Asking Eric: My spouse died and I don’t want visitors

Dear Eric: My wife recently passed away and I am doing OK. Several of my wife’s senior children keep wanting to come and visit me.

How do I politely say no without hurting their feelings?

When they have come before, I was stressed as to how to entertain them for a week. They think I am being helped by their visit but actually I would prefer visiting by phone and emails…

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