meeting the woman in the couple for coffee until we are all widows together in twenty years time.

AIBU?

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MILTOBE · 26/05/2024 16:07

Notateacheranymore · 26/05/2024 16:05

Do you think it might be the women thinking that they don’t want to rub your nose in the fact that they are still in a couple?

No, it's not that. You no longer fit the mould - you're no longer part of a couple so you don't get invited anymore.

This has happened to so many people - it certainly isn't to do with women being tactful.

TwattyMcFuckFace · 26/05/2024 16:07

Damn!

They're getting so hard to re-home these days.

Isitisit · 26/05/2024 16:06

Tbh I think this is how single people in general get treated. It’s more noticeable if you have recently been part of the couples and now treated like the single friend.

StopGo · 26/05/2024 16:06

Hear! Hear! Widow and (now) lone parent. I really really don't want your husband or his dirty washing.

Notateacheranymore · 26/05/2024 16:05

Do you think it might be the women thinking that they don’t want to rub your nose in the fact that they are still in a couple?

Breadcat24 · 26/05/2024 16:04

I could rent you my husband - very good at DIY
Then I could peacefully read a book

Arlanymor · 26/05/2024 16:03

No and I find it so gross. At the best end of the scenario people think they don’t want to rub their happiness in your face, at the other end of the scale they are worried that you are on the prowl. Either is ridiculous, if you’ve been friends for years then that shouldn’t change. Sorry if you are being treated differently one the basis of your husband dying. Maybe get new friends?!

QueenOfTheEntireFuckingUniverse · 26/05/2024 16:02

I'm a single mum
I definitely don't want your husband!

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