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When wearing a deceased parent's jewelry affects your current relationship

I've been wearing my dead mother's wedding ring for two years and my girlfriend says it makes her uncomfortable but I can't take it off.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical tokens of the dead can become barriers between the living when grief objects claim space that new love needs.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and legacy — how the dead continue to live in us?”

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