“Your wife is either shockingly insensitive or super insecure,” one person wrote.
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ARedditpostdetailingaman’sdilemmaregardingprioritizinghischildren’semotionalneedsoverhisvacationplanshassparkedoutrage.
Inthepost,the60-somethingfather,u/ImaginaryEase9935,sharedhisconcernsaboutwantingtocutshortasix-weekEuropeanholidaytosupporthisadultchildrenafterthepotentialdeathofhisex-wife,whoisterminallyill.Sincethepostwaspublished,ithasreceivedover4,000upvotes.NewsweekspoketodivorceattorneyHollyJ.MooreabouthowtheOPcannavigatehisdifferentrelationalresponsibilitiesinsuchadelicatetime.
Inthepost,theOPexplainedthathisex-wife,whohasterminalcancer,didn’tinformhimaboutherdiagnosis.
Awomanliesinahospitalbed.
Awomanliesinahospitalbed.
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Heonlyfoundoutrecently,and,giventheseverityofherillness,wasworriedthatshemightpasswhileheandhiscurrentwifewereaway.Hewrotethathischildrenhadbeenclosetotheirmother,andthathefeelstheneedtobethereforthemduringthisdifficulttime.
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