Second Marriage
PART 1
In the old days, widowers or widows,divorced were not encouraged to
marry again since society was not very supportive. Some people will marry no matter what
the society or their religion says. I am narrating the story of a friend who went through this
path.
My Christian friend who was working at Trivandrum in Kerala,India and he met
a girl in a bus stop. He liked the girl in his first look; later on they meet
each other in the bus stop. After a while he approached her asked her name. Her
name was Lissy who is also a Christian. Their relationship started to grow and
my approached his girl friend’s family. He already knew their family was very
rich and they won’t allow their daughter to marry someone from an average
family. Initially they opposed the marriage and finally they agreed for the
marriage. The marriage happened at Trivandrum and father in law helped them to
buy a villa nearby the city. Six months
after the wedding, Lissy experienced some stomach pain and she was given some
pain reliever by the doctor. Her pain became worse; the doctor found out that
she is suffering from Cancer. She was given Chemo therapy and cancer
disappeared for few months. After few months ‘Cancer returned again. The doctor
tried another attempt for a surgery; he saw the cancer was spreading and it was
too late. The husband was notified that she may not survive more than six
months. Husband brought his dying wife
to his home and took care the last days of her life. She died after three
months of suffering, both families provided support.
Almost three months after the funeral, the husband returned
all the Gold ornaments back to his wife’s family but they did not take her
cloths which he donated to some homeless women. One day evening, the husband a
call from his brother, his brother said “You act weird now days, you used to
call every week in the past, now a days you are not calling us any more, you
need to move on with your life, You please come next weekend over here and
spend few days with us”. His brother was only a year difference and is very bonded
since their childhood. The husband agreed and he decided to visit hometown. It
was during monsoon season and during a heavy raining day he reached his home.
The brother was waiting for him and his aged parents as well. He visited several
relatives in the next day; they all showed sympathy towards him and advised him
not to marry too soon.
Next day was Sunday, the brother told the widower “If you do
not mind, we can visit a girl’s house, I already communicated to their family, and
they know our family.” He further explained, you are going to meet a woman who
was divorced two years ago. She married to a bank manager three years ago and
she did not know that her husband was an alcoholic. Her family made a surprise to
their daughter’s house and realized her pathetic life. They took her back to
their house and filed for divorce. Alcoholic husband came drunk for the court
hearing; the judge easily approved their divorce.
To be continued
