ABSTRACT
“ Marry in haste; repent at leisure. ” Is there any doubt that the widow who shared this sentiment with me felt that the preferable and safer thing to do after losing a spouse is to remain single? It is “common knowledge” in Canada that older women who become widowed are unlikely to remarry while men are both more likely to marry and to marry quickly, too quickly some would say. This article looks primarily at the first part of the equation, widows’ attitudes towards remarriage and relationships with men.
