My sweet parents were married for fifty years before my mother passed away of cancer last year.
It was truly difficult on my dad, and he has not yet been able to be his common self.
I am not sure if it is depression or just mourning. I try to go over to his household at least once a afternoon to make sure he is doing okay and to make him a nice meal. I know he truly likes the corporation as well. I have tried to convince him to transport in with my partner and me, but he is not ready for that yet. I feel that would make him feel like he is dependent on us. I am a little concerned for him because winter time has just hit us, and his heating system is not doing so well. It is not like my dad to just lay around while something needs to be fixed. He could particularly repair the heating system if he had the motivation to, but he does not. My poor partner does not know much about heating systems, so he is having trouble figuring out the problem. He has tried to ask my dad for advice about the heating system, but my dad just cuts him off and says that there is nothing wrong with the heating system. I went over to his household the other afternoon, and it was freezing in there. I looked at the temperature control, and it was only fifty-five degrees in the household even though the temperature control was set for seventy-five degrees. My dad did not seem to even notice. I am just praying that my enjoyable friend and I can either get him a modern heating system soon or find someone to repair the heating system that is in his household now.