A place on the tree

Grieving the future imagined with a former partner

When a relationship ends, the loss can include not only the partner but also the marriage, family, or shared life that one had begun to imagine. That future may feel like something real has been taken away, even when the couple had never fully planned it together.

2 people have stood here

Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.

Nearby on the tree

Grieving a love that never became a relationship2
Missing an ex who has moved on2
Grieving the death of a long-term partner4
Being left unexpectedly by a romantic partner6
Grieving parents who died before shared plans came true1
Being left by a spouse and facing divorce alone4

Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.