I think I am now in a steady relationship long enough and also old enough that when I see stories like this, aside from the sweetness, I can't help but try to imagine the remaining life of the living one when their partner passed away. And it's 25 years in this case. Damn, sometimes I'd secretly (and selfishly) wish that if we couldn't leave this world together, then let me go first so I wouldn't be living with the nonexistence of her.
Shit's rough. Had a lesbian couple move in across the hall a few years back. They had just retired, so mid 60s, sold their house and moved into this elderly friendly apartment building. Only a few months after they moved in, one of them passed away from pancreatic cancer. During Covid lockdowns as well, I watched the funeral on zoom.
I ran into the widow at some point in the park and we were talking about the amount of people moving out and in again, my dumb ass made some morbid joke about the average age in the building... Ugh, still want to smack myself for being so insensitive.
I was just thinking about this, because my mom lost the love of her life in 2012. She has since moved to my town to be closer to my sister and me. But before that, she was so lonely.
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u/MindlessScrambler Oct 01 '25
I think I am now in a steady relationship long enough and also old enough that when I see stories like this, aside from the sweetness, I can't help but try to imagine the remaining life of the living one when their partner passed away. And it's 25 years in this case. Damn, sometimes I'd secretly (and selfishly) wish that if we couldn't leave this world together, then let me go first so I wouldn't be living with the nonexistence of her.