Marriage & Relationships: First Wife, Second Wife

Depending on how you look at it you're either fortunate or unfortunate to have experienced both. I know many can relate to this. Most people nowadays are on their second or third marriage. I thought I would share with you some of the trials and tribulations, and sometimes joy, of being a "First" and "Second". Disclaimer: These are fictitious people and instances and do not apply to me or any particular person or animal (yeah right).

The First Wife-

Ahhh, the prestige of it all, no one came before me, well at least not in the marriage department. Yes, there is a certain status to being the "First Wife". No one can call you you're a failure, at least not yet. There's no comparison to a former wife, so chances are you will be the best wife he ever had. Hopefully, there's no prior kids, such as in my case, so there's no kiddies to fight over. I know, that's a little idealistic these days. However, I was born in the dinosaur days, so we got married first and then had children. What a novel idea! You make great plans for the death do us part thing, even matching cemetery plots. Isn't a lifetime long enough to be with someone, no less after death? Okay, so I started out with this being a serious article and I screwed up. My regular readers will totally understand, they have already come to accept I have a twisted sense of humor. For the rest of you, get use to it!

You most definitely get to skip the part of worrying that that he's thinking maybe he made a mistake and really does want to go back to his first wife. Never mind this weird thing that goes on with too many people nowadays thinking they just have to sleep with their EX one more time. What part of EX don't they understand?