Please keep to one thread until you've reached 100 postings. I have merged your two threads together as they both are under 10 postings.

I want to caution readers about the stages...they are just a guideline because each and every individual that goes through a crisis will react/behave a bit different because each and every person is unique in personality, as well as their childhoods are different.

The timelines are also nothing more than a guideline.

One of the reasons that we don't post the guidelines more often is because posters become more focused on the timelines and may possibly think that their spouses will follow the stages and timelines to a "T". It doesn't happen that way. The stages are not linear and people can bounce back and forth through the stages for quite some time.

As w/the stages of grief...everyone goes through it differently. The best thing to do is keep the focus on you and your family and allow the man upstairs to guide you and your spouse throughout the crisis. The journey is not a sprint, but a very long marathon and the people involved will come out the other side w/many changes.

If you would prefer that I add the link for the signs to the must read thread, I'll be happy to do so and remove the postings for the signs and stages from this particular thread. Please notify me w/what you would like for me to do.

Last edited by job; 05/25/17 05:26 AM. Reason: Merged threads
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