Facebook Adds "Widowed" Relationship Status

A small but dedicated collection of Facebook users who have lost significant others recently convinced the social network to add a new type of relationship status: Widowed.

It recently became available as a new option in addition to other relationship statuses available for user profiles, like “single” or “married.” You can see the full list of relationship status options Facebook makes available at right.

A few Facebook groups had sprung up to advocate for the change, the largest of which was “Petition

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