17 months later
My husband, of 50 years, died in Dec 2024. He had Lewy Body Dementia and I was his sole caregiver. His death was a relief for both of us. We did everything together. every year in May we would take off for a week vacation somewhere sunny and warm so we would rent a house with a pool and just swim all day and lay around and grill dinners. I'm really lonely. Recently I reconnected with someone I had a relationship with 52 years ago, he is single. We met for lunch and the spark was there. I visited at his home for an afternoon, nice time. Saw him again yesterday and we were having a nice time but nothing deep or serious. He wanted to do some outside chores and asked if it was OK to leave me alone in the house for a little while. I was sitting on the couch and he was standing right in front of me his legs touching my knees close. No biggie, then asked if I thought about spending the night because he wanted to get his hands on these and he reached out and cupped both of my breasts. I was so surprised that he would do that and I didn't say anything. He left and went outside, I gathered myself and walked to the car and left without saying anything to him. I feel so deflated, I just did not expect a grown man would feel that he had a right to touch me like that, like it would make me want to fall into bed with him. I don't know why I am even writing this except that it helps to put it out there so I can get it off my mind.