Is a Second Marriage An Opportunity For A Do-Over?

Look before you leap — into a second marriage

by Jackie Pilossoph for Chicago Tribune Media Group

If you got divorced, would you ever marry again?

Almost every married person to whom I’ve asked this question has emphatically said no, for one of two reasons: Either they are truly in love with their spouse and couldn’t imagine feeling that way again, or they are unhappy in their marriage and the thought of being unattached is too appealing to consider getting back into the saddle.

In either case, it seems no one who is married imagines getting remarried.

But the responses of divorced men and women to whom I’ve asked the same question include, “Hell, yes,” “Not in a million years,” “It depends,” “I have no idea,” and “Hell, no.”

Getting remarried can be scary and unappealing to many divorced people — understandably so, since their married lives were probably no piece of cake in the first place.

There are some who enjoyed being married but felt they’d chosen the wrong person. Every situation is unique, but for most, remarriage isn’t an easy decision.

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Editor-in-chief: Jackie Pilossoph

Divorce is a journey. Live it with grace, courage and gratitude. Peace and joy are on the way! Jackie Pilossoph is the creator and Editor-In-Chief of Divorced Girl Smiling. The author of the novels, Divorced Girl Smiling and Free Gift With Purchase, Pilossoph also writes the weekly dating and relationships advice column, “Love Essentially”, published in the Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press and the Chicago Tribune online. Additionally, she is a Huffington Post contributor. Pilossoph holds a Masters degree in journalism from Boston University.