Some women lose their husbands, and their worlds change because their financial circumstances change. All I have in common with them is a grief.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For many women, becoming a widow does not just mean the heartache of losing a husband, but often losing everything else as well.
Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.
Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.
Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.
The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die?
Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands.
A lot of widows feel that they have betrayed their spouse by continuing to live. It's deranged thinking. I know that, but that doesn't stop you feeling it.
Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.