Should I Marry a Recently Widowed Man?

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Should I Marry a Recently Widowed Man?: Linda started dating her boyfriend four months after his wife died. Now he has proposed, and friends are warning her not to move forward with marriage. - Dr. Laura: "He's desperate to fill an empty space inside his heart, and so are you." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.9	Linda, welcome to the program.
0:12.0	What can I do for you, Linda?
0:14.0	I am a divorce person since 2007.
0:20.3	All my children are grown and out of the home.
0:24.0	And I have been involved with a person who lost their wealth of 32 years, about four months after they had, after she had passed.
0:36.0	I've been involved with him since then and I've been recently proposed to and some people don't think there's been enough time.
0:44.0	Did you, did you accept the ring?
0:46.0	We haven't done all that yet.
0:48.0	We are putting together a ring.
0:52.0	Turn down the proposal and date him for another year and a half and see how things evolve.
0:56.0	They evolve in a healthy way, then get engaged and get married.
1:00.0	If they don't, then you won't be trapped in a situation where everybody's going to say we told you so.
1:06.0	Of course he's trying to repel.
1:08.0	Well, I'll tell you, I don't think everybody's wrong.
1:12.0	I'll tell you why, men more than women need to reconnect really fast when they lose a spouse.
1:20.0	Men are very dependent upon women.
1:22.0	From the day they suckle at one's breast when they're born to suckling on the breast when they're married.
1:28.0	They are very dependent on women.
1:30.0	And for him to want to jump into repairing the loss is kind of obvious.
1:38.0	You shouldn't be that complimented. I'm sure you're a wonderful woman, but I recommend you don't take this as a compliment.
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