A 71-year-old widower won the internet after his daughter took to Twitter to share a photo of her father remarrying a widowed woman.
The man's daughter, Aditi, said she always wanted her father to remarry "because no one deserves to be lonely."
Sharing the photograph, Aditi wrote: "This is my 71 year old father, remarrying after being a widow for 5 years, to another widow. I have always wanted him to remarry because no one deserves to be lonely."
In another tweet, she said, "But it has been complicated. There are no straight forward legal rules in India for remarrying. There were women who asked for money. There were women who ghosted him. We still don't know if society will accept them. We still don't know if they will adapt to each other."
However, the tweets now have been deleted.
Many on social media congratulated the couple. "This is the way it should be. One needs a companion, more so when you advance in age. Congratulations," a user said.
A user shared his experience while wishing the couple. "God bless you and your family. My dad passed away 4 years ago. My mom was only 58. I told her I will support her if she wishes to remarry. But she said no. Society still has a long way to go. May God give your family strength," the tweet read.
"All that matters is his happiness. Thank you for sharing this and helping in normalizing re-marriages at an older age, this is truly beautiful," wrote another user.
