Easy answer: If you're so urgently in need of a new woman, divorce her. BINGO!! Can't walk both sides of the marriage and vows aisle.
Michael waited four or five years before he started dating again. That is an appropriate mourning period.
Easy answer: If you're so urgently in need of a new woman, divorce her. BINGO!! Can't walk both sides of the marriage and vows aisle.
Because he knew what the Schindlers would do. They would not honor Terri's wishes and let her die with dignity. Plus, I'm not sure what the laws are these days for divorcing someone in Terri's condition. He might not have been able to divorce her. Besides, he didn't want to. She was still his wife in spite of what had happened to her, and did everything possible in those first few years to help her recover. It was only after the doctors told him she would never recover that he eventually psychologically let go of that belief and started to get on with his life. He never stopped loving Terri, rather attempted to honor her wishes when all hope was gone, until he met the impediment of the Schindlers taking this to court.