If the second wife and her husband work as a team, the marriage benefits. One example of team work involves children from the first marriage. In this case, the husband and the second wife should be a united front for the children. Teamwork also applies to family matters, such as in-laws, the work place and in the couple's values and approach to life. Because he did that, and has assured me we are a team at other times, like when my mother died, I know that we are.
Intimacy is a big part of the second marriage.
Many women feel that they cannot really be intimate with a man who they do not trust or consider a best friend. The second wife is then satisfied and content with the connection. I am so completely involved with my husband, in every way. Intimacy is an expression of that involvement, that closeness. The second wife is the second chance for her husband.