Marrying a Widower: What You Need to Know Before Tying the Knot (Dating a Widower)

Marrying a widower means writing a new story—together

Every marriage takes work, but marrying a widower comes with its own set of emotional and relational challenges. If you’re engaged or in a serious relationship with a widower, you need to know if he’s truly ready to build a life with you. Marrying a Widower will give you the clarity and confidence to either move forward—or walk away.

Drawing on more than two decades of personal and professional experience, remarried widower and relationship coach Abel Keogh shares practical advice for creating a strong, lasting marriage, including:

• How to ensure your marriage is new and meaningful--not a continuation of his past
• The top reasons marriages to widowers fail and how to avoid them
• How to protect yourself financially and emotionally
• How to handle the wedding guest list (and why some people should be left off)
• How to confirm you’re truly compatible in all the right areas—not just focused on widower-related issues

You’ll also find more than 15 real-life stories from women who have stood exactly where you are now. Whether you’re engaged or simply weighing the future, Marrying a Widower will help you evaluate your relationship honestly and prepare for a marriage rooted in love, commitment, and a future that belongs to both of you.

At the age of 26, Abel Keogh unexpectedly found himself a young widower. When he decided to starting dating again he looked in vain for resources that could help him guide him through the dating waters and open his heart to someone else. He found nothing. As he began blogging about his experiences, women dating widowers began emailing him asking for his thought on their situations. As the numbers of emails increased, Abel started writing a weekly dating a widower advice column called Widower Wednesday as well as the book Dating a Widower: Starting a Relationship with a Man Who's Staring Over. Abel is also the author of the memoir Room for Two-the story of the year of his life following his late wife's suicide-and the novel The Third. He and his wife Julianna are the parents of three boys and two girls. Learn more at www.abelkeogh.com.