Getting Remarried after a Divorce

A few years ago you would hardly hear about anyone getting remarried after a divorce. Today, it’s very common to know a few people that are on their second (sometimes third or higher) marriage.

Personally, I am on my second marriage. Typically I do not think about that too much but going through some of my husband’s old pictures made me reflect on what this means.

I can’t help but feel weird when I look at the pictures of his old family. When we first started dating I accompanied him to his ex-mother in law’s house to pick up boxes of photo albums. These were not regular photo albums. I could tell that his ex-wife took pride in documenting their family life, milestones and celebrations. She indexed, sorted and labeled each album with much more care than I ever had. Suddenly my photo boxes and disorganized Facebook photo albums seemed so inadequate!

Thankfully this feeling was fleeting and I got over it quickly.

But going through them opened up many questions to me as they looked so happy! What went wrong that divorce was the only way to find happiness?

Another time that I felt weird was when his mother sent him a package full of old pictures. She is very tactful and therefore did not include any pictures of his ex-wife however there were several pictures of him during their wedding day.




I can’t help but realize that his ex-wife was a very important part of his life, and I wonder, is our time together also going to be considered special to his family?

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Do not get me wrong, I know my mother in law adores me just like I adore her.

She even traveled from across the globe to come to our wedding and gave an incredible speech at our rehearsal dinner that not only made my day but also to everyone that was there.

When she was done there was not a dry eye in sight.

But I still wonder and can’t help but feel a little bit jealous of his past.

I also have a past but being that my ex was an alcoholic the extended periods of happiness were far in between, versus his marriage where things were really good for a few years – until the children arrived…I will talk about him as a father figure in another post but I will leave it as it has not been easy.

Until my next post XOXO

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