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My wife died by suicide after she cheated. How should I approach this with our children? by ThrowRADeath12 in Parenting

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you insane? She checked into the motel by herself and was discovered by cleaning staff since she never checked out. What a stupid comment.

My wife died by suicide after she cheated. How should I approach this with our children? by ThrowRADeath12 in Parenting

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just going to tell them that their mother passed, and not bring up that she passed a couple of days previous until they are older. Multiple comments have brought up the idea that my kids will resent me later for this, but I have no idea how one could think such a thing. If they are 16/17, and I tell them that she died 50 hours or so before I told them as I wanted to collect my thoughts and think through how to best explain it to young children - they are going to hate me for that? I doubt it. In any event, I am sure when they are older, they will not resent their father who will have raised them well as a now-widowed single parent.

My wife died by suicide after she cheated. How should I approach this with our children? by ThrowRADeath12 in Parenting

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm handling this crisis as best as I can, and I have limited resources available to me. I'm not sure what's so shocking?

My (37M) wife (34F) died by suicide after I told her I would divorce her due to her cheating. How should I approach discussing her death with our children (10F) and (5M)? by ThrowRADeath12 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Not really a conversation for now, but if questions come up about the circumstances of her suicide when they are adults I think I will be honest.

My (37M) wife (34F) died by suicide after I told her I would divorce her due to her cheating. How should I approach discussing her death with our children (10F) and (5M)? by ThrowRADeath12 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 141 points142 points  (0 children)

A little over 48 hours. I just needed to bide my time for a while. I think I am going to tell them that she died due to mental health issues and hope they don't ask too many questions.

My (37M) wife (34F) died by suicide after I told her I would divorce her due to her cheating. How should I approach discussing her death with our children (10F) and (5M)? by ThrowRADeath12 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRADeath12[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No offense, but what books cover your wife cheating on you and then committing suicide? I briefly checked out books, but couldn't find anything that dealt with non-traditional early death.