She left - My Story, First Post

[gogofo]

Another issue is we have a dog that was her Grandfather's that will need to get put down this week. It breaks my heart and it also scares the hell out of me.

Her G-pa lived with her since she was 8 and we got the dog after he died in 2007. He died February 15th, now the dog will be gone during the same time. She told me she was going to put him down and I said that I wanted to be there; he had been our dog also.

She has said, and I know, that it is going to be just like burying her G-pa all over again. I want to be there for her but do not know how to approach it or what it will do to us and our situation.

If our relationship was still strong I would just hold her and let her get all of the pain out. She used to find great comfort in my embrace, she even told me many times during our R.

I am going to baby step it and play it by ear and feel it out, I just really am worried for her and her emotions. Loss always hit her very hard. My instinct will be to ask her how she is doing and ask what I could do for her.

Maybe I need to 180 the asking what I can do and just be there to listen.

Any tips on how to approach this?