"She wrote a letter for me before she died, but I couldn’t bring myself to read it until now."

Ten months after a man’s wife passed away, he finally got the courage to read a letter she left him, which contained a devastating admission. The 4-year-old son they had together may not be his.

“My ‘darling’ wife passed away 10 months ago,” the man wrote on Reddit’s Off My Chest forum. “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.”

In the letter, the wife revealed that there was a “good chance” that the son he thought was his wasn’t his biological child. A few weeks before their wedding day, the wife got drunk at her bachelorette party and had a one-night stand with another man. Soon after that night, she became pregnant but was unsure who the father was.


The man was torn whether or not to have the paternity test done. The child had only one parent in this world, and he would have to take care of him regardless. He also thought it was cowardly that his former wife would wait until she was no longer around to share the truth with him.


“So she thought she’d rather drop this bomb on my life when I could no longer confront her about it,” the man wrote. “Now that my son would only have one parent looking out for him, and she’d have no idea how I would even react. 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.”

The man took the paternity test and learned he wasn’t the child’s biological father.

“I’m devastated. This doesn’t change how I feel about my son,” he wrote. “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.”

Facing a pain nearly too much for him to bear, the only outlet he had at the moment was reaching out to Reddit to find some solace. “I just needed to let this all out. Don’t have it in me to tell anyone in my life about this right now,” he wrote.

The commenters send him hundreds of messages of support to get him through the shock of first learning the truth about his family.


The most popular message was straightforward and honest. "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," femunndsmarka wrote.

Another commenter added that someday, his son will appreciate how he stepped up and did what was right in a very trying circumstance. “He is going to find out the truth one day. Imagine how much more he will love you knowing you didn’t leave him, even though he wasn’t yours,” ImNotGoodatThis6969.

Another commenter provided valuable insight from the son’s perspective.

"As an adopted child, I just want to thank you on behalf of your son. I deeply believe it changes nothing, family is not about blood, its about who you love, want to have by your side, and care for the most. Sending hugs, strength and gratitude," Mariuuq wrote.

The father at the heart of this story is understandably devastated because his life was upended almost overnight. But the hope in the story is that his trials also taught him a powerful truth—his love for his son goes much deeper than blood.

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Not sure if trolling or not if not yikes

sh1tty situation. I wouldn't had done it and lived in ignorance. 4 years bonding with a child is a long time.

The woman was a coward to do what she did but theres nothing anyone can do to change it. So just keep it moving.

**waits for fatherless, childless, and childish BX posters to come in here talking about abandoning the boy who had nothing to do with it**

Damn

She’s so foul and wicked. I hope he didn’t cry a tear at her funeral. That’s gotta hurt a bunch. So dirty.

Chedda said 🔗 sh1tty situation. I wouldn't had done it and lived in ignorance. 4 years bonding with a child is a long time. The woman was a coward to do what she did but theres nothing anyone can do to change it. So just keep it moving. **waits for fatherless, childless, and childish BX posters to come in here talking about abandoning the boy who had nothing to do with it**

fu#k them kids

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This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale.

NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

I would've did him like Norbit got did

Y’all really believe these bullsh1t stories from Reddit? sh1t is pure fiction to get clicks, likes, upvotes, and whatever else. It’s no different than skits ( put forth as if they’re actually real ) on TikTok and Instagram.

justin747 said 🔗 This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale. NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

Crispy Beast said 🔗 Y’all really believe these bullsh1t stories from Reddit? sh1t is pure fiction to get clicks, likes, upvotes, and whatever else. It’s no different than skits ( put forth as if they’re actually real ) on TikTok and Instagram.

Probably right....he never mentions how she died. You would think thats how the story starts. "My wife died in a car accident" "She had cancer"....something. She knew she was dying because she wrote the letter.

Chedda said 🔗 **waits for fatherless, childless, and childish BX posters to come in here talking about abandoning the boy who had nothing to do with it**

I would've dropped the kid off at CPS for adoption

cold world.

I’m digging her up to ki1l her again.


Not the kids fault though.

lock her up

justin747 said 🔗 This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale. NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

Crispy Beast said 🔗 Y’all really believe these bullsh1t stories from Reddit? sh1t is pure fiction to get clicks, likes, upvotes, and whatever else. It’s no different than skits ( put forth as if they’re actually real ) on TikTok and Instagram.

Y'all probably right, wouldn't surprise me if a story similar existed.

If true this takes "women have no accountability" to the next level , bi#ch took accountability in the afterlife lol

justin747 said 🔗 This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale. NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

Agreed

I’m sure sh1t like this happens but to have it happen to you, and jump on Reddit to talk about it? Nah never.

If the guy did this, it would be all over headlines. Female privledge

justin747 said 🔗 This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale. NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

You are so right paternity fraud isn’t a real thing a woman would never lie about who is the father of her child

Damn. The wh0re died before he had a chance to ki1l her.

Rifle said 🔗 You are so right paternity fraud isn’t a real thing a woman would never lie about who is the father of her child

Of course it happens. This story is still bullsh1t tho. Both things can be true.

justin747 said 🔗 Of course it happens. This story is still bullsh1t tho. Both things can be true.

A true story you would still call 1ncel bait

Chedda said 🔗 sh1tty situation. I wouldn't had done it and lived in ignorance. 4 years bonding with a child is a long time. The woman was a coward to do what she did but theres nothing anyone can do to change it. So just keep it moving. **waits for fatherless, childless, and childish BX posters to come in here talking about abandoning the boy who had nothing to do with it**

Plot twist his real dad has been looking for him for 4 years.

If everyone got DNA test today, BX would go out of business

justin747 said 🔗 This is fake. This is 1ncel bait. This is a White Knight fairy tale. NEVER believe any of these bullsh1t stories from Reddit.

This happens all the time! We dnt know if its true or not!

Crazy karma…

reelife said 🔗 Y'all probably right, wouldn't surprise me if a story similar existed. If true this takes "women have no accountability" to the next level , bi#ch took accountability in the afterlife lol

I’m sure a lot of situations like this happen but never like this

Reddit stories are always over the top. The writer of the story is usually some 1ncel and he’s always an hero and the other person is usually a woman and they are always the devil.

This is VERY fake. Reddit is known for this.

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Pretty much every story here in the link above bullsh1t.