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At 34, writer Leah Rae Hulgin learned that being single and being widowed are not quite the same thing. She and her husband Evan met in their early 20s. After eight years of marriage, Evan was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer at 30 years old. Seven months after his diagnosis, Evan died.

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New York Magazine

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2 July 2025

Now, she had to learn how to become a sexual person on her own, without her husband. She needed help, and had an idea of where she might get it: her and Evan’s friend Rory. Read more about her experience having sex the first time after her husband’s death: www.thecut.com/article/sex-...

thecut.comHow It Felt to Have Sex for the First Time After My Husband DiedAt 34, I learned that being single and being widowed are not quite the same thing.