Could you move on to a new SO after First SO's death?

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So I was chatting with my bf the other day, I forget what brought the convo up but the conversation was simply, "If I died would you be able to find someone new?" 
My bf's answer was, "Probably, I mean....obviously I don't think I'll be able to land another girl as great as you, pretty, smart, fun, not a bitch, but mostly someone that can put up with all the shit that you do. I'm not gonna lie and say I'm great, I know I annoy you a lot, but....I am very lucky to have you. The next girl may or not be prettier than you but, I know she will never truly match you, and how happy you have made me"
I'm not upset by his answer one bit, that's just how he is. He's not one to forever sit and drown in sorrow. For him though my answer kinda threw him off. "I don't think I'd be able to find someone else... I'd probably think about it, but never truly go through with it. At most I might seek out a companion that I can still share my thoughts and feelings with, maybe kiss them too, but nothing more than that. Any memory I have of making love I want to only have them between you and me....no one else. I don't know why after you I don't think I'd want to sleep with anyone else."  
I dunno that was just in my case how about you guys? How would you guys be afterwards, or if you are a widow/widower how has it been for you guys if you are in a new relationship, or continue to hold on to the first? 
No arguments please.

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I am a widow moved on. Whilst it was strange at first i knew i had to move on eventually and i didnt want to be depressed about something i couldnt change for years and years on end.

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I would.  It would depend on how old we were when he passed.  If I felt the end of my life wasn't too far away I wouldn't worry, would probably just find a companion to talk to.  But say if I was mid-30s, 40s, I would probably eventually be able to find another partner. Whether or not id get married again, probably not.  But we also never truely know how we would act in a situation until we are in it, so who knows!

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My husband and I had this talk before we got married and then again recently. We both feel like this is our one and only marriage and remaining romantic relationship. Even if one of us were to go tomorrow, (and I'm still in my 20s), it's just not something we would be comfortable doing. This was our shot at marriage and we're doing to make the most of it 💗💍

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I think it would take some years but eventually I hope I would heal enough to be open to the possibility of more love in my life.

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I think for men it's easier to move on. And rather quickly especially if he has younger  kids. Hes desperate for someone to help him raise the kids. Men get lonely and desperate and can't be alone. My godmother died and not even a year later my godfather was engaged. Didn't work out because she was crazy but still. My mom always said had she died instead of my dad he would have grabbed the first woman they walked by to help him with three kids and to take care of him. For women it's different. If it was a happy marriage. If he was the one. Sometimes you make sacrifices for your kids. You have zero income. You find someone to help you. Sometimes you are lonely and desperate for attention and affection. my mother had a father figure that was my daddy because i needed a daddy she tolerated him until I was 16. She never married him and has been a widow since 1983. Everyone is different. Sometimes you settle for whatever will have you. Sometimes you stay single. To each his own

Could you move on to a new SO after First SO's death?

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