My Elder brother died about nine months ago and his wife is about to Remarry.
They had been married for ten whole years, but unable to bear a child for seven years, until God blessed them with a beautiful and lovely baby Girl. We all celebrated and were joyous. A few weeks after childbirth, my brother became sick. What initially looked like an ulcer became something else, and he had to go under the knife. After the surgery, there were some terrible complications, which resulted in his eventual demise. Most painful part was, he had just landed his dream job after five years of graduation. He was extremely depressed as a result of this joblessness until luck smiled at him. He was traveling round the world like he was going to his backyard. He was breezing in and out of Nigeria for official duties until the sickness struck.
Now it’s been nine months, and she already made her intentions known to my family that she wants to Remarry. Meanwhile, the baby is just two and half years old.
As a woman, I understand how lonely and traumatized she is. I perfectly understand what she’s going through but myself and my family feel it’s too too early for this. We, her late husband’s family didn’t and have never interfered in her dealings. All my brother’s properties are in her custody, the Businesses they co-owned are all in her care.
I thought she would have waited a bit much longer to do this, considering how much she seemingly loved her late husband. Meanwhile she’s 38yrs old. Her parents have told her to wait for some time, but she wouldn’t listen. But before making her intentions known to my family, we already suspected that she was seeing someone else, going by the way she was acting.
I’m now the next in command in my family after my elder Brother’s death, but I’m also a woman and have limited powers. Even if I had all the powers, I still wouldn’t be Able to stop her from doing what she wants. After All, she’s older than me.
I’m really pissed now as she will be taking my niece to live with another man. She’s marrying a man who already has two wives, making her the third.
SOURCE: MISTYDENSE ON NAIRALAND
