I guess it's a sign of getting older when it becomes more & more common for friends & colleagues to pass away, which is something that started me thinking on this subject. Although I was an abused child (physically, not sexually) by my father who, as a result I always hated, I always loved my mother to bits, and despite their being poles apart in character, I was totally aware that they were very happy with each other, with a very active sex life. Then, one day, out of the blue, my mother passed away of a stroke, which was naturally a major blow for me, but what seemed to make it worse was that within less than a year my father had moved in with another woman, so he was probably sexually active with her, and had remarried within a few months. I know the vows were "Until Death Us Do Part", but I still felt as if he had betrayed my mother's memory, but then I started thinking along another train of thought; I imagine he would have masturbated on a regular basis, even when my mother was alive, but once she had died, I wonder how long it might have been before he felt the need to get relief. Losing a partner through death is not exactly the same as a break up, so are there any of you who have experienced this sort of thing, and what were your thoughts on the matter at the time?
