There really isn't any way to speed up the process of grieving, nor do you ever get "satisfactory" answers. Your other friends, however, can be a welcome distraction, keep you busy, and at times amused, in between depression. It just takes a lot of time, and generally there is no way to "turn back the clock" and make it all better. Hopefully you'll be able to work something better out in the future.

And I wouldn't want to be the callous young man who breaks Barry's daughter's heart. No way!

Charley Noble