For many widows this is perceived as another loss. It may be necessary to make new friends, forge new relationships with individuals who can accept both our grief and our new position in the social arena. There are similarities and differences between the way men and women are affected by the loss of their life partner. Both are left alone. But not for long.
Studies claim that the average length of time before men remarry is three years.
On the other hand only one in every four widows remarry. While people resist being painted by numbers, this significant numerical fact means that widows must eventually find other ways to fill their lives, other avenues to travel that will produce loving and fulfilling lives. And it can be done. Following the painful process of grieving, when the absence of his presence has been accommodated, many women are able to take all the energy they once invested in her marriage and reinvest it into other people and other things. Part of that accommodation to loss involves dealing with the loneliness.