Discuss Bonestructure's answer to: Can a man marry his brother's widow? The Bible is ...

I have a pair of relatives. Or had. Sometimes I forget how old I am. Anyway, the two brothers fell in love with the same woman. She married the older of the brothers, had two kids, they had a decently happy life with no major problems. Until he was electrocuted on his job. He was a lineman. The younger brother, who had never stopped loving her, but would never have even thought about disrespecting her or his brother by trying to have an affair with her while they were together, was of great comfort to her and her children. They had been quite close all those years anyway. After a decent time had passed, they did get married. They had a child of their own and had a happy, comfortable marriage and are, to the best of my knowledge, still together and quite happy. I cannot imagine why, for any reason, God would forbid love and happiness from happening. IF the Bible does say not to marry your brother's widow, and I can't remember it, I believe it may refer more to some of the societies at the time when a man was held responsible to marry his brother's widow and care for her family. Not a love match as such, but a societal custom.