Reddit Stories - BETRAYAL Unveiled_ The FORBIDDEN Wedding ENCOUNTER of a Woman Aged_

Episode Date: September 27, 2025

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I hope you enjoy this story. Was I truly at fault for attending the wedding of my former son's ex-wife? I, a woman aged 56, have two offspring, Tim, 30, and Sarah, 27. This story revolves around Tim. He was once married to my daughter-in-law Ruth, 28F. That is until five years ago, Ruth discovered that Bob was cheating on her while she was pregnant with my granddaughter. I was really disappointed in my son. I taught him to be better than this. I am a single mom. My husband died years ago and I have remarried only after my kids were in their late teens. I know for sure my late husband wouldn't approve of Bob's cheating. So, long story short, Bob, Ruth and I had a fight. I told him I was very disappointed at him. How could he do this to his own wife?

Bob yelled at me and said that I am his mother, not Ruth. So I should be taking his side. I said, no, I will not support his infidelity under any circumstances. My daughter also thinks that her brother is wrong, but she is neutral about it. Bob was mad and left the house. I only saw him at the divorce hearings. I left him messages that if he wants to talk, I would be open to talk, but he didn't respond to my messages. Ruth was an orphan. She didn't have anyone else. So she saw me as her mother,

even after the divorce, she would visit me and bring me some gifts, like flowers or cookies. I never stopped her. Ruth also never stopped calling me mom. Even after her divorce, I also loved spending time with her and my granddaughter about three years ago. I set up Ruth with my friend, Patty's son, John, Patty, and I have been close friends since childhood. She knew Ruth really well and loved her too. It was Patty's idea to set her son up with my dill. Ruth and John totally hit it off. John was also a good father figure to her daughter. Recently John and Ruth got married. Ruth wanted me to be there to walk her down the aisle. She told me she walked down the aisle alone when she was married to my son, but now she wants me

to walk her down. I was happy for it. So I said, yes, the news reached to my son. He called me to again yell at me that what I am doing is wrong. I shouldn't be talking to Ruth because she and him are divorced. He forbade me to go. I told him he was being irrational. Even if he is divorced, that doesn't mean I have to cut off Ruth. I reminded him that it was his poor choice that led him to this.

I didn't listen to my son and went to the wedding. Anyways, my son got the news and was pissed. He kept cursing me that I am a deadbeat mom who left her own son for a W.H.0 Re. He called me a hypocrite that I didn't go to his wedding. He married his mistress, but was gallivanting at Ruth's wedding. My husband is with me, but he says my son has a point, but my daughter says otherwise. Was I wrong to go at her wedding? my son has emailed me to meet him. I guess I will have to meet him now. Where did I go wrong?

February 20th, 2023. I 56F have a son, Bob 30M along with him. I have a daughter 27F. My husband died when my daughter was only five years old. The death of their father came as a shock to Bob. I tried my best to comfort him. I took him to therapist and trauma experts. They all Paul said he is a good boy and very well behaved. The only father figure Bob had was his uncle, my brother. He was a nice man as well. A man with discipline. Ever since my kids were little, I tried my best to be a good parent.

I stopped dating for a long time so that I can focus on my kids. I gave them important lessons in life. I even told them about their dad. My late husband was a man of dignity and morals. He is the type of person who wouldn't sacrifice his morals to please people around him. I always tried to be both parents, but I guess I wasn't enough. My son started dating my Dill Ruth 28F when he was 20. They met at a restaurant where Ruth was a part-time worker. I liked Ruth. She was well-mannered and had a good heart. I told my son he picked the right woman

for him. Bob was head over heels for her. They got married two years after dating. Ruth finished her degree early and got a job as a teacher at the age of 22. I noticed that my son didn't like it. He would complain about Ruth sought hours, which I think was irrational because she was a kindergarten teacher. I explained this to my son that Ruth has her own life, a life outside his own. I told him if he had concerns about her time, he should take it up to her. He said he understood things were really calm for a year. A year later, they started having another fight.

Ruth said that she wanted to pursue her masters. She is still young and wanted to do something meaningful with her degree. Honestly, I was in support. Ruth was a prodigy, but my son objected. He thought that it was a bad idea and that it would cause trouble. Now I don't like to mix in their lives. I tried to stay away from their conflict. That is until one day Ruth came to me and said, Bob threatened to leave her. If she ever tried to try to be. to pursue a master's degree, I did give my son an earful. And honestly, I took it as an offense because I worked jobs to support my family. I worked hard and now I have my own business. It is just so disappointing to me that my son had such backward thinking. Few weeks later,

Ruth came to me and said she was pregnant. She forgot all about her masters. I tried to be there for her as much as possible. Later, Ruth discovered my son was cheating on her with a mutual friend of theirs. Ruth was devastated. I called a family meeting there. Ruth was crying and told Bob, how could he do this to her? Bob said things like Ruth doesn't love him. She doesn't make him feel special. Her friend always fulfills his needs and understands him better. He realized he was wasting his 20s by playing family with a woman who always fights him. I asked what were the fights. And what did Ruth do to do to? make him so angry. He said her whole existence just bothers me. She cares more about her higher

education than me. If she was a good wife, she would be a housewife rather than going out. I reminded him that I also had higher educations. He said that's different. They argued a lot. My son just called her a W.H.0 and A.B. H. C.H.T.H. the whole time. Moreover, he is an absent father to his own daughter. He pays child support, but barely makes time for his daughter. He went low contact when I stood my ground and told him I will not support his infidelity at any cost. I met his mistress because he insisted I gave her a chance and told me that after meeting her, I would change my mind about Ruth, but he was wrong. His mistress was not a nice person. My gut was telling me she was not a good-hearted either. She made an odd comment that she was

saving my son from a potential bad marriage and I should be happy for him. I told him I will not be at his wedding. If me marries the woman who wrecked his home, I know my son is more to blame, but she knew Ruth and Bob. She knew they were married. Recently, Ruth got married to John, my friend's son. Ruth asked me to walk her down the aisle. It reached my son's ears and he called me all sorts of vile names. He forbade me to go to her wedding and called me a hypocrite, because I didn't come to his wedding, but I was going to Ruth's. I just told him to calm down and talk to me when he is not acting like a baby. I just feel like a failure.

Like I failed my late husband too. My late husband would be disappointed in my son as well. I don't know where I went wrong. I tried my best to provide. Maybe not having a father made him like this. I sometimes now regret having him as my son, but I still love him, but I don't love the man he turned out to be. I guess being a single mom was a curse after all update Ida for going to my ex-Dill's

wedding February 24th, 2023. First of all, thank you for your comments. Although I got some hate comments calling me a bad mom and a failure, it was nice to see people supported me. It gave strength to know I am was not making a bad decision. So now on to the update. My son emailed me and said he wants to talk to me. I thought I should have a long conversation with him, but I made some ground rules.

He is not allowed to criticize or call anyone any names like the last time and will be civil when I am talking. He agreed. He came to my house yesterday during noon. My husband was off to work and my daughter was in her room. He sat down and there were moments of awkward silence. He asked me how I was. And we had small talk. I asked him about his wife. I asked him about his wife, and that's when he started to cry, not ugly crying, just few tears. I can tell he is not doing well. I sat beside him and told him he can tell me he tells me everything. He tells me that he is sorry for how he reacted. He understands why I might be ashamed of him. He later tells me his marriage is not going well, that his wife is no way near as good as Ruth was. Ruth took care all of his needs and loved him.

yet he treated Ruth like trash. He is constantly fighting with his new wife. He knew he fucked up a lot. He learned that the last time he visited his daughter and she kept referring John as her dad. Bob tried to make her say the word dad. And she screamed at him by saying, you are not my dad. He saw how much happy Ruth was with another man. And he realized what he has lost.

I asked him, would you have missed Ruth? If your wife did those same things for you, like Ruth did, he was silent. I further told him, it seems to me that he only kept Ruth in his life because he used her to fulfill his needs. I explained to him about my relationship with his father. We were with each other, not because I fulfilled his needs. We were with each other because we loved each other. And that love didn't stop when one person was at the most vulnerable and weak. But he, my son, left Ruth when she was vulnerable and needed him the most. His needs were fulfilled when Ruth was just a housewife working a small job.

But as soon as she has no need, he discarded her. It really hit him hard as he was sobbing. He said that he knows he was a S-H-T-Y person, but he was manipulated by that B, T-C-H. He said that about his wife. To be honest, I lost my cool and yelled, he should stop blaming other people for his mistake. It was his decision to cheat. It was his decision to leave Ruth. It was his decision to abandon his daughter.

He cannot run away from his responsibilities and wonder why nobody is taking his side. Moreover, he hasn't learned anything from his mistakes because he is still calling his wife file names. This is the same girl she claimed is better than Ruth. He had a choice not to cheat. He could have pushed her away when she tried to seduce him, but he didn't because in his mind, He made this fantasy that Ruth doesn't care about him because all she ever wanted was to complete her education. I raised him better than this. He is not just insulting my upbringing.

He is also insulting his own father. And he will only cease suffering in his life unless he takes full accountability of his actions. He told me he knows I was disappointed at him and he wants to make things right. He is trapped in a bad marriage because God is punishing him for how he treated his daughter and ex-wife. I told him if he wants to be a good man, he should start by apologizing to Ruth and become cordial with his daughter. I also gave him a reality check that his daughter already sees John as her dad. So I have doubts she would start calling him dad anytime soon, but he should at least try. I told him to apologize to his sister as well. If he is really miserable in his marriage,

he should get a divorce or try counseling. Whatever decision he makes, I will support him, but that does not mean I will forgive his wife because she has also did Ruth wrong, unless she makes an apology to Ruth. I don't think I can see her as a decent person. Lastly, I told him that even though I am very much disappointed in him, I still love him. I will always guide him to what is right. He will always be my son, but this is his chance to be a better man. I believe in second chances this time. I hope he cleans up his act. I am proud of him. I am him that he acknowledges his wrongdoings. Comments. Up.

Do your son a favor, get some therapy recommendations for him and hand him the list on things like this. One doesn't just clean up his act that is vague and doesn't tell him how to do it. We need to do with the pull yourself up by the bootstraps mentality when it comes to stuff like this. If he wants to do the work to improve his relationship with his daughter, she can have two dads, frankly speaking, he has to work on himself. Op replies.

I told him he should get therapy if he needs money for that. I will give it to him, but he does need therapy, but about his daughter, I still have hope. Bob said he has tried to be there for his daughter, but his daughter still wants John as her dad. He has to start with baby steps. He can arrange the custody with Ruth or simply make full use of his visitations. I feel like I am cheating on my now husband with my dead husband, February 27, 2026. This is my throwaway. I will delete it soon. It's been 22 years since my husband died in an accident. I remember in his last moments, he was doing fine. He was too weak to speak, but still

managed to say that he loves me and he loves his kids. Me and my late husband have this thing where we would write a letter to each other once a year and it has to be handwritten. In his last letter, he mentioned death. He said if death comes, then I should remember that he loves me with all his heart and he doesn't have any regrets. I guess he somehow knew this would be his last letter. I still have that letter. I still have a place for him in my heart. He was not just my husband. He is also the father of my kids. How can I forget him? Just like that. I didn't date for a long time, mainly because I focused on raising my two kids. but also because I couldn't find anyone even comparable to my husband. I met my now husband when my daughter was 15.

My son was also 18 and in college. He is sweet, kind, gentle and funny. He always has this positive outlook on life. After a long time, I had this butterfly and my stomach kind of feeling. I fell in love with him. We got married after dating for four years. My husband is also a widower. He also has kids who are a little older than my kids and left the nest early.

I have built a second home with my husband. I am happy. I love this man and I want nothing more than to enjoy his company as much as I can. But lately I've been going through some personal stuff with my son. It made me miss my late husband even more. His stuff is still in my basement. I couldn't have the heart to throw it all out. I still have his camera, his pocket watch, the Rubik's cube he liked to solve, his books, and most importantly, his letters.

I miss him so much, but sometimes I feel like I am doing unfair to my husband. He is such a good man. I feel like I am cheating on him. I know it is not possible, but still. I try my best to not think about him, but I do. It's hard not to. Am I cheating? Is this normal?

I don't want to keep my husband in dark. I care about him. I respect him. He doesn't deserve a wife who cheats. Final update, Ada for going to my ex-Dill's wedding, March 28, 2023. Hello, folks. Thanks for showing me a lot of love and support. I am really overwhelmed with it.

It has been a month since my last post. Things are fine now. I will be giving updates from our service. slash marriage post too. Well, first of all, my daughter moved out from my house. She was living with us along with her fiancé to save money to buy their own place. I am happy for her. The house just feels empty without her, but I will get over it. About my post on marriage subreddit. I talked to my husband about my feelings towards my late husband. He was surprisingly fine. He told me he understands that I miss him.

Sometimes he misses his dead wife too. He still keeps a picture of her with him. I don't mind it. He further told me that the pain we both went through is something no one would understand and he doesn't feel like I am betraying him by missing my dead husband. He was my family and it is normal to miss family.

I'm glad I had this talk with him. I fell in love with him even more. Ruth and John are doing fine. She announced that they are expecting a child together and Ruth asked me to be the godmother. I am really overwhelmed and happy for them, though I still don't know whether I should be her kid's godmother or not. Now on to my son. He has decided to separate from his wife. I guess his marriage has problems and he is trying to sort it out on his own. He is in therapy. I support him in his journey. Things between my granddaughter and him are still a bit

sour, but I'm helping as a middleman. He talked to Ruth about change in custody, but she said no, because given how he has treated her in past couple of years, she doesn't trust him. I know Bob is sad, but I assured him he shouldn't give up now. He should still fulfill his duty as a dad. He meets my granddaughter at my house. Right now they are playing snakes and ladders in my living room. My son has been really trying to be a better version of himself and I support that. I hope in future things will improve for him. Thank you so much for helping a mother out here. I know if I ever have any issues I cannot solve,

I can always count on the kind people of Reddit.