Widower Texts Late Wife, Skips Lunar New Year in Mourning (Full Transcript)

After losing his wife and home, a man copes by messaging her old number, follows mourning customs, and fears facing life without his sons’ support.

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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: I just keep talking to her. I just think she may listen. I lost my wife, I lost my property, lost my house. Her name was Pak Shui Lin. I keep her phone number. Maybe something I would like to tell her. I will text her or leave a voice message. My grandson, my granddaughter, they do something. She may like or she may love, may laugh. I will tell her. We will not celebrate anything for this Lunar New Year. For our Chinese tradition, if we have someone pass away, we also won't celebrate anything. I don't know what I do. The last two months, my two sons are always accompanying me to do everything. I don't know how to face it if someday they leave me alone. I don't know how.

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A grieving husband describes losing his wife, home, and property. He keeps his late wife Pak Shui Lin’s phone number and continues texting or leaving voice messages to share family updates, especially about his grandchildren. With Lunar New Year approaching, he says the family will not celebrate due to Chinese mourning tradition. He relies heavily on his two sons for daily support and fears being left alone in the future.

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Grieving Widower Keeps Texting Late Wife, Fears Loneliness

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The speaker copes with grief by maintaining a symbolic connection to his late wife through her phone number and messages.
Chinese mourning customs shape the family’s decision not to celebrate Lunar New Year.
Family support—especially from his two sons—is currently essential to his day-to-day functioning.
He experiences significant anxiety about future loneliness and how he will cope without his sons’ constant presence.
Sharing grandchildren’s moments provides brief comfort and a way to honor his wife’s memory.

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Negative: The tone is sorrowful and anxious, marked by repeated references to loss, uncertainty about the future, and fear of being alone, with only small moments of warmth when mentioning grandchildren.

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