Hi there.. My name is Kirsten.. I'm 21, I live in a small country town in South Australia, Australia. I love life, I love giving advice to anyone who needs it. I have a boyfriend of 5 years and were very much in lurrve ;) Feel free to ask me anything guys and gals.. thats what i'm here for. If I don't know the answer to your questions i'll try my best to give you what I know.. Have fun, live life to the fullest and ask away... ;) xoxo
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Before I started working where I am, a man's wife died in an auto accident in February. He has two kids from her, now he is alone. I feel bad for him as anyone would. I am married and have two kids of my own too but I have my wife. He has never told me about what happened but others have told me. I never asked, they just mentioned it. My heart goes out to him and I'd like to help him out or at least show him I care without letting him know that I know already. I've actually thought he was a cool dude from the get-go and we'd sometimes step outside to shoot the bull and have a cigarette together. I'm hoping he'll tell me eventually about what happened because I'd like to help him out anyway I can emotionally. I hate seeing people in pain. This guy is miserable and lost without her. What should I do?
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Hi there,
I guess first of all you could try to make this guy a closer friend. When you go out for an occasional cigarette, ask him to go out for a drink or something one night.
Have a BBQ and invite him and the "family" If his kids are the same age as yours that would be perfect. That there then might be a good opportunity for him to tell you about the loss of his wife. (He may not know how to tell you perhaps?!?)
If he decides to tell you then that's where you'll have your chance to help him. Inviting him to places might make him feel like he's still a part of something, especially if he doesn't know that you know about his wife.
Talk about your kids and his... there's at least one thing you have in common. I guess the idea is to not put too much pressure on the guy about the death. He may just want a friend to talk to who doesn't know or asks questions about it like everyone else does. He might not want to be felt sorry for by everyone.
Being miserable is obviously part of the grieving stage, I probably wouldn't incorporate your wife into too much of everything too fast... too many memories may pop up.
I hope I've helped and I hope you succeed. Your a good person for caring so much :)
Good luck!
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Thanks, yeah that makes sense. I'll give that a try.
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