Why Being a Victorian Widow SUCKED More Than Losing Your Husband
14K views · Oct 24, 2025 · Entertainment
Comments · 60
@Sleep.and.History · 11 months ago
Wow… I had no idea Victorian widows went through that much. It’s heartbreaking and fascinating at the same time.
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@Asualtedpeanut · 11 months ago
4:20 am bad dream. Hope this gets me back to sleep
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@stevechavez83 · 11 months ago
Something tells me Edward saw this coming and thought the end needed to come sooner than later. Much too emotional and heavy to just simply retire for the evening.
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@WhispersofTime-12 · 11 months ago
Grief was supposed to be quiet in the Victorian age — but for widows, it was a full-time performance dressed in black.
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@sarapaws692 · 11 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNFSthmMes&t=606">10:06</a> SW Virginia, USA <br><br>Pillow flipped, blankets on- good night, y’all
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@joycox7007 · 5 days ago
It's 1:11 am in Arusha Tanzania. I was working in china in the early two thousands as an english teacher. It was always amazing to me that when I arrived in Los Angeles from in Jilin city, Jilin Provence, it was 10 minutes before I left.
@c-lo-r4j · 11 months ago
New Orleans 11:26pm. I absolutely love your podcasts/videos.
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@prannywhitesides1114 · 11 months ago
1:20 am. Woke and having trouble going back to sleep. And I’m also a widow.
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@BarbaraSpencer-s9d · 11 months ago
Thanks again my sleepy friend, its twelve thirty am in Magnolia Arkansas
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@snoozebaze · 2 months ago
Victorian widows definitely lived one of the worst lives ever!
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@MichelleCorson-pu4rf · 5 months ago
South jersey listening and doing guided meditation visualizing your stories Thanks🎉
@gillianwadsworth · 11 months ago
0310 Pacific Northwest. Dog heard a possum. Now we’re all awake. Loving these !
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