<human>: Two months ago, my boyfriend lost his father to cancer. We were on a break at that time, (we are back together now) so I wasn't there to really know everything that happened during the last few days while his father was alive.  The wound is obviously still fresh, and every so often he'll text me saying "I miss my dad." and I won't know what to text back. We've also never talked about it in person, so I don't really know what I'd do to comfort him in that situation either.

The reason I'm asking what I should do is because I haven't experienced death in my family yet, so I don't really know how to react or how to show him that I'm here for him or to comfort him. I don't want to force him to tell me all that's troubling him but I want him to know that I'm not letting him suffer through this all alone even if I don't fully understand how it feels to lose someone in your family. I know I can only do so much, but I want to be there as much as I can for him. I'm just at a loss, please help!

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<bot>: Boyfriends father recently passed away, not sure how to comfort him with his loss since I've never experienced death in my family.