Wolf- That is a good point. I wonder though, if both of them can be just as successful, even if they are both successful. It is possible that the person may feel that one spouse was his “zivug” and the other is more like a good friend helping him deal with his loss.
Does is matter? A “successful” marriage is what you make of it. There is no objective definition. If (in the case under discussion) both parties in the second marriage are happy together and in love, who are you (or I) to tell them their marriage isn’t “successful?”
The Wolf