Dating Again After the Loss of a Spouse/Partner Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:43:31 -0400 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:43:31 -0400 Grief In Common http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/forums/Dating-Again-After-the-Loss-of-a-Spouse-Partner/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:54:52 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/panic-and-dating.1929/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/panic-and-dating.1929/ invalid@example.com (Allan) Allan I do know I have to go out into the world again soon, and would love a partner who perhaps was at first a friend for theatre or coffee. I don't really know how to commence....

Panic and dating]]> 11 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:01:38 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-rules-of-engagement.994/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-rules-of-engagement.994/ invalid@example.com (plalonde) plalonde
Hope does someone meet people at 53? I DO NOT do the bar and club seen and find my church to not offer any support either.]]> 3 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:27:22 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/three-years-through-grief.2138/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/three-years-through-grief.2138/ invalid@example.com (Grieving Angel) Grieving Angel I don't have any close family members. Everyone seems to be gone. I have a sister and brother 900 miles away. No contact except through social media once in a blue...

Three years through grief.]]> 2 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:32:05 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/widowed-at-49-and-now-58.723/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/widowed-at-49-and-now-58.723/ invalid@example.com (Teresa101) Teresa101 9 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:45:59 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-is-it-not-wrong-to-reach-out-for-love.2353/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-is-it-not-wrong-to-reach-out-for-love.2353/ invalid@example.com (Leaf) Leaf
When is it not wrong to reach out for love?]]> 43 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:44:39 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/travel-after-loss-where-to-start.3699/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/travel-after-loss-where-to-start.3699/ invalid@example.com (JWR528) JWR528 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:24:39 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/a-strange-feeling-of-relief.3241/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/a-strange-feeling-of-relief.3241/ invalid@example.com (BigRIJoe) BigRIJoe 4 Mon, 13 May 2024 12:10:56 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/was-the-dating-game-always-this-difficult.1607/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/was-the-dating-game-always-this-difficult.1607/ invalid@example.com (CarolC) CarolC
Was the dating game always this difficult?]]> 7 Sun, 12 May 2024 02:14:39 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/dating-disaster-can-i-forgive-myself.3590/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/dating-disaster-can-i-forgive-myself.3590/ invalid@example.com (SBA2023) SBA2023
Dating Disaster...Can I forgive myself?]]> 3 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:06:22 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/unbearable-pain.3244/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/unbearable-pain.3244/ invalid@example.com (Daisy171) Daisy171
Unbearable pain]]> 7 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:22:38 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/unbearable-pain.3243/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/unbearable-pain.3243/ invalid@example.com (Daisy171) Daisy171
Unbearable pain]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:52:07 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/new-to-site-widowed-6-weeks-wtf.1167/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/new-to-site-widowed-6-weeks-wtf.1167/ invalid@example.com (HeidiHeidi) HeidiHeidi I just can’t wrap my mind around it. I’m trying to rest and exercise and eat right but I’m so miserable! I know I’m not ready to date yet and I believe there will be happier days ahead but when? This is just too damn sad and lonely for me.
My friends want to help but I don’t even know what I need! I think I need a 50 year old female who lost her life partner to cancer to actually understand the devastation I currently...

New to site, widowed 6, weeks, WTF,!!!]]> 116 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 20:49:30 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/grief-gone-wrong.3119/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/grief-gone-wrong.3119/ invalid@example.com (Carron) Carron I am new on here. I lost my husband two and half years ago, He was my everything. We were together for 26 years (I was married before, but it did not work out). I met my second husband a while after my divorce, and I knew what it was like to be in love and be loved. We had a brilliant, loving relationship. Then I lost him. For the first year I was numb and I dont think I accepted it had really happened. The second year was so strange and it was when my grief appeared to go so...

Grief gone wrong]]> 5 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:46:37 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/feeling-like-i-am-in-limbo-and-lonely.2239/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/feeling-like-i-am-in-limbo-and-lonely.2239/ invalid@example.com (Catty) Catty
Feeling Like I Am In Limbo And Lonely]]> 38 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:19:29 -0500 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/lost.3032/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/lost.3032/ invalid@example.com (snoopgoofdog) snoopgoofdog First there is the guilt, I came down with covid first. I inadvertently gave it to my wife.
I did ok, she was diabetic and came down with covid pneumonia and died 8 days later.
My life has been flipped upside down. We never had any children together so I don't have
that pillar to lean on. I am having a difficult time trying rejoin the living. I have thought about
dating again, but after 31 years I almost feel used up...

Lost]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:02:27 -0500 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/did-i-jump-in-too-fast.2973/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/did-i-jump-in-too-fast.2973/ invalid@example.com (Hugz) Hugz
Did I jump in too fast?]]> 2 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 05:05:44 -0500 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-is-it-time.236/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-is-it-time.236/ invalid@example.com (Andrea Howey) Andrea Howey 32 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:34:02 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/help.2885/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/help.2885/ invalid@example.com (Krhen2411) Krhen2411
Help]]> Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:33:34 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/i-don%E2%80%99t-know-how-to-be.2884/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/i-don%E2%80%99t-know-how-to-be.2884/ invalid@example.com (Movingforwardforyou) Movingforwardforyou
I don’t know how to be]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:52:20 -0400 http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/i-hate-online-dating.2114/ http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/i-hate-online-dating.2114/ invalid@example.com (Kata) Kata
I lost my husband late last year to cancer. Afterwards I was in pretty good shape, missing him but most of the time happy. Then a month ago I got this idea in my head that I wanted male companionship. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was looking for. I signed up on the two biggest sites, match.com and eharmony to try out online dating. I learned lots about what say and how to say...

I hate online dating]]> 44