If there are still children living at hime, I  think confining the pics of LW or LH to the step-children's room would be appropriate.

This is a decision that has to be made depending on how the various family members feel about it. The peace in the current home is the first priority...

Some folks will react differently than others..

The second wife should respect her husband and leave him in peace to remember his deceased wife.  Jealousy is a sin.  

Only a fool would feel threatened by the happy memories of a dead person.  If you foolishly attack a husband's happy memories, you will only harm your marriage.

I don't have anything like a shrine to my deceased wife.  I do have a number of pictures of her around the house.  Although I am preparing for ordination and will not remarry, had I done so I would have tried to be sensitive to my new wife's feelings.  Removing all of the pictures would be something I would not consider, and if the woman I was considering marrying expected that, I doubt I would proceed with the marriage.  

If they're not married yet, what would the new wife expect? Before and after the new marriage are two different situations.

I think it would be a good thing for a spouse to pray for their deceased spouse. It shows the new spouse what they can expect if they die first -- they'll be prayed for and remembered!  You can't beat that with a stick.

And unlike jealousy about a past "partner" who is still living (which must be awful -- wondering who they're with on this fine lonely night, etc.), it has to be different when the "previous" spouse is deceased. How can you be jealous of a person no longer among the living?

I think that's the worst thing about freely given annulments in the Conciliar Church -- it's so close to divorce, you have just as many "ex-wives" in the Novus Ordo pews as you have in a protestant church. And broken marriages are no small matter! We're talking about broken families, and destroyed bonds that were supposed to be permanent.

When a man and woman are intimate, extremely strong psychological and emotional bonds are formed. Such intimate bonds were not ever meant to be created with more than one person, as is the case today. No wonder the world is so messed-up.

So even if a person snags an annulment, he still might very well end up with "experience" with more than one (living) person. Don't think that won't lead to emotional and other consequences.

Grief has to be a lot different when a partner dies, vs. when a partner "leaves". When a partner is still alive, you can always hold out hope...

At any rate, the Catholic Church tends to agree. You can't marry more than one person, unless that first spouse dies.

This is a decision that has to be made depending on how the various family members feel about it. The peace in the current home is the first priority...

Some folks will react differently than others..

 

If the new wife feels threatened by the memory of the dead old wife then what is going to happen when the dead wife's parents ask to come by to see the grandchildren ?

I can understand how the new wife would want to make her new dwelling her own home, but it really is not is it ? And it never will be. It is not her house and they are not her children.

We're not Mormons who believe in eternal marriages.

Uh huh, but the kids have feelings and too often are forced to become 2nd class citizens in their own homes.

I had a friend who passed away and after a couple years his spouse met and fell madly in love with another man. She accepted his proposal and they were engaged, a date was set.

Then she called it off. She had two boys and came to realize they were not ready for it yet.

The fact of the matter is that adults these days put themselves first. If you have children in the house from a previous marriage, then you are not the only one getting married to this person are you ? - That person is marrying the entire family and kid's feelings should be taken into consideration.

from -crossbro, I don't want to be accused of misrepresentation again.