I’ve name changed for this as I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not - and even if it is, I’m not absolutely sure I want to be a member!
I lost my dh five years ago when we were both 52. It took me a while to pick myself up but, once I did, I gave it my best shot. I’m still working at it but, indisputably, life has changed for the worse :(.
Our social life revolved around 3 other couples and that stopped completely. I still see one of the women occasionally, and I do have quite a few friends but they’re all partnered up in one way or another. And it seems to me that their lives are in very different places to mine.
I have dc and still have 2 of them living at home - 1 is moving away in the next month, and the other will be going to uni next year. I have had a relationship of sorts since dh died but it wasn’t great and is well and truly over. I don’t think I’m interested in another one.
In June I left a job that I’d been in for 2 years to begin another job which didn’t work out. I haven’t begun to look for another as I think I’m going to sell up and move away from the area. I am quite heavily involved with a charity on a voluntary basis so that takes up a fair bit of time.
I feel unsettled and untethered and as if life is about to undergo another big change. So I wondered if other bereaved people would like a place to talk about their experiences and everyday lives?