My ex-wife died and our adult children want me at the memorial service but her family does not want me there and I do not know if I have any right to grieve her publicly after our divorce.
More people experience this than they realize.
Divorce complicates mourning when former intimates must negotiate their right to grieve publicly within family systems that may reject their presence.
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