I'm not going to psychologize a person going through grief due to a dying spouse.
Grief, especially if it's an unexpected death, is so weird. It's like a low-grade psychosis where their response is coming from such a fucked up place that it doesn't match reality. They'll torture brain-dead relatives to try to bring them back, show up to emergency with obviously dead children as if they aren't, either become hysterically depressive or have some gallows humour kind of response like this. Too much seeing the human instead of the patient.
Along the same lines as courtroom testimony - attorneys often give instruction to juries that trauma/grief can make people act in ways contrary to what society views as "proper."
I choose to see this as someone posting something to the effect of "My wife died today, I am sad" online to people they're looking to get some kind of help or support from.
I did similar right here on hexbear when my dad died... Not with a picture but I just needed to vent. This person is venting. And because their outlet for most things is online so too is their outlet for this.
What the hell. Turning a loved one's death into internet points gratification.
I think you’re being overly cynical. Dude’s wife just died, he’s not exactly in a great head space rn, and posted this as a way to share what he’s feeling and get comfort from others. Don’t be too hard on him.
dudes probably not right in the head rn probably dont hate on him too much
look at all those awards! people pay money for those on :reddit-logo:
If she has covid, him and the dog definitely have it now
This guy's account is really bleak. His wife died and then he went on a backpacking vacation to scatter her ashes, taking a bunch of Instagram style photos along the way. This screenshot someone posted a while back sums it up. Pinned posts about his wife dying, his new vanlife hobby summarized as "Widower Wagon", and then Instagram couple shots with his new partner less than a year later all in one small part of his post history.
