DEAR WENDY: He Dumped Me When His Mother Died. That’s hard on anybody, and causes a lot of people to lash out at those close to them. It’s just human nature, alas. From the comments: “I was angry at everyone who loved me, for various reasons, real or imagined.” When people are grieving, cut them some slack, if you can. They’re not themselves, and the responses are not always what you, or they, would expect.