“…The questions in the interview-guide were based on previous research in the area of spousal loss (e.g. Aamotsmo & Bugge, 2013;Glazer, Clark, Thomas, & Haxton, 2010;Howell, 2013;Haase & Johnston, 2012;Yopp et al, 2015), methodological literature on interviewing (Brinkman & Kvale, 2015;Deatrick, Faan, & Ledlie, 2000;Holstein & Gubrium, 2003;Schwalbe & Wolkomir, 2003), and extensive knowledge of the population (Berger, 2015;Christoffersen, 2016, Silverman, 2000. In order to tap into the experiences of the individual man, demographic questions at the beginning of the interview were followed by an open-ended question: 'What is it like being on your own after losing your partner?'…”