I recently had the chance to attend a funeral of a remarried widower. What I learned about the widower, his second marriage, and the adult children that were there serves as an example of how widowers can find love again and how adult children can embrace this new relationship.
Widowers and Long-Distance Relationships
Long distance relationships are even more challenging when you're dating a widower. How can you know if the widower is serious about a future together or if he's simply enjoying a casual, part-time relationship? In this video Abel Keogh identifies the unique challenges that come with a long-distance relationship with a widower, red flags to look out for, and 3 ways you can know if your long-distance relationship is on solid ground.
Why Widowers Need to Redefine Relationships with Friends, Family, and Loved Ones
After getting in a serious relationship with a new woman, one thing widowers struggle with is prioritizing existing relationships with friends, loved ones, and the late wife's family. Often the new woman feels like number two because existing relationships constantly take priority over spending time together. In this video Abel talks about why relationships need to be prioritized after a widower becomes exclusive, the best way to do that, and why trying to make everyone happy never ultimately leads to the new relationship coming to an end.
Help! I'm not the Love of My Widower's Life!
Many women who date widowers struggle with the knowledge that a small part of a widower's heart is reserved for the late wife. As a result, they feel they will never be the true love of the widower's life. In this video Abel Keogh gives you a different perspective on a widower's heart and how you can be certain that you occupy the #1 space in his heart.
How Did Joe Biden Open His Heart to Jill After He was Widowed?
A month after his election to the United States Senate, Joe Biden lost is wife, Neilia, and daughter Naomi in a tragic car accident. In this little known chapter about Biden’s life, you’ll see the important decisions he had to make in order to start a new chapter in his life with another woman. Biden’s story is a great example of what widowers have to do in order to move forward and open their heart to new love.
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Should Widowers Attend Public Events that Honor the Late Wife?
After a widower is in a serious relationship is appropriate for him to attend fundraisers and other public events that honor the late wife's memory? If he attends, is it a sign he's not ready to open his heart to someone else? In this video, Abel Keogh gives guidance for those who are struggling with these questions.
What Should the Widower Call the Former In-Laws?
Once the late wife dies, the late wife's family are technically no longer his in-laws. So what's the best way for widowers to refer to her surviving family without causing offence to them or the woman the widower is dating? As Abel Keogh explains, the answer is a lot simpler than you think.
Widowers and Mother's Day
Mother's Day can be a hard for widowers and new woman in their life--especially if there are minor children living at home. What are an appropriate Mother's Day activities for the widower to participate in? What should the woman do if she feels pressured to participate in such activities but doesn't want to go? Is there a place to honor the new woman as a mother or step-mother?
In this video, Abel Keogh reads an email from a woman who feels pressure to visit the late wife grave on Mother's Day. He also imparts three important pieces of advice that will make Mother's Day go smoother for the widower, women dating them, and the widower's children.
Should Widowers Keep Deathbed Promises to their Late Wife?
When widowers make deathbed promises to their late wife, there are usually unintended consequences when they start dating again. Whether they promised their late wife never to marry or date again, never sell their home, or taking care of the kids, widowers are often racked with indecision and guilt when these promises get in the way of a new relationship.
In this video, widower expert Abel Keogh discusses whether or not widowers should keep deathbed promises made to the late wife and how widowers can find peace when they promises to the late wife run up against the new life they’re hoping to create.
How Can Widowers find Happiness After Loss?
Women dating widowers often wonder what they can do to help widowers overcome their grief and open their heart to a new relationship. Meanwhile, widowers may think that their grief never ends and struggle with starting a new chapter in their lives. What, if anything, can be done?
In this video Abel Keogh discusses 4 things widowers can do to take the first steps forward to finding the purpose and happiness to their life after losing a spouse. He also tells women things they should and shouldn't do to help widowers along this very personal journey.