We have come across many heartwarming stories of children celebrating the remarriage of their widowed parents. For instance, a son shared how his dad found love again, 10 years after his mom passed away; or how another girl successfully played matchmaker for her widowed mother.
Now, a Twitter user named Aditi shared how her 71-year old father, who was a widower for 5 years, remarried another widow against all odds. She mentioned how they braved through the absence of legal rules in the country regarding remarriage, and several women who either ghosted him or asked him for money.
This is my 71 year old father, remarrying after being a widow for 5 years, to another widow.
I have always wanted him to remarry because no one deserves to be lonely pic.twitter.com/fwCXUyeVHj
— Aditi (@Aditi_RR) April 26, 2021
But it has been complicated. There are no straight forward legal rules in India for remarrying. There were women who asked for money. There were women who ghosted him. We still don’t know if society will accept them. We still don’t know if they will adapt to each other.
— Aditi (@Aditi_RR) April 26, 2021
Even though Aditi expressed her concerns about whether the couple would be accepted by society, many people dispelled those fears by showering love in the comments section:
Let’s stop fearing ‘log kya kahenge‘!
First of all stop worrying about the so called society. Everyone has enough problems to worry about and need to live for ourselves. It’s not society that defines our lives and it will not support or care for you at difficult times. Care for the family and friends 👍All the best
— Raghav Venkatesan (@RaghavVenkates6) April 27, 2021
A society that expects you to be miserable and lonely because of ugly ‘rules and stigma’ attached to it isn’t worth stressing over. All that matters is his happiness. Thank you for sharing this and helping in normalizing re-marriages at an older age, this is truly beautiful 💚
— Ankit Oberoi (@ankitoberoi_) April 27, 2021
Let’s normalize this already!
This should be normalised. It’s perfectly fine for old people to seek companionship. https://t.co/YMR2dpjePX
— a muse (@_a_muse) April 27, 2021
Remarriages should be normalised. https://t.co/2GvsBqe7yi
— Julián Carax (@MyNameIsC__) April 27, 2021
Age no bar when it comes to love!
Love has no Age, It can happen to someone when in adolescence , while being an adult, in elderliness or at declining stages of your life 💝. https://t.co/SPqTXVFsQK
— Soham Jadhav (@SAVE_JADHAV) April 27, 2021
Kudos to the daughter as well!
You are a true child, bless you in abundance…am very happy to just be reading this, thank you on behalf of the Universe too….kindly convey my regards to the newly wedded couple🙏🙏🙏
— Vandanaa Srinivas (@Vandanaa12) April 27, 2021
Another similar experience.
It’s nothing that sort of, my mother remarried after being widow for decades and now she is very happy and society is very well ok with it and who is not should be ignored. God bless them 🙏
— Anu Sharma (@aaina_singh) April 27, 2021
We wish the couple all the joy and happiness for their new journey ahead!