The only way to do ethical polyamory is when one of the people involved is dead.
That’s my tagline as a remarried widow.
I get a lot of questions about being a widow: about healing, about coping, about what helped me get through the worst days, about how I talk to my son about his dad. I also get questions about dating and moving forward in love and the giant jumble of complicated feelings that comes with that.
Some people feel like it’s a betrayal to their dead person. Other people don’t know how to hold both the love they have for their spouse and the budding love with someone new. Some people are dealing with the scrutiny of family or friends or coworkers for “moving on.”
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But really, we never move on. I will always carry my love and grief for Aaron around with me, no matter what I do. He isn’t here here anymore, but he’s still here with me: in the parts of me he changed, in the love he showed me, in the son he gave me.
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