A pregnant woman is facing an incredibly tough dilemma because her ex husband, who is terminally ill, has asked to see her one last time – but her current husband has threatened divorce if she goes ahead with it.
The woman, who got a divorce three years ago, has received lots of support on the Reddit community TrueOffMyChest after sharing her story, with people sharing their shock at her current partner's behaviour.
She explained that it wasn't her decision to divorce her ex, but that when he secretly became diagnosed with a medical condition, he left her because he "didn't want to ruin what we had and become a burden".
The anonymous woman further explained: "He's very sick right now and has asked to see me probably for the last time. My current husband got extremely upset with me when I mentioned it to him and threatened to divorce me if I go.
"I'm five months pregnant and feel like I'm seeing a side of my now husband that I [sic] never seen before. He called this inappropriate and that my ex was being manipulative. He told me he'd divorce me if I see him but this could be my last chance to say goodbye to him."
The pregnant woman said she will feel "terrible" if he passes away without being able to see him one last time, but that there's "a lot at stake" and that she doesn't want to sneak around behind her husband's back.
Many people online sympathised with the woman, who said her husband is the one being manipulative.
One person said: "Yeah he's jealous over a sick man. Completely unjustified and quite pathetic. Plus giving her an ultimatum? Wtf run girl!"
A second said: "Your husband is your partner, not your owner, if he doesn't like it that's his deal, if he's so insecure he can't handle the quite reasonable dying wishes of a terminally ill man, perhaps marriage was a bad idea. What does he think is going to happen".
A third commenter added: "You still loved him and he still loved you and if he didn't have the medical condition, you would still be together. You know what the right answer is."
Others could see her current husband's side, because it was clear she still loves her ex husband.
One person commented: "Im not going to say what your current husband did is right, but I will say it's coming from a place of hurt. He knows that to the woman he loves that he's always going to be second place to your dying ex husband and it's eating him up inside. You're going to have to decide where your priorities are and nobody here can give you that answer. Best of luck."
"You said you didn't want to divorce your ex. Your husband knows you still have feelings for him. It's not unreasonably jealous to be upset by those feelings. You going to see your ex is just bringing up a problem that most likely already existed," said another.
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