Old attitudes live on.

Apparently there are 7 women to 1 man after the age of 75 so he will have more choice.
At our Bridge club we have a lot of widows and no widower. And I did hear that a good meeting place was the cemetry. One man who was waiting for his wife to finish planting the grave, was approached by 2 unknown women. New widows perhaps?

Gramm - so now we know what to do when the time comes.

Hilarious?? I found that very sad.

That was hilarious Grammaretto.

My friend, who reluctantly let her husband who suffered from Alzheimer's, go into care having tended to him with devotion for years, was dismayed to see him flirting with the ladies. In fact he was so close to one of the other residents, he forgot his wife altogether.

I agree with a PP. On average women tend to live longer than men. Consequently you tend to find a greater number of widows than widowers. Statistically, too, you tend to find more widows than widowers and married men living in care facilities. (Speaking from my own personal experience of working as a care aide and then a nurse in nursing homes.)

I haven't heard the rhyme about widows and widowers since childhood (and that was a long time ago).

From what I read in the media I do not think that men who move on are treated better than women. Look at the way Rio Ferdinand has been slated recently for finding a new partner two years after his wife has died.

As for the one about DiL. I loved my MiL to bits, we got on really well and never had a cross word between us. It is the same with my DDiL. Ever since I met her I have wondered how on earth my son managed to persuade such a lovely girl to marry him.

All these cliches are just an excuse for lazy thinking and when you have made up your mind on a subject, like this, you only see the evidence that proves it and never notice anything that contradicts it.

I think a lot of men still need a woman to look after them and some widows find that being independent has its good points.

Well batty can't answer for anyone else but my son has given me a lovely bright DiL and my daughter has given me a talented hard-working DiL too!

mcem its cringey and old fashioned. How does it work for gay people!!!!!

Women live longer so I suppose there will be more widows.

Not precisely your line but on the topic of old attitudes.
Every time a new thread appears on the topic of DiLs (and there are many) the trite old saying appears
"A daughter's a daughter for all of her life.
A son is a son til he takes him a wife"
I am sick to the back teeth of reading this same hackneyed old line but clearly everyone who trots it out thinks she's being original!
It is NOT true and I 'm heartily sick of seeing it on GN!
Do you believe that a woman who is widowed finds it more difficult to be in a new relationship than one who is divorced?