I know that’s the way I would be. I remember being shocked when my father-in-law got rid of all of my mother-in-law’s things - clothes, jewelry, everything - less than 2 weeks after she died. I guess people have different reactions to things, but I could never come to terms with that. It seemed very cold to me.
I’ve often thought about that since then, if something happened to my husband, it would take me some time before I could get rid of everything of his. But I guess everyone is different.
I think men deal with that sort of thing differently.
It took a year for my grandmother to discard my grandfather’s belongings. Same with my stepdad and my mother’s stuff. Even now, five years later, except for her clothes which he felt would better serve someone poor and he donated (same with my grandmother) everything else in the house is the same. Pray he finds a real nice lady ya’ll. He needs a comfort. It’s been five years and he loves her like it was yesterday (thank goodness he loved her so much. we should all be so lucky)