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Aibu to think this is wildly inappropriate to say to a widow?

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Otterloverfrenchielady · 04/04/2026 10:30

Df1 very recently lost her Dh unexpectedly

Df2 has not made any effort to be there (they aren’t particularly close) but then tells me that she told her the following.

I had a dream about your dh, he was in a pub and I asked if he was alright and he said he missed us all.

aibu to think this is wildly inappropriate. Why would her dead husband be visiting random friend if you believe in that stuff rather than his wife. if you don’t believe in it what on earth do you hope to gain from it?

nb Df2 doesn’t believe they have some sort of sixth sense, or sight. Generally they have a way of making any situation about themselves.

OP posts:
Otterloverfrenchielady · 04/04/2026 10:39

ToKittyornottoKitty · 04/04/2026 10:36

Was DF1 upset by it?

Unsure as I wasn’t there. I can’t imagine they would take comfort in it, personality wise they are pragmatic and not overly sentimental.

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 04/04/2026 10:39

Oh I dunno.

My friend died fairly recently and her DH has come round for tea with me a few times.

Last week he told me that his dead wife had appeared to some random acquaintance, and that his wife had also been to his house and moved things about.

I mean WTF. So I stared at him in bewilderment and shook my head.

What was I supposed to do? Agree that ghosts exist? He was insistent, so eventually I just said, " don't be silly."

ToKittyornottoKitty · 04/04/2026 10:36

Was DF1 upset by it?

Thepeopleversuswork · 04/04/2026 10:33

Agree, its a very odd and insensitive thing to say.

Some people really struggle with other people’s bereavement though. She probably was, in a very cack-handed way, trying to be nice.