Does Bethesda have something against remarrying someone else especially when your spouse dies from a Dragon.
Does Bethesda want you to be a widow with 2 children to take care of.

Sometimes I see subtle messages the developer wants to clue you on subliminally. Like Adopt children than having them because you know the over population and etc.
Fable 3 however pointed a different message, it's okay to have unexpected births and random children running around.

I believe it was impractical for citizens back then to have a divorce.
This is clearly fictionally but maybe they were given the same standards.

Probably developer morals. I don't blame them.

Are these the same developer morals that allow me to leave 2 children in a house full of sharp weapons, magic staffs, potions, alcohol and a wardog? Or perhaps under the care of a werewolf? Not saying that she would eat the children, but well, you know...handy snacks and all that.

I think it's just one of those things that probably wasn't considered or wasn't considered important, don't read too much into it.

I prefer it the way it is, sadly this day and age people can't fully comprehend the vows they make at the alter. Marriage is for life.

I'm all for adding remarriage to the game provided your spouse is dead and NOT by your own hand. Otherwise, no.

We can talk about Skyrim's customs reflecting what it was like in "olden times" and "vows for life" and whatever, but I'm guessing that requiring permanent widow(er)hood of someone just because they had the misfortune of outliving a spouse was fairly rare. Require a "decent" period of in-game mourning if that happens, and then reset the marriage quest so it can be redone.

One werewolf? There is two werewolves in my household.
Not safe at all.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought this way

Your spouse is considered a protected actor and cannot die by anyone but the player.

And in my opinion, if you kill your spouse, you don't deserve to pick a new one.

Back then, getting remarried is very rare, as you MUST have the Pope of the Catholic Church permission to be remarried. About 5% were granted permission to divorce.

King Henry VIII wanted a divorce, but the Pope didn't grant it, so he broke away from the church, and made the Church of England, and got his divorce. He married, then killed his wife, married again, divorced, married again, he killed his wife, married again, King Henry VIII dies while on his Seventh wife.

Not being able to remarry in the GAME, has nothing to do with Historical circumstances on EARTH. especially when on EARTH many cultures allow not only remarrying....but multiple Spouses.

Its a Game mechanic oversight and nothing more.

I love how everyone is saying 'back then' when Skyrim is set on ANOTHER PLANET. Their customs have nothing to do with ours.
Personally I don't believe in marriage, but guys, as realistic as we want games to be, skyrim is a game. Remarriage isn't that terrible a thing, plenty of people would be happy to have it implemented, and you can easily choose to only marry once

I think the most probable reason you can't divorce or remarry in Skyrim is because they ran out of time to actually implement that stuff due to it not being all that important to the main content of the game. Marriage was only ever intended to be a fun side thing to do in the game to connect the player with the characters in Skyrim AFAIK.

now there is an idea polygamy in skyrim finally be able to fill up all of those houses that you can buy/make