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Poll: Would You Remarry?
I have the sincere pleasure of working with some really great people both male and female, most of whom are married. We have a lot of very open conversations about all kind of stuff. Last week, our conversation turned morbid. Would you remarry if your spouse died? We’re all relatively young (25-41) and pretty much decided that we would entertain the idea of dating and eventually a second marriage. None of us relish the idea of our spouse passing, but it could happen.
I try to imagine what my life would be like with my husband and I can easily say that the idea of living without him is enough to bring me to tears. Like I told the one unmarried man in the group, there is nothing I would rather do without my husband. Everything is more fun with him. Now, this isn’t to say that the occasional girl’s night and lunch with lady friends isn’t 100% needed, but typically doing anything with him is better than not having him by my side. He makes everything a little bit better because he has a different perspective than I. I learn from him and I like to see things from his side.
But if something were to happen to him, I know he would not want me to be alone for the rest of my life, nor would I want him to be alone. I’d like to think I have something to offer to another person but I just can’t imagine it would ever be the same as they way I feel about my husband.
How about you? Do you think you would find someone else to spend the rest of your life with if your spouse was to pass away?
Wow, what a tough question! This is impossible to fully comprehend and hopefully only a very hypothetical question. After giving it some thought, I think my answer is “yes” and I think my wife would say the same. Again, very hard to imagine, but neither of us would want the other to go through life alone if we were widowed.
We both know the incredible joy that married life has brought to us and our family. That joy and love should be allowed to live on in a different form if a loved one is called from this life.