Help! My Husband Is Mourning the Death of His Mistress and
Expects Me To Comfort Him.  Advice on manners and morals. Feb.
26 2013 7:15 AM  My Husband's Mistress  In a live chat, Prudie
counsels a woman whose husband is devastated that his lover has
died—and expects her to comfort him.  Emily Yoffe. Emily Yoffe
Photo by Teresa Castracane.   Q. My Husband Is Mourning His Dead
Mistress: Three months ago, the woman who was having an affair
with my husband died suddenly from an accident. I found out
about the affair only two days after her funeral. I thought she
was simply a co-worker and I was wondering why my husband was so
disturbed and emotional. He quit his job, saying it was too
traumatic to go to work. She was in the early weeks of pregnancy
when she died and my husband doesn't know whether he or her
husband was the father. So, on top of everything, he's also
grieving for a baby which may or may not have been his. I find
it extremely difficult to be emotionally supportive when he
wakes up at 3 a.m. crying