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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents were married for 57 years and my dad is dating someone less than 2 months after my mom died. It is nearly killing me to see this development.

My dad is a changed man and is doing things he was never interested in with this woman - going for walks, to the opera, cooking, etc. The thing that really upsets me is that my mom tried to get him to do a lot of these activities and he couldn't be bothered and now he has embraced all of this. It feels like a slap in the face to my mom and I can't take it!

Just needed to vent. I do want my dad to be happy, but this is hard to see it happen so quickly after my mom's death.[/quote]

The "dating" wouldn't bother me as much as the "doing things he refused to do with my mom" part of it. I'd probably tell him that too, gently. Just so the resentment doesn't build.

My grandpa had a "lady friend" very quickly after my grandma died. It was hard but they kept each other company.

I know another lady on her 3d husband: married a long time and her DH died. G[b]ot remarried quickly and that DH was diagnosed with terminal cancer almost immediately after the wedding.[/b] Remarried with the year and still married.

Can't begrudge old folks, with limited time left on the earth, to a little companionship. [/quote]

Just curious,  did she inherit all of the 2nd husband's assets?[/quote]

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