Re: secret second marriage
I think the reason for this is that secret second marriages often start out as extra marital affairs. I find it rather unlikely that people who enter into secret second marriages go through the usual channels and do the whole family meeting bit, which people on here fondly call “the chai parade,” when acquiring their second wife. It’s more likely that they met someone on their own, proceeded to engage in an extramarital affair and decided to make it “official” by marrying the person.