The death of a spouse shortly after marriage, the death of a young child, or a host of other events can be emotionally difficult for those left behind. In some families the response is simply to “not talk about it.”
Sometimes that unwillingness to talk eventually leads others to conclude that there’s some “scandal” or “big story” connected to the event. That’s not necessarily true.
Scandals are not the only things that people may be reluctant to talk about.
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Apparently that may be the case in my husband’s family. Will write down events that may be hush-hush & follow up on them.
I agree with that and it frequently happened. I saw that in my personal ancestry and found it grew larger with each tale increasing and also caused heart ache among the family. One family member was feeling shame throughout most of their Life for something that never really occurred and it was all rumors spread by a jealous relative.