Barbara Windsor why are some people up in arms?

My DH’s friend met his current partner at the crematorium after coming out of the service of his wife and viewing the flowers!

Still, better than before she was dead I suppose.

I met a chap on a blind date. We got on well and he asked if I wanted to meet up again. I said I was free on Friday and he said "Oh, I can't manage Friday, that's my wife's funeral."

Good luck to him! Hope he finds happiness again.

Why are we even discussing this, it’s his business, and everyone’s is so different

What is wrong with people that they criticise, he was a devoted husband, and has done plenty of fundraising since Barbara’s death. I hope he has found happiness again.

PS that must have been awful Sparklefizz, I bet you hotfooted out of there.

BlueBelle

Why are we even discussing this, it’s his business, and everyone’s is so different

Exactly!
His choice, his business, why would he not want some companionship?
Such a shame that some people drag out their cauldron when they see another striving for some sort of happiness.

They seemed a very happy couple. He was much younger than her so was very likely to meet someone else. Good luck to him. I hope he will make another lady as happy as he made Barbara.

BlueBelle

Why are we even discussing this, it’s his business, and everyone’s is so different

Exactly.
Are they “up in arms” ?
Who?
None of anybody’s business. But I agree with OP if he is saying there is no such thing as a “time limit”

I think this old news.

if I remember right her husband was younger than her.
life is short you need to grab happiness where you can

Who are these “ some people”? Probably just some online click bait with no evidence. Nobody’s business.

Sparklefizz

I met a chap on a blind date. We got on well and he asked if I wanted to meet up again. I said I was free on Friday and he said "Oh, I can't manage Friday, that's my wife's funeral."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxm9qksqY0w

Sparklefizz

Shocking!!

I agree, none of our business and good luck to him!

I started looking for dates 6 months after my wife died, marriage is until death us do part, it raised a few eyebrows for sure but everyone including my wife's family accepted it without comment, they knew I had done my best through her long illness.
Generally if a man decides to find a new partner he does it fairly quickly, widows usually take longer to decide

He must have been through hell and back whilst Barbara was so ill. I remember reading he barely slept as he was worried she would wake and fall in the night.

They seemed a devoted couple. I wish him every happiness.

Barbara Windsor why are some people up in arms?

Maybe because they are the "some people" who permanently need to be up in arms about anyone or anything that exists outside their own narrow world view?

that must have been awful Sparklefizz, I bet you hotfooted out of there.

Indeed. The biggest red flag ever!!! I was speechless.

As it’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia awareness week, how about focusing on all the good work he has done in highlighting these dreadful illnesses along with the thousands of pounds he has raised by running marathons etc.?

Good luck to him, he deserves to be happy.

It's no one's business but the individual's.

I thought it was quite normal for the surviving partner to re-marry or find another partner after a decent interval, whatever that is. Anyway, who are they? Are there any reliable links to sources supporting this alleged wave of disapproval?

No football at Wetherspoons this weekend?

Firstly I thought that it can't be five years since Barbara died! 😯

Then I thought, good for him, he devoted himself to her and I hope he can find happiness again.

My dearest Uncle again married six months after his first wife died.

Oh dear, that's what happens when you aren't concentrating!

He married again six months later. Some of the older members of the family were quite shocked but he'd cared for his first wife for years.