A warning to all those who become widows, it’s like it’s open season on you from family members. This is the 8th year since Troy passed and family members continue to show their true colors. They expect you to do what they want you to do, vote the way they want you to vote, believe what they want you to believe. If you don’t follow their rules they trash and exclude you from family functions. Then they send you a two page letter telling you how much they have hated you and how miserable you made their life. They lie about you and if you have a new partner they lie about them too. It’s really sad and I know Troy would be so disappointed in those very people he thought would look out for me. You must purge from your life these people who only wish you harm. If you can’t count on family, who can you count on. There are widows you can align with and offer support. You must always be on guard. I believe in what goes around comes around and at some point they will be served. It’s not enough that I lost my husband, but I must also deal with selfish, arrogant family members who want to control me. I never dreamed that my life would take such drastic turns along the way, but it has. Those I thought loved me really don’t. I don’t recognize my life anymore.
Jane is a Widow 