We are living in strange times.

[DonH]

Living in strange times indeed…

Saw one of the many history posts on Facebook this afternoon. Was of someone I met when I was like 21 or 22 and she was very late teens. We had fun together and both of us were significantly involved in EMS. I had last spent time with her like maybe 3 years after my D so at least 10 years ago. It would have been more than 20 years since we had first met. I’d have reconnected more fully as we were both single but it never happened. She finally married for the first and only time about 5 years later. I didn’t know the guy at all other than he was a firefighter, divorced with two younger kids - grade school age. They seemed to have a good life. She seemed happy.

I was then shocked to find out she got a very odd illness that shut down her organs. She had turned the corner but sadly died at around age 52 I think after months in the hospital. I thought it had been longer but it was just 2 years this past December she died.

Thanks to the insanity that was Covid she was never given a proper funeral until a celebration of life was held on September 21, 2021. I was not connected enough to attend even had I known. But as I’m just looking back now after entering this whole rabbit hole, 3 days after her celebration of life, on September 24, some 9 months after her totally untimely death, her widower husband announced he was in a relationship with one of her very good friends. They didn’t at all appear to hide it and every comment I saw was in support of them. In fact many posts tag my deceased friend, her good friend and her widower husband. Some months later they announced their engagement for later this year.

I can’t even anymore. No one finds this at least a little odd? Or perhaps they are afraid to post what they really think? How does a guy in true tragic form lose his wife, and then take up with one of her best friends within the year - possible within months? Was something going on prior? Am I the only one that finds this healthy if not strange as Fock? Loose your wife, start dating her friend within months and marry her a year after her funeral?

I cannot stop my head from shaking side to side. I guess some guys just cannot be alone.