I don’t know whether I should hide my new clothes.
I’m a widow. I totaled my car four months ago and asked a friend, “Stan,” for the type of help my husband would have provided.
A few weeks later, he invited me to dinner and took me to my favorite steakhouse. He and his longtime girlfriend were parting ways because she was selling her home and moving to live with her son. We started going out to eat once or twice a week. You were vulnerable, and Stan was there and seemed willing to step in and fill the void left by your husband’s death.Stan may have met someone, have other commitments or felt unready to make one with you. That he hasn’t given you a reason for his disappearance is disappointing, but it happens. Please don’t beat yourself up over this. You did nothing wrong. These disappointments are a part of life.I’ve been married to a verbally abusive woman for 49 years.