 |
Laura Wood at The Thinking Housewife describesour culture of divorce as a fascinating subject. I agree with her. But, unlike her, I find the reactions of the obituary writer she quotes a little exaggerated. The obituary writer says that she is "appalled by the spectacle" of second wives omitting first wives from the obituaries of their husbands. I would think that these second wives think of these rival first wives as former girlfriends. After all, in this era of easy marraiges and quick divorces, wives are more like girlfriends than spouses. And it easy to discard and omit girlfriends from any social occasions of their husbands, dead or alive. Of course, the joke is on them. With quick divorces and easy marriages, they are very likely to marry again, as are their (second, third husbands? I lost count). And who's to say that they wont divorce these husbands as well? And with the liklihood that they will outlive him, they will be cast aside as one of those "former girlfriend parading as wife" role by his latest widow, and be discarded even from his obituary.