A wedding in October
Most of you may not know this, but my mother-in-law passed away from stomach cancer in September of last year. My husband’s parents had been together for over 48 years and it had been a devastating loss for him. It took him a while to come out of his depression and to start moving on. But man…when he did he, he did this fast.
Last week he informed the family that he is getting married to a woman that he has only known for two months. This wedding is planned for October. As of this point, no one in the family has met her so the reaction to his news was not something good. It’s been a week now since he has announced this news, and the family has calmed down now.
The man will be 70 next year, so there is really nothing the family can do. He has his mind made up so we all have to make the best of it. But..I am still a little skeptical about this union and I probably will be for some time to come. If the wedding does go through, we will be attending (he asked my husband to be the best man), but I don’t know about the rest of the family. Hopefully by then they will have calmed down and have accepted the fact that their father is a grown man and is going to make his own decisions.
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July 14 2008 02:43 pm | Family
July 15th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I certainly hope the family does come around. It’s his life and apparently, he’s not done living it yet! I say good for him!!
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