At 40'--Is it soo late?????

I don't think it's ever too late to want to share your life with someone else. People get married for the first time at 60, 70, 80 - and it's lovely if they've found someone to enjoy life with - especially if they've lost a spouse and are lonely. Your sister should live her life to the fullest and do what she feels happy doing. If she meets a lovely person and wants to marry them, good luck to her!

Too old??? I am also 42, and have just had to start over within the past year. I am not a widow, but through divorce, I am on my own. I am definitely not planning to be alone for the rest of my life. I also just began my career within the past year. I am planning to go to grad school soon. I hope your sister realizes that the world is hers. She has limitless possibilities. Forty two is not old. I wish her much happiness in the future. And I am very sorry to hear of her loss. Good luck to her.

If she wishes to remarry, it is her right as she is a widow. Loneliness is a curse not to be wished on anyone. Then again, if she chooses to not remarry, that should be her choice too. I am 40 years of age, and can sympathize with your sister.

That is not too old to get married! There really is no such thing as too old! She has children, or even if she does not, she has the right to get remarried! At least in my faith and in my country she could choose to marry if she wants to! Who wants to be alone for the rest of their life?

The age does'nt matter for getting new partner, if the people barking to her decision or the family willing then let them say, you should take care of her life, she has full right to live with happy.

42 is young. Many people don't hit their full stride until they are 40! 42 is an excellent age to remarry and find a mate for the rest of her life. Is there a cultural reason why they say that? Is there a religious motivation here? I have never heard of such a thing in America, are you from America?

Age : Its an issue of mind over matter. Whether you are 40 or 50 what matters is how you think. You can do what your mind chooses to do if you really concentrate on it. What your sister needs to do is what she wants and thinks is best for her. Is it notthat her thoughts are more important than the friends or relatives? If she thinks that she would like to get married again, then it her decision and it would be important for people around to support her.

Wow, this is Crazy, and should be left up to her personally to make this decision or not. There is no way anyone should be considering 42 old. I will be 44 myself in just over a month, and if anyone was to call me old, I would beg to differ with them, and they better be in their late teens early 20s at oldest. I am Married, and happily married. I would truly hate to see anything happen to my husband, but if it did, and I was to ever consider getting remarried again, that would be between me, god and the other guy in my life. There is no way a family member should ever decide what someone should do, and expect them to be Happy from it. Personally it should be up to the person themselves what they decide, and if they think they would be happy or not. Just my thoughts.

Hello dear simsunil. I don't think that it is too late at forty when one decides to marry or remarry. I used to have a colleague, who got married in his forties to a woman much younger than he was. They have a boy, who is now a young man. As to your sister's case, I think that it is up to her to decide her own life if she has found Mr. Right in her life. I hope that your sister won't get affected by anyone else, but master own fate as she wishes. I wish her happy and good luck.

40 is old? Maybe to a teenager, but what do they know about anything. Sounds like your sister is getting too much information and she's not giving them her side. I was widowed at 29, that's young but I still found love and got married. Tell your sis to take a vacation, that always sparks something romantic.

They say life begins at forty! There is no too late for happiness.

I don't think it's too late. What, do her relatives and friends want her to be terribly lonely when she's older with no companion? That's not a way to live. I don't think 40 is too old to remarry. The 40's are the new 30's, didn't you know? I had my son when I was 21, so he will be turning 18 around the time that I am 40, which means that I will be able to enjoy my 40's and 50's...assuming that I am still around.

hi dear had i been in ur place i would have said Ba**s to the relatives and gone ahead and supported my sister ...she has all the right to b happy again..why should she b forced to stay alone..she is still in her younger years i fail to understand why ppl cant see anyone b happy...their is a problem with the society at large and the narrow mindedness..let the relatives go to hell u and ur family support her and help her in starting alll ovr again..

Would you believe I married my first husband when he was already 40? I was only 20 then. We lasted for 13 years...till he was snatched my another girl...yes...would you believe that? Hah!!! So, it's never really too late...age doesn't matter. if that's not enough, would you believe my current hubby is 10 years younger than me? ha ha...so just take it easy.

i don't think it is ever too late to want to fall in love and want to be wanted.i'm almost 40 and I am dating a 24 year old.He's a good guy and i don't want to pressure him into anything and i understand our age difference is a big factor but i like him and he makes me feel good myself and that's all that counts.

Sorry to hear about your sister becoming a widow. Tell all the relatives to flake off and mind their own business. She is old enough to make her own dicisions. She has been making them before now. When or if she meets somone i hope she does what ever her heart tells her. First of all i hope that includes not listening to her family. I have seen people in nursing homes get married. Please look at news articles and print them out to show all thoses family that think she is too old. At 42??? LOL! That was 10 years ago for me and i still tell people im too young to marry.

I was widow for 7 years when I was 57 yrs. old. I decided to have holiday in australia. I was lucky to find my second husband and we are married in 1999 until now we are still happy together.no harm in trying good things come along..

that seems weird. she should be able to remarry. she'll probably live for at least thirty more years. people are in their prime at around 20-30 years old, but 42 isn't really that old. and if she is a widow, then she didn't even make the mistake of divorce either and her husband might even want her to find someone else now so that she can be happy. she has a long life still ahead of her, i think it would be wrong to live it alone if she doesn't want to.

I think you sister is far from old, she is young and still has a full lif in front of her. If she remarries thats great but if she doesn't thats great too. I think if she cooses to remarry it will be because she has found someone else worth sharing her life with. Remeber she hasn't even hit iddle age yet :)

no man it's the ppek of ur beeing. time to really live life and play gulf ;)