[alisasny]

At first I thought this strange but once I saw that the man was also a widow with child it all made sense. Too bad they buried that down far in the article.

I wish them the best of luck, both of them have had such terrible loses and now can be happy and start over. Many don't get such a chance.

The nosey relatives should but out. They should be happy that this is a family.

[Friedrich Hayek]

She closed out the family's brokerage account...

If these two weren't having an affair before her husband's death, I'll eat my hat.

[MistyCA]

Wow...don't people have something better to do then question why a person who has been married for a long time would want to fill the empty spot in their heart? Are they suggesting she should live in sorrow longer? For what? I don't know, maybe they are concerned that it is a marriage based on loneliness? Well, I think a lot of them are, aren't they?

[ValerieUSA]

I don't believe they were having an affair. As a widow, I know the emptiness and confusion felt right after such a loss leaves you very vulnerable to anyone who shows affection and promises everything will be okay. He seems like a Godsend.
Chances are the widower friend who married her is not as well off as she is following the death of his spouse, and he is behaving in a predatory manner. She's postponed her grieving, but it will hit her, triggered by something that may seem unrelated, and they will have a very rough emotional patch to grow through together, and she'll be miserable if he's the selfish bast*** I suspect he is.

[ValerieUSA]

Why was "remarries" changed to Remarry's in the headline? What kind of word is Remarry's? (It isn't one)

[skr]

Seven months seems a little short, no matter that the groom was a widower. I've seen in our own family what happens when someone marries within months of a spouse's death. My relative ended up with someone he didn't really know until it was too late. Of course, this groom was a family friend, who may have known the couple for a long time. Still, suspicions will arise about their relationship previous to her husband's death.

[fellowpatriot]

What about her children? I would think that 6 months is definately NOT long enough for them!

[OldFriend]

People with happy married life experiences want to duplicate that happiness. I wish them well.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Anybody who wasn't willing to speak up at the wedding can forever hold their peace.

[Ditter]

Sometimes those "perfect marriages" aren't what they seem from the outside. I know because we had one in our family.

[Pappy Smear]

Maybe her son could put on a play about a plane flying into a skyscraper, and see if the step father gets all antsy. If he does, he could plot to kill him, but not if he is praying.

But then again, I may have read Hamlet a couple times too many.

PS to all you non-Shakespeare fans. Hamlet was POed cause his mother remarried shortly after his father died. Hamlet's father's ghost came around and told Hamlet, that his uncle (and new stepfather) murdered him by pouring poison in his ear. So Hamlet called for a play with that story line, just to see if it would wig out his stepfather.

[RepubMommy]

I wish them the best of luck, both of them have had such terrible loses and now can be happy and start over. Many don't get such a chance.

I'm with you. I don't want to judge her because I have never been, nor hope to ever be in such an awful situation of losing my spouse, especially under such circumstances. Everyone has a different opinion on how long one should start dating after grieving. Seven months does seem a bit short, but again, I don't want to judge. So long as they are not hurting anyone, do whatever with it is that will help you deal with the coping.

[Inkie]

This is actually quite biblical. Only it's the guy's best friend instead of his brother taking over the care of the widow.

[Junior]

Hell, my wife would bring a date to my funeral.

[bandleader]

This is (obviously)none of my business.I am a widower.I lost my wife to cancer in 1994.I guess that I have a real problem "moving on",but I do think that this marriage has taken place rather suddenly.Also,what ever happened to "white"being proper only for one's first foray into the mysteries of wedlock?I guess I'm hopelessly "old-fashioned",or perhaps,there is some degree of Denial here??

[jude24]

What's wrong with this remarriage?

She found a family friend she knew well, who was a widower from the WTC attacks as well. Her kids needed a father figure-- good for her for picking one out.

To you nosy jerks judging her for what she did, take a hike. It's her life, and what she did was completely moral.

[Cold Heat]

Some folks just need to be married! Best wishes.

[mickie]

It is my opinion that this widow should wait a year to remarry.......to pay respect for her fallen husband.
What in the heck was the BIG hurry?

[foreverfree]

bump

[RepubMommy]

Bump- your thoughts?

[Grig]

Either she had this guy waiting in the wings Sept 10th, or this is a sad expression of being in denial about the whole thing. If it's the former, I'm glad her (first) husband didn't have to live with her betrayal, if the latter, it will not be a pretty site when she finaly comes to terms with it.