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Nora McInerney: 本期节目探讨了丧亲的复杂性，特别是当丧亲发生在离婚过程中时。社会对悲伤的定义和处理方式往往过于简单化，忽略了个人情感的复杂性和多样性。Erin的故事展现了这种复杂性，她既经历了离婚的痛苦，又经历了丧偶的悲伤，这两种情感交织在一起，让她感到困惑和迷茫。 Erin: 我和Ed结婚后，发现我们之间缺乏沟通和理解，家庭生活也不和谐。Ed的酗酒问题也让我担忧。虽然我爱他的孩子们，但我意识到这段婚姻无法继续下去。我尝试过沟通和寻求帮助，但最终还是决定离开。在离婚过程中，Ed去世了，这让我更加痛苦和困惑。我既感到悲伤，又感到愧疚，因为我曾经离开了他。社会对我的悲伤缺乏理解和支持，让我感到孤立无援。我创造了“带星号的寡妇”这个词来描述我的感受，它既承认了我的法律身份，也承认了我复杂的情感体验。 Erin: 我和Ed结婚后，发现我们之间缺乏沟通和理解，家庭生活也不和谐。Ed的酗酒问题也让我担忧。虽然我爱他的孩子们，但我意识到这段婚姻无法继续下去。我尝试过沟通和寻求帮助，但最终还是决定离开。在离婚过程中，Ed去世了，这让我更加痛苦和困惑。我既感到悲伤，又感到愧疚，因为我曾经离开了他。社会对我的悲伤缺乏理解和支持，让我感到孤立无援。我创造了“带星号的寡妇”这个词来描述我的感受，它既承认了我的法律身份，也承认了我复杂的情感体验。

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Erin discusses the judgment surrounding grief and her experience with online dating after leaving an abusive marriage. She details her marriage to Ed, a widower, and the challenges of blending their families, including Ed's unresolved grief and their differing expectations of marriage.

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Grief comes with so much judgment. Everybody is sure that there's a right way to do it, and only for a certain length of time. If our grief doesn’t neatly fit into a category, we worry that it’s illegitimate. Erin knows this judgment very well. She’s a widow … or is she?

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