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Loss of a Love Relationship

Whenever there is a loss of something significant in our lives, we suffer grief. When an intimate love relationship ends – whether we were married, living together with a partner or significant other, or committed to another as part of a couple – the separation can be overwhelmingly painful. Usually for a death there is a set ritual with a funeral or memorial service, and some understanding in our culture that mourning is important. But for the death of a love relationship, there is no prescribed ritual of mourning, and the accompanying grief that is part of the divorce / breaking-up process is seldom acknowledged or accepted. The ending of a love relationship is yet another kind of death, and here we are invited to share our experiences, mourn what has been lost, and offer information, comfort and support to one another as we move forward together on this journey.

359 topics in this forum

  1. Boyfriend broke up with me after dad died

    By pretz,
    • 10 replies
    • 909 views

  2. How do you support someone’s loss when you’ve never experienced it?

    By usedtobeadragon,
    • 4 replies
    • 751 views

  3. H

    By Ael,
    • 0 replies
    • 349 views

  4. Unhappy ending

    By selena1988,
    • 6 replies
    • 636 views

  5. My world has been turned upside down

    By Sev7,
    • 6 replies
    • 729 views

  6. How to move a relationship forward during grief?

    By selena1988,
    • 7 replies
    • 754 views

  7. My grieving boyfriend asks me for „time and space“

    By satc83,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views

  8. my girlfriends grieving the loss of her father

    By MicheleL,
    • 5 replies
    • 520 views

  9. Girlfriend broke things off during grief 1 2 3 4 5

    By BaxterBurg,
    • 117 replies
    • 4.2k views

  10. Boyfriend broke up with me after his mom died

    By Missmirr,
    • 22 replies
    • 3.5k views

  11. My girlfriend is grieving and I don't know what to do 1 2

    By Anhid,
    • 37 replies
    • 2.2k views

  12. Boyfriend is Grieving; Resulted in Breakup

    By Nikka,   
    • 7 replies
    • 582 views

  13. After A Breakup: Using Guided Imagery

    By MartyT,
    • 1 reply
    • 398 views

  14. Grief and pregnancy

    By Dr424,
    • 2 replies
    • 344 views

  15. Boyfriends struggling with grief and it affected our relationship

    By LostAndNotFound,
    • 9 replies
    • 719 views

  16. almost relationship ended due to sister's death

    By Cygnet12,
    • 7 replies
    • 538 views

  17. Struggling with my marriage and the loss of my father

    By Lynn2021,
    • 8 replies
    • 500 views

  18. Breakup Grief

    By kayc,
    • 0 replies
    • 435 views

  19. The stress factor

    By kayc,
    • 0 replies
    • 592 views

  20. How to Support Boyfriend Grieving Loss of Sister

    By LIZ1983,
    • 14 replies
    • 811 views

  21. Help! I do not know what to do about my relationship after the death of my mother

    By Itiolalove,
    • 8 replies
    • 554 views

  22. Break up when your partner is in grief

    By Hansson2020,
    • 6 replies
    • 571 views

  23. Just so helpless and heartbroken.

    By Becky1982,
    • 12 replies
    • 676 views

  24. Boyfriends dad died and he left me and moved back home without any notice

    By KateriB,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views

  25. Abrupt loss of blended family, fiancee

    By Johnny Sack,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.4k views
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