Posted on 02/17/2015 10:59:01 AM PST by Kartographer
According to kcwy13.com, husband Jim Golay, 53, died of an inoperable brain tumor last year, less than a year after his diagnosis.
In fact, he not only sent this year's roses, he arranged with a local flower shop to send her flowers every Valentine's Day until her death, according to kcwy13.com.
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How did my screen get so blurry?
“...just click on the box in the upper right-hand corner and enter the code word “poltergeist”....”
Bless Mr. Golay. Having been married almost 40 years now I know exactly where he was coming from. Although my wife would rip me a new one if I bought her flowers. She’d say “Why would you waste money on flowers when we could have used that money to go out to Red Lobster or Outback”
Wow! What a beautiful thing.
Now this is the kind of guy that makes us schmucks look like ... well, schmucks.
I think it’s sweet too but might be a hair awkward if she starts dating again etc
Some women do
Most men under 70 do
Yes it’s thoughtful
I think its sweet too but might be a hair awkward if she starts dating again etc
Any guy she is seeing that would have a problem with it is probably someone she shouldn’t be seeing.
My first thought, too. The new guy will have to out do the old guy with bigger bouquets, ginormous boxes of chocolate and a trip to Hawaii every year.
I avoid widowers, for this reason. You can never measure up. They just about deify their late wife.
Up to a point
Year after year
I disagree
It’s like leaving dead spouses clothes in closet or toiletries in bathroom forever even if an Act II Shows up
Getting folks to let go is hard and poignant but a milestone if one chooses to keep going
Life is meant for living
Some pull out loss memories and pain and polish it off as like an odd source of strength or you feel traitorous etc if you go with another lover
It’s complicated
If she enters a new relationship at some point I imagine the flowers may be asked to curtail or take on a slightly different meaning
Sad as it sounds
My grandfather loved my grandma and died young....rebuffed all suitors from 50 on till she died 39 years later....he had made her promise this
My FIL was a widower at 75 and went hog wild....a complete fool....he had been loyal to his wife who’s health had precluded things for 20 years at least
I’m 57...bad from birth heart...whatever....my wife is 50....and really still pretty well put together
I croak in 5 and she’ll have another man at least
I’d prefer her to be happy and not alone
My boys will be the tough sell
As usual in freeperdom. No platitude answer that works
Didn’t Jack Benny do that?
I have, for a dating pool, a bunch of YOLO-type shrews that believe every man is replaceable and nothing is forever.
A good movie that, IMHO, all boys should watch. I made sure my sons watched it when they were younger.
God bless Mr. and Mrs. Golay, and may Mr. Golay rest in peace.
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