Dear Miss Emily:

My wife passed 5 months ago, and my sister-in-law and i got real close and started a serious thing . But her brother does not agree. Your thoughts?

------------------------------Miss Emily's advice-----------------------------

Assuming she is unattached as you are (and I'm sorry to hear of your wife's passing), it's nobody's business but your, and your sister-in-law's. Life is too short not to find some happiness, and there is nothing cast in stone that says when it should happen after a spouse's death. Go for it, with apologies to none, and kudos to you for finding the companionship you richly deserve.