A woman has sparked a lengthy debate after she revealed that she didn’t allow her husband to go to his ex-wife’s funeral.
She explained that her husband and his ex-wife had known each other for over twenty years and she had passed away from an aneurysm.
Taking to Reddit, the woman wrote: “The way he tells it: They were friends in college, decided to date, got married, then realized they weren’t a great couple and decided to just be friends. All that happened years before I met him. He was clear early on that she was ‘important.’”
Her husband also said that she was one of his close friends but his wife “expressed some discomfort at him being so close to his ex.”
She also claimed that he gave her an ultimatum and even told her before they got married that he would always choose his ex-wife because she was “one of the most important people in his life.”
Despite that, they got engaged and he continued being close friends with his ex-wife.
“The few times I brought it up he said ‘We had this conversation before. You had your chance to back out.’ She died after they had lunch the other day on the way to her car. He spent a bunch of time crying, but honestly I was relieved.”
When her husband started coordinating with the woman’s husband on funeral planning, she told him: “You don’t think you’re going, do you?”
She also told her husband that he’s ‘done mourning with her’ as he already ‘cried’ and there is ‘no need for him to go to her funeral, since I wouldn’t want her at his.’
Her husband got angry, and even her own family is calling her ‘heartless’ and ‘insensitive.’
“I never felt their relationship was appropriate, and I hid that for years because I wanted to be with my husband. Now that she’s gone, I don’t feel I should have to hide it anymore, and can speak freely,” she added.
Many Reddit users were quick to share their thoughts, with one person writing: “I feel so sorry for your husband. Both losing one of his best friends and also realizing how little you actually cares about him.”
Another wrote: “You are jealous of a dead woman. A dead woman who was your husband’s close friend and confidant for years, and you did know it right off the bat. You can’t even give him a chance of closure?
“And it’s not up to you to decide when he is done with mourning. Keep up being jealous of her, and you will find yourself to be his ex-wife as well.”
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