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Do you expect everyone to stay single if someone they love has died? Biologically speaking, that’s not how humans are made; we want to have companionship and reproduce. If you personally want to do that, then that is your choice, but it’s not disrespectful if someone moves on years after a loved one dies. Especially when, let’s say for Mac Miller, he was a drug addict and didn’t want to get better, even for love. So she had to move on or he dragged under with him.
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life simply goes on. if we halted our existence following the passing of someone, we’re going against human nature. we’re social creatures, we crave intimacy. that doesn’t mean the person that had moved on doesn’t love the one that’s passed any more, it just means they’ve learned how to cope
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Well, what do you want them to do? Mourn forever and ever, not be able to move on, and be traumatized for the rest of their lives? Time doesn't stop for anyone and life simply continues. That's just the way it works unfortunately. If we could somehow resurrect him and have them still be together that'd be great! But unfortunately, we can't.
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You cannot mourn and be sad forever. You cannot. And humans especially aren’t made that way. Humans do not mate for life. We are made to move from partner to partner even if they die. Is it hard? Yes. It’s very hard. But also consider they broke up already years before he died. Do you just think she’s supposed to be single forever because of the death of a boyfriend she broke up with years ago? It’s not disrespectful. It’s life.
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