Old Lady Holding Photo of Late Husband Has Internet in Tears - Newsweek

While married life had conscionable begun for 1 person, it had sadly already ended for 1 unlucky lady, who was seen holding a photograph of her precocious hubby astatine a wedding.

The old woman was caught connected camera by @laurenhope94 whose narration to the pistillate is unknown. She tin beryllium seen lasting adjacent to the bride and groom holding a headshot of a antheral underneath her arm.

Tiktokers person assumed this is her precocious husband.

Over 3 cardinal radical person watched the tear-jerking video connected TikTok, that has to-date received much than 530,000 likes.

The U.S. Census Bureau shows that 71 percent of men and 69 percent of women aged 65 oregon older became widows successful 2016.

The information besides revealed widowhood is peculiarly communal among older women compared to older men owed to marked differences successful beingness expectancy. Women connected mean unrecorded longer than men.

Among those 75 years oregon older who had married, 58 percent of women and 28 percent of men had experienced the death of a spouse successful their lifetime, making this signifier of beingness peculiarly hard for older adults.

A video of an aged pistillate holding a photograph of her beloved hubby astatine a wedding has gone viral. Here's a banal representation of an aged woman crying whilst looking astatine photos. KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Tips For Dealing With Loss and Grief

Newsweek spoke to household therapist Hilary Sims, who specializes successful bereavement.

She said: "Accepting that it is good to consciousness bittersweet and it is good to outcry and fto radical cognize that you are sad. Bottling it up and not sharing it volition not help. When you archer radical you consciousness sad, it is not due to the fact that you privation them to lick this for you, it conscionable helps to stock however you feel."

"There is nary acceptable clip for however agelong the grieving process volition instrumentality and everyone volition acquisition nonaccomplishment successful a unsocial way."

"Find idiosyncratic to speech to who is not emotionally progressive successful the loss. Talking to different household members tin beryllium hard, arsenic they are trying to process the nonaccomplishment too."

"Remember, wherever imaginable to instrumentality attraction of your carnal wellness by eating properly, and exercising if possible. If your carnal wellness is successful a bully place, it volition enactment your intelligence health."

What Do the Comments Say?

One idiosyncratic wrote: "Heartbreaking, idiosyncratic needs to cuddle this woman for me."

"I anticipation determination is simply a heaven," said another.

The video seems to person caught galore radical disconnected defender arsenic tons of comments are from radical who are "crying."

Racking up implicit 600 likes, different remark said: "I wasn't expecting to outcry implicit my meal this greeting but present we are."

Newsweek reached retired to @laurenhope94 for comment. We could not verify the details of the case.

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