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When you can't stop comparing new partners to your late spouse

I'm 74 and started dating again after my wife's death, but every woman I meet gets compared to her and nobody measures up, even though I know that's not fair.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The idealization of the dead creates impossible standards for the living.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Love in old age?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.