Uncoupled -- Dealing with the Death of a Spouse

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  @yodi101010 · 5 years ago

  10 months ago, I went to bed early. My wife kissed me and said that she'd be back after she took a bath. I woke up the next morning and could hear the shower still running. An instant heart attack had taken her away from me forever. She was 56 years old. We were together for 26 years, but we'd been friends since we were little. We didn't have children. I am now 60 and I live every day knowing that I'll be alone for the rest of my life.  People around me have no idea. I seem fine at work and around friends. I am anything but fine. I am very sad and I am so alone. I didn't see it coming.

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• NO

  @novotony1234 · 3 years ago

  No one understands unless you go through it. You are forever changed. My heart is forever broken.

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• PA

  @pamatkinson6466 · 6 years ago

  I lost my husband 21 days ago - we were married for 40 years.  I cry so unexpectedly and at such odd times.   Amazing how the word "Uncoupled" captures everything.

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• EI

  @eileenprobus7545 · 9 years ago

  Being around other couples is difficult for me.

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• PE

  @petelovesbevsills · 3 years ago

  When the love between you and your spouse/partner has been so incredibly deep and meaningful it is the survivor who pays the ultimate price. They leave the biggest hole imaginable in your life and the only way forward is to try to glue the shattered pieces back together, albeit unrecognisable, and slowly learn to live around that hole which will never ever be filled again.

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• LI

  @liztwopupmomma · 7 months ago

  One learns so much about themselves when going through the loss of a spouse. I lost my husband suddenly. No goodbye, he was just gone. I have no idea how I&apos;m still here in this place. I&apos;m fairly certain that my constant companions, my pups are what kept me alive. I had days where I didn&apos;t want to exist anymore. I wasn&apos;t living just existing. I&apos;m almost 7 years into this journey now I&apos;m February of 2026. <br>In the early days I survived moment by moment. You realize that your identity is lost too. &nbsp;Everything changes. Day bleeds into night , wash rinse repeat. <br>Sending all of you some semblance of peace. Forgive the unhelpful things those who don&apos;t understand tend to say. They mean well, they just can&apos;t understand.

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• DE

  @decaalv · 8 years ago

  I am 35. I lost my 36 year old wife las 12 of January 2018 of cardiac arrest after she went to swimming lessons. Today is the first day that I don&apos;t cry like a baby in the shower or while making breakfast. I relate a lot with the young fellow on this video. On her last day she was upset with me because I had worked until the wee hours of the morning instead of going to bed with her. We have a 4 year old kid. She was planning his birthday party. One of the hardest things to do has been to pick up that where she left. I searched for a video like this because the silence at home is eating me alive.

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• CO

  @commsofficial3226 · 6 years ago

  My husband died 3 weeks and 3 days ago. I can never stop loving him

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• TR

  @tranquility9325 · 9 years ago

  Good bless everyone in here who has had a loss. May you feel peace you never thought you would find.

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• AP

  @aprilevett5364 · 7 years ago (edited)

  posting this from my fiancee&apos;s account, she and i were together for seven years. She passed away 4 days ago now from a terrible car accident on the way home from work. i had no intention of sharing but after seeing so many people share i feel i need to show people we aren&apos;t all alone. i&apos;m sorry everyone. i&apos;m so sorry.

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• SE

  @sectortech12b8 · 2 years ago

  I recently lost my wife of 46 years, she was in home hospice for a year and I cared for her, the grief can be overwhelming, I loved her so much, I miss her terribly

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• JA

  @jazmynbrown6820 · 7 years ago (edited)

  My grandfather lost my grandmother and never married another woman. He died single. When you love someone, that&apos;s it. It&apos;s real.

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