A devastated man had shared his story on Reddit’s, r/offmychest subreddit. The man had stated that his wife left him a letter, as she passed away, and after reading it, he took a paternity test. “The paternity test results came back a few days ago but I haven’t had the heart to look at them until now.” had said the troubled man.
He had stated that, it’s been ten months since his wife had passed, and she left him a letter, which he recently found the courage to read. “My “darling” wife passed away 10 months ago. She wrote a letter for me before she died but I couldn’t bring myself to read it until now. She told me how sorry she was that she didn’t have the guts to tell me this to my face when she was alive.”
What he had read in the letter had break him. “That there was a good chance my 4 year old son isn’t mine because she had a drunk one night stand with a stranger at her bachelorette party. Then fell pregnant soon after that, she couldn’t be sure who the father was because it happened only a few days before our wedding.”
She had left a letter to him, so that she wouldn’t need to confront him about the matter. “So she thought she’d rather drop this bomb on my life when I could no longer confront her about it. Now that my son would only have one parent looking out for him and she’d have no idea how I would even react.”
The man had wished that he wouldn’t take the paternity test. “Maybe I should not have got the paternity test done. Maybe it might be better to live in ignorance. But I just had to know. Now I do and I’m devastated. This doesn’t change how I feel about my son. He’s my whole world and he’s innocent. But boy does it hurt. There’s so much going on in my head right now. I haven’t stopped crying. Thank god my son is at my parents place for the day. I’d hate for him to see me like this.”
Here are some of the comments of Redditors.
“I am so so incredibly sorry. I have an idea how much this hurts. Sending a hug, if it is welcome. Ps.: All your feelings are valid, a lot of people will react with some kind of toxic positivity to things like these. Your feelings are valid. Each and everyone.”
“Man, I’m really sorry. Sending you hugs. I can’t imagine the amount of hurt you’re going through. Like femundsmarka said, your feelings are 10000% valid and it’s okay to feel hurt, sad, or angry. It’s a really life changing thing and I’m sorry your wife couldn’t find it in herself to tell you face-to-face. I hope you find peace eventually and don’t forget to take care of yourself.”
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