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In this thought-provoking article, a happily married husband tells
why, if he should die, he wouldn't want his wife to remain a widow.
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WANT
MY WIFE
TO
MARRY
AGAIN!"
Anonymous
r anything ever happens to me,
I hope my wife marries
again. I think she will, too
and for the" same reasons that I
hope she does: because she is
radiant and exciting and expres
sive and happy when she is mak
ing a home, and a home to be
complete needs a man.
My children need a man around,
too, for perspective and for things
that only a man can give. My
wife, Jean, fully realizes this and
respects it.
What if she marries the wrong
guy? Merely to ask this question
implies a complete lack of con
fidence in her judgment, which is
good and sound, and in her per
spective on life, which is wise
and mature.
After all, she did select me the
first time! What right have I to
suspect that she wouldn't choose
as well, or perhaps even better,
the second time?
One of my close friends a pilot
with whom I flew during the war
chose to stay in the service and
was killed in a plane crash two
years ago, just before he could
have taken his pension. He left
five children and a wife, Betty,
who at 38 was still youthful and
attractive.
She loved Joe very much; she
always will. But she also recog-
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