Is this creepy?
By patgalca
@patgalca (18390)
Orangeville, Ontario
June 9, 2021 12:43pm CST
I really don't know who I can talk to about this in my own circle of real life friends. People may think I'm being creepy or wondering why I am so curious.
Every once in awhile I go searching on Facebook through the pages of my ex-husband's siblings. We married in 1985. The marriage was abusive. He took off early 1992 and I haven't seen him since. I heard from him once or twice waaay back, but don't know what he has been up to. He is not on Facebook, which doesn't surprise me because he thought doing crossword puzzles was a waste of time. I can't see him sitting at a computer.
I have not contacted his siblings, just checked out their pages to see if I could find any information. The last time I checked I learned his sister had passed away, which I wasn't surprised. I think she had MS or something. By the way, there were 13 children in this family, two different fathers. Last night I decided to take another look around. Most of them don't keep their pages up to date but one does. My EX's birthday was in February. There was a post from that date indicating that it was his birthday and that he "would have been 61". WOULD HAVE BEEN. He is no longer alive. I am so curious as to what happened to him.
I managed to find the obituary for his sister. She died in 2016 of cancer and my EX's name was listed without a spouse and his residence being way over on the other side of the country (originally from New Brunswick, last listed in British Columbia). I could not find his obituary anywhere.
Is it weird that I want to find out more? That I have occasionally (not obsessively) been creeping the family on Facebook? I mean, there could be good story material there somewhere.
I can't say I'm surprised that he died, I just want to know how. COVID, car accident, another illness, a gun fight (yeah, wouldn't put it past him).
I am not obsessing over my ex. He was a jerk and when I look back at pictures I see what a smug look he had on his face. I would even go so far as to say his abusiveness towards me was a contributing factor to my acquiring fibromyalgia. He is a part of my past but he is also a part of my story.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Jun 21
I think it's not creepy and it's just but natural to want to find out what happened to someone who was once a part of our life. Im sorry but my opinion is from a country that does not have divorce ( only the Philippines and Vatican has no divorce in the whole world) so I may not fully understand very well what people who went through it feels.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
9 Jun 21
@patgalca sorry with what you went through, again I don't find anything creepy or wrong with trying to find out what happened to him.
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@kaylachan (71520)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Jun 21
I don't think it's creepy. You could reach out to the person who keeps their page up-to-date, and tell them you want to learn what happened for closure reasons. I'm sure his family know what kind of person he was.
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@patgalca (18390)
• Orangeville, Ontario
9 Jun 21
They may think I'm being creepy. Or this one sister who stays up-to-date on Facebook may want to stay connected to me. I haven't been a part of that family for 30 years. I just wish I could find something online without having to question someone.
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@BarBaraPrz (47611)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jun 21
No, it's not creepy. I've looked up my erstwhile husband, too. I knew he had found himself another wifey (not sure if they're officially married) before I left Vancouver, but I was surprised to see that she looks like somebody's grandmother. Also surprised that he shaved off his beard (it was his best feature, really, and what initially attracted me to him).
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@patgalca (18390)
• Orangeville, Ontario
11 Jun 21
@BarBaraPrz Looks like Obituaries R Us is U.S. only.
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@BarBaraPrz (47611)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jun 21
@patgalca "Obituaries R Us"? Or maybe The Vancouver Sun or Province, if they're still publishing.
@thepickybookworm (18)
• United States
4 Aug 21
I would be intensely curious as well, maybe even to the point of actually contacting a family member. Maybe not the healthiest way to go about it, but I would want to know what happened to this person who was a huge part of my life at one point.