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When family members share unspoken knowledge about deceased relatives

My mom and I both know my dad was having an affair before he died but we've never said it out loud to each other, and now she's started dating again and I don't know how to be supportive when we're both carrying this secret about who he really was.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protecting each other from painful truths creates a barrier to authentic support in new situations.

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