When a husband discovered his wife would die in a few months, he left heartbroken, struggling to continue living without her. But while he focused on making her last months as fulfilling as possible, she was thinking about someone else.
In late January 2022, a Reddit user with the name throwawayforeife shared his story, asking for advice from readers. His long-term wife was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was expected to pass on within months.
The married man was devastated by the news and did all he could to make his wife as happy as possible. Part of his efforts included him trying to fulfill all her dying wishes until she made a shocking request.
The man’s wife asked for something that left her husband livid. He went on Reddit hoping to get advice on handling the situation without looking like the bad guy for refusing his dying wife’s last wish.
What Request Did the Dying Woman Make?
The Reddit user initially posted his story on the platform on January 29, 222, before the post was removed and reshared on February 3, 2022 by metallurgyhelp. In the post, throwawayforeife revealed that he and his wife had been together for ten years.
The couple discovered the wife had a terminal disease and was only expected to live for a maximum of nine months. The poster confessed that he was devastated and couldn’t imagine a life without her.
He also struggled with what to do when she was gone but did his best to make her last days alive good. The Reddit user wanted to grant his wife anything she wished as doctors said, in four to five months, she would require a wheelchair.
By the eighth month, she was expected to be bedridden as she progressed through the last weeks of her life. The worst-case scenario was that she could decline quicker.
One day, the wife sat the man down to reveal to him her final request. She told him she wanted to sleep with her ex one last time.The man couldn’t fathom why his wife wanted to sleep with her ex until she further explained that the man she wanted to have sex with was her “most physically compatible” and “satisfying lover.” To appease him, she clarified that sex wasn’t just physical but was emotionally fulfilling with him.Now throwawayforeife was confused about what to do because denying his wife’s wish felt like it would only be about his ego, or he could let her sleep with the other man she felt was better.
The husband felt betrayed by the request but felt he had to say yes because it was her dying wish. He said he knew his true feelings about the matter but didn’t know if it was the correct answer. He was hurt that his wife enjoyed sex with her ex so much that she wanted it once more before dying.
Reddit users were torn about which side to take in the matter. Many of them took to the comment section to leave their inputs, with several urging throwawayforeife to stick to his guns and not be manipulated.The Reddit user encouraged the poster to let his wife go and do what she wanted but to ensure he was gone when she returned. He was advised to get his legal matters in order and allow his wife to “perish” with her ex since she thought he was “so great.”