I belong to a conservative Tamil brahmin family. I am a housewife. I got married 5 years ago and have a son aged 4 years. My husband is a lawyer. Father-in-law sold his business and living his retirement. My mother-in-law passed away last year due to COVID. Her untimely death shattered my father-in-law who I used to admire a lot for his charm. He was depressed and getting sick and weak. Even in their 50s, my husband’s parents had a healthy romance and active sex life. The sudden loneliness was intolerable for him.
His doctor advised us that we keep him engaged to make him better. Hence, we started engaging him in a lots of activities at home from teaching my son, doing family accounts, shopping for daily needs, playing games in evening and so on. We asked his friends to regularly socialize with him. But due to the COVID situation and lockdown, they were only able to contact him through phone/video call.