Its been 11 years and still miss my husband
He was 59 and when i feel i am moving on it hits me like a brick
People say go out on my own but thats it am on my own and i hate it .i will be retirement age next year and really don't want to continue full time but dreading more time alone
People say join a dating app but i don't want another partner
Feeling really low at the moment
Thanks
Sb
Hello SNB
You have just written down exactly how I am feeling right now. I am only 2 years in from losing my husband to bowel cancer in 2023. He was 69 when he passed and just 7 months off his 70th birthday. Yes I get where you're coming from having to do things on your own. I'm 63 this year and we were together for 40 years married for 37 of them. He passed 2 days after our wedding anniversary on the 21st June it was as if he wanted to hold on for just one more anniversary with me before he passed but unfortunately how he was at the end I don't think he even knew what day it was let alone our anniversary and he passed away in hospital and not at home as he wanted. Yes I've had that from `well meaning` people you should do this/that or have you thought about doing this/that thinking is as far as it gets though the incentive is just not there. We did just about everything together without the need to rely on anyone else we both had the same nature in that we were quite private people. I have though, feel that I've moved on slightly from where I was two years ago. I have started to try to take up some of my hobbies again that had to be shelved when my husband was ill. We used to go to the gym together when he retired he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes so we worked on healthy eating and going to the gym. It worked for a little while and then covid happened so that shut the world down. At the end of 2020 his cancer symptoms began to surface and he couldn't stop going to the loo and the rest as they say after that is history. I have gone back to online studying I did this during lockdown when a local college were providing free online study courses and I quite enjoyed it so doing that. I also look after my little granddaughter now and again and I am carer for my older sister who has learning difficulties she lives on her own in sheltered acommodation within walking distance from me. She can do for herself to an extent but needs me for other things. Yes some days it is just an effort to get out the front door but luckily if I need to go anywhere I can drive so I get in my car and just go. It was one of my husbands last wishes that I go back to driving which I couldn't do for a number of years because of ill health myself. He wanted me to have my independence so even in his last days he was still looking out for me. Just keep coming here when you feel you need to. These forums are a godsend when you feel like this. My best wishes to you as you continue to move forwards. Take Care.
Vicky x
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