Wife Went On Our Retirement Trip Without Me And Expects It All To Be Fine r/Relationships

[@TheDarwinProject1]

The wife not posting where she was until she had already left shows RATIONAL & strategic thinking. Case closed.

[@affsteak3530]

Plus, the manipulative behavior of publicly posting her husband approved of this while being NC with him. She's trying to pressure him into keeping quiet by controlling the narrative.

[@devegas4910]

@@affsteak3530yup. She’s planned this. When it was clear that her husband was not happy about this, she went ahead and posted on social media knowing that he would see it

[@miminana-hd6nf]

exactly. She was controlling the whole narrative. Or so she thought.

[@RequiemPoete]

Not case closed. Depending on where exactly brain damage can limit your impulse control or your moral center. That's why removing brain tumors can change an intolerable person back to normal. And some forms of dementia, like Alzheimers can start as early as your forties. Now, before you grab pitchforks, I am NOT saying op should stay or put up with this. Divorce and being amicable about this is the right course. However an MRI scan and a visit to a neurologist might influence whether she should be partially forgiven as everyone moves on.

[@loganjoh1]

The fact that she thought OP would be ok with it is wild. She is a horrible wife and mother.

[@invisible123-l9d]

Yet not one of you lot on here would ever condemn a MAN for doing this. Yes, he helped with care for her relative, and may have thought he helped care for her when she was ill. But that does NOT mean that she should have to surrender her entire life, and be his domestic slave, and personal sex worker, for the rest of her life. Women do not owe husbands their entire lives. Women DO have the right to a life outside of the house, a career, their own money, and their own interests. Cue the abuse, and pathetic sneering, as none of you have the balls to reply respectfully, of even in a civil manner.

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

She’s in denial, she was terrified of growing old and ending up like her mother so she ran. It’s basically a mid-life crisis

[@chiyangamer2063]

​@@kimberlyterasaki4843 Unfortunately a midlife crisis isn't an excuse for treating people around you like shit. It's only an explanation for behavior, not an excuse.

[@msmaria5039]

And daughter. She didn't think of her mother.

[@ohnooffwego]

@@invisible123-l9d

[@Ecclectic_citcelccE]

That woman not only abandoned her husband and daughters but her mother who is still in a home. Very very sad.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I know right? Shame on her for being so selfish! 😡

[@jaccat4336]

Yet expects OP and her kids to take care of her when she’s in her mom’s situation. At least her mom has more family to count on. OP just bought herself a ticket to being alone in the future.

[@invisible123-l9d]

So she should never leave the house again, never have any life of her own, never see friends, or other family, never go to an event, never have a career, or her own money, or a hobby, or time for herself? She should be his domestic slave, and personal, unpaid, sex worker, for the rest of her life? MEN abandon families, all the time, and not one of you lot would ever judge a MAN. You don't have the balls to reply in a civil manner. You will be so boring, and spew the usual abuse, and pathetic sneering.

[@BerryGood4U]

I thought about that too. So sad. My father ended up in a nursing home due to dementia when my mother just couldn’t handle it anymore. She went to see him everyday and I went every weekend with my kids. By the time he was in a nursing home he wasn’t sure who I was. I can’t imagine there not being anyone there to advocate for him and to show him love. The wife in the story is a selfish woman and I’m glad OP divorced her.

[@MizSazz]

⁠@@BerryGood4Uthats why i do what i do working in a home i make sure to do my best to advocate on their behalf for their needs/wants/rights

[@carlrood4457]

So she's afraid she'll have dementia in 5-10 years and is going to be on the road, alone with no stable income and no one to care for her if/when she gets sick. Good plan. She'll be living in a cardboard box

[@charliedelfino2102]

Yeah dementia turns people into monsters, you only help if you love that person. No one is going to help her now, her kids might to begin with but it get hard very quickly.

[@MsAnonymous1981]

If she has dementia, in theory she'd be confused either way, so maybe she doesn't care? After she has dementia she may be thinking she doesn't care about dying either? But yeah, I agree, dumb plan.

[@sampa2nyc]

My thoughts exactly.

[@Schwiegermutter]

But not for long.

[@MrJpaynebb]

She's counting on those family ties to come through for her when times get tough. Again she is going to miscalculate. OP is correct that she's always been a touch self-absorbed which is why she thought she would have a husband, home and family to return to after her quest to find herself.

[@momo382844]

There’s nothing wrong with the wife. She’s just self absorbed. Her whole explanation is full of “me, me, me” and “I, I, I”. She shouldn’t be surprised if kids bailed out of taking care of her. Well, the daughter may change her mind, but like OP said, she’ll eventually see it as a burden and not a favor. Daughter will probably stick Mom in a home.

[@invisible123-l9d]

MEN are self-absorbed, and you all applaud them for it. A woman dares to say she needs a break, and you all shred her.

[@mmtchan]

And throw away the key

[@Dreamstrafe]

Plus from how the son reacted he's probably not going to forgive his mother

[@DragonflyandTheWolf]

My mom was diagnosed with dementia two years ago. She is still lucid. She only loses herself when she gets very angry. This woman is destroying her relationship over a diagnosis she hasn't even received yet, with no idea of how long it will actually take before it takes over her life. If she burns all her bridges, no one will be taking care of her if and/or when she will get the diagnosis.

[@plantemor]

I'm sorry about your mom. I'm glad she's still lucid. I hope you have many years with her before the illness gets too bad. Hugs!

[@Sassy_Kat]

Sorry to hear about your mom. Prayers and hugs to you. I know how hard it is and will be for you, as we are currently going through it with my FIL. His is advanced and to the point that he needs 24 hr care and supervision, but he’s still in his own home. OP said his wife was always a bit self centered and selfish, but he’s never really known it was that bad. I think he just overlooked it, cause he loved her so much and her taking off like she did just brought it out in the open for him. I don’t agree that he just waited around for her to come back, before serving her, but I do understand he did what he needed to for him and his family. I hope he can now go live his best life and enjoy his golden years happily.

[@DragonflyandTheWolf]

@@Sassy_Kat Thank you so much. I'm so sorry you're going through it with your FIL.

[@Sassy_Kat]

@@DragonflyandTheWolf Thank you, sweetheart. What’s so sad about the whole situation is that my SIL (the only girl in their siblings) was still in denial (never took him to the Neurologist for a formal diagnosis, but my SIL that lives next door and BIL noticed the signs starting almost 6 years ago) for the most part, until last week. 🥺😢

[@hi_stranger9156]

It's only took 5 months for her to burn the money from their joint account. So the top comment in the final update probably spot on that the stbx would come back begging for money either to OP or her remaining family/relative.

[@hirohiroarikawa6806]

Yea I’d divorce her, take her to court for financial abuse and cheating, leave her with nothing and tell her she can live with her mom since she’s going to end up there anyway Edit I’d get a kid to help me get her home, tell her kids in the hospital and is in critical condition get her back have your lawyer and police ready to serve her and warn her if she leaves the city,town,state she will be charged with fleeing

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I agree with you. Except I'm pretty sure her mom will want nothing to do with her good for nothing daughter now. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she took her out of the will and gave her inheritance to OP at this point.

[@Bleg94]

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly sadly that part could be problematic because of her dementia...

[@GrumpyOldFart2]

@@PrincessQ-fj9lyHer mom won’t be doing anything. Remember this all started because they had to put her mom in a care home because of dementia. Wife will be lucky if her mom even remembers who she is.

[@ginathecookie]

​@@Bleg94tell me about it Had that become an issue for my family because a doctor messed up with my grandmother's diagnosis and made a fair and equal will invalid so we had to wait at least a year to get it fixed. (Long explanation/series of events incoming) I was so shocked when I heard why it was delayed -- I asked bc I had completely forgotten about the inheritance until my dad called me up to say Hey, lawyer is transferring some money into your acc. I also tried not to think of my Hrandma very much bc its very hard to lose a second maternal figure who loved you unconditionally -- Bc not only was it so untrue that she was that affected at the time. It was more.. uh maybe a year or two so after? The dispute + Grandma alive events were a little while ago so hard to say set time; at least now it is. The doctor said it had been about 5 years prior death but Grandpa's was slightly worse, not Grandma's. The one it left out had been the one doing the emotional labour to care for my grandparents for years as well which is why it felt more unfair. -My Dad did emotional caring/looking after too, he especially was power of attorney because he knows that stuff but Aunt lived closer so she handled a lot they were in constant contact with each other about Grandma and Grandpa even when apart. As for the physical they had many conditions and had to be put in a home way before this, luckily we found a good one. (This is in Australia btw.) I wasn't the one affected, the one affected (my Aunt) was the one who went to see her every week with flowers, gifts, to talk to her and spend time with her when my Dad and I couldn't be there physically. [It cost so much bc we lived hours away. And we both have arthritis and conditions we have to manage as well]. Funny thing is, my Aunt isn't blood related. I'm even LC bc her Anxiety affects my Anxiety bc of her over criticism but she is fiercely loyal, is definitely family and it was never in any doubt that she miss out. Thus why it _was_ updated by my Grandparents later on when they realised.

[@lalvarez5151]

She took THEIR savings and went on a trip? What a POS

[@thefallennero5265]

A digital nomad after stealing money from her husband? Is she planning on being one of those people sending emails to random people pretending to be African prince asking for money?

[@anantea]

😂

[@justinchristoph3725]

That woman is soon to find out how scary the world can be when you are old, completely alone and no one wants to know you. In her narcissism, she can't see that yet. But she will.

[@owl7072]

Nah cause every post she made about how great Op was for "letting" her take that trip, I'd be posting that letter where she admitted to quitting her job and doesn't know when she'll back, and saying I didn't "let" her do shit, she just took the money and left without a word.

[@hvymax]

At least OP gets to dodge the bullet of caring for his wife!!!

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Wife was expecting OP to turn the other cheek but the thing is OP only has 4 cheeks to turn, her multiple bouts of selfishness killed off any chance of them working things out.

[@charlottehardy822]

I have a sense of reading this comment a while ago… makes me 😂

[@floraposteschild4184]

"She's always been self-centered." OP finding that out is better late than never. I'm sorry OP went through this, but he is a catch, and will recover.

[@Schwiegermutter]

Makes me wonder how their marriage was until now.

[@GMAMEC]

If he uses common sense by dating the right person and not making emotional decisions, he’ll be fine. There are plenty of successful women who just want a good and loving companion. Some have never married, some are widowed, and others have faced (and overcame) similar problems If goes for younger women who are interested in having children, or have a lot of baggage, he’ll be in an even worse situation.

[@invisible123-l9d]

So needing a break from being an unpaid servant, housekeeper, nanny, carer, and his personal sex worker, for years, makes her 'self-centred', does it? He whines, and claims to be a saint. In reality, he has never lifted a finger to help with the housework childcare, or care for her mother. He treated her like dirt, made sex all about him, and did nothing to make sex, or the marriage, worth it for her. I know you lot, as Americans, think that men have no responsibilities, and need make no effort, in relationships. Not ONE of you lot has the balls to respect women, or even to reply in a civil manner.

[@AndyyWithAY]

This does sound familiar. Going away for a few days to a week with only YOUR money, I'm OK with that. But, stealing your husband's money and abandoning your family definitely? WTAF!! There's no benefit to worrying for decades about dementia. Just live your best life and enjoy to the fullest. With such a strong family history, it's very likely to happen, but this didn't help her at all

[@Swnsasy]

I just came from Lost Genre page with this story! Haha.. Just came to give love anyway to show support! ❤

[@RobDaCajun]

She did it because she could. She will face no criminal or civil penalties. Outside of that she brought upon herself for her actions. If the tables were reversed. Then the husband would be facing prison time. Instead she’ll spin the narrative to whoever will listen that she was living her personal truth. That her husband turned her kids against her while telling her he was on board.

[@carlrood4457]

More to the point, she's actively sabotaging how to pay for her potential care if she gets it and has no safety net if she doesn't and has to support herself for 30-40 years. No one will want to support/take care of her whether she gets dementia or not. She's blowing through money like a drunken sailor. Dementia isn't something you really notice until it's far too late and even then it's more likely family/friends who notice first. We found out my FIL was "giving" money to his "girlfriend's" adult kid. He wandered into a hospital near where he lived a decade earlier, on the opposite end of the county. We were lucky to find him at all. With her plan, she could be hundreds or thousands of miles away with no clue her mental state is already seriously deteriorated. No family, no friends, no money. She could easily just fall off the grid one day.

[@user-wr3vt8uq4s]

And the wife is only 48. She can't get social security until she's 67 (for full benefits). You could opt in at 62 1/2 but at a lesser amount per month. That means she'd still have to figure out the next 14 years for income. A "van life" van will cost her anywhere from 50-70k for a good one. I don't imagine her living in an RV or Toyota Sienna with no rebuilds for long. If she did end up with early onset dementia, it'd still be hitting before she's 62 1/2 anyway. She's too young for Medicare, so she'll need to maintain a job for health insurance or take the risks of going without. She went from "worried about dementia" to "wishing she were dead" with the situation she's put herself in, and I don't think she's even figured that out yet. My only advice to OP is to not marry anyone else so that his assets can't be divided in half again, unless he gets a really specific pre-nup.

[@Allmightyimortal]

Going to put a cavate there. Going away for a few weeks is fine as long as you tell your partner. Up and disappearing never is fine.

[@paulclay4229]

Story 1: five minutes in and my hearts breaking for this guy.

[@ryancarter1080]

Dementia is horrible, my grandmother suffered through it and the last five years of her life she was a statue, basically the lights were on but nobody was home, she completely forgot and didn't react to me about two years before that and my dad her son a year later. By the time she died I had already mentally buried her and gone through most of the grieving process as she was practically dead already. Saying that when the symptoms first started, she did her best to connect with the family, more outing, lunches, dinners and meet ups. More calls, texts, skype etc. Handmaking presents for the next three years of birthdays and Christmas for all the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, not stealing her husbands money and going off to see the world avoiding the family, friends and all other important and meaningful people in her life.

[@MMKMoore1]

STBX is a selfish brat. She dumped all the responsibilities of their joint life on OP so she could skive off from being a responsible adult. I feel for OP. I divorced at age 52, and the thought of dating and starting over is a bit scary.

[@Icmlost]

I've had the OP's reddit page open for a few weeks waiting on an update. I'm glad they are going to be fine and their soon to be ex-wife is getting a bit of karma.

[@ComaLies225]

To be honest, I would have been hella petty and screencapped one of her posts (particularly the one where she alludes to “thanking” OP) and just would have posted her business on blast. I don’t even like posting my business on social media but sometimes you gotta set the narrative straight and prevent others from giving a different story

[@Peeges_]

Thanks for hanging out with us mark ❤

[@MarkNarrations]

Thank you for hanging out!!

[@CharlesJohnson-k1o]

My wife had dementia but was a loyal and faithful woman. I stuck by her until the end. That is true love, not an infatuation or obligation

[@originalv5107]

Stories like this are a part of the reason I am not in relationships, not married, single and responsible for myself, and what I have writ bout fear of anyone just stealing it one day cause they feel “entitled” to it.

[@TiKerouac]

She pretty much said she wanted to make memories, just without him.

[@cheskydivision]

Change the locks, serve her the day she returns. You absolutely can file for legal separation because wife did abandoned the home and marriage. Don’t tell the kids anything you do not want wife to know. Definitely put her on blast. Have wife served at the hotels she is staying at. Start selling off stuff in the house.

[@bradlucass]

My 401k has gone down by 29.7% in the past year due to rebalancing I did out of fear uncertainty and doubt. What are best alternatives to take in other to secure a financially free retirement and achieve ultimate peace? I don’t want to fail after 42 years of working hard.

[@dessertcruiser]

If you want to rebuild your retirement by yourself, without the help of a partner, I will tell you it is near impossible. Even NewRetirement and co can’t do the job of an FA with expertise, a large following/client base and experience. Vet and hire one and begin to develop a rapport.

[@bradlucass]

How can one get to interview advisors? And what questions should you ask?

[@HermanOberg]

At least their importance in an economy such as this can’t be understated. There are a good bunch as well as a bad bunch. You gotta do due diligence and use discretion. I work with monicamary-strigle sh’s big timer in New York w/ over 600 b worth assets under management

[@Sandeep1342]

I have seen advisors and commentary on them but not one that looks this classy yet phenomenomenal. I set up a call. How soon should one expect feedback?

[@HermanOberg]

It’s not much to share, make your findings and interview her yourself. write her and set up a time you can talk to her that fits both your schedules. Happy Investing. Thank me later.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Cannot believe she was only thinking for herself. I'd have stopped talking to my mother forever if she did that to my father. No way he deserved any of the mental issues and anguish he suffered. Why couldn't she just talk about her insecurities with him BEFORE taking the trip in the first place?

[@llamabrat07]

The woman seems to be purposefully avoiding OP by not posting about the trip until after she leaves & not telling anyone (at least nobody in contact with OP) where she is going & when. It is recommended that you tell at least a few close trusted people where you will be when traveling abroad, especially alone. & while it is safe to not post on social media that you will be going on vacation & when to avoid thieves knowing when the house will be empty so they can rob it, but OP was left behind, so that’s not the reason to wait to post about each leg of the trip until after she left. She’s also avoided her kids.

[@mackenzieramdeen849]

The best sort of karma would be if she never gets dementia, then she can live the rest of her life seeing the clear disgust in the eyes of those around her, and hear every rumor that passes.

[@invisible123-l9d]

Yet not ONE of you would be 'disgusted' with a MAN who left his family. Vile double standards.

[@quartzskull8772]

​@@invisible123-l9dbj, the only thing you're good at for anyone to want to be remotely close to you

[@beeppboopp]

​@@invisible123-l9d bro what. Yes, most people would be disgusted by men who do this?

[@trevorbirkbeck4011]

​fuck ya I would my family sticks together period the end.

[@invisible123-l9d]

@@trevorbirkbeck4011 You clearly have a poor vocabulary, and poor grammar, little boy. When you learn to construct a sentence, and develop a vocabulary, instead of using abusive language, let us know.

[@md79melissa]

on top of all of the absolute hell she put her family through, she stole his trip theres no way he will ever get to take this trip now

[@lorddaegoth]

OP should congratulate her on sacrificing her marriage and eldercare for memories she's not going to get to keep anyway.

[@Guerrillapicnic]

50 years old!!!! I was expecting him to be 65ish. He is so young.

[@treehouse2902]

She knew what she was doing and did everything possible not to leave a trace of where she could be found, so no sympathy for her. She will end up alone, in an adult living facility and then a nursing home, because no one will take her in.

[@MrBeevee5]

While some people are able to act stupidly, there is no way I can believe she wouldn't know that divorce was an option for OP. Therefore, she was prepared for that eventuality.

[@pushyasingh8652]

I'm f'ed, lost genre and you uploaded the same story together, and now I can't decide whose to listen to 1st.😭

[@jleftwing9771]

I’ve read this story and listened to this story from this channel and three other content creators here on You Tube. I enjoy listening to the different presentations and opinions of Tony’s cheating stories, SSM, Lost Genre, and of course yours Mark. Thanks for presenting this.

[@helar2574]

Huh, that story reminds me of old one where wife with cancer divorced her husband, because her "support" group told her, that husbands leave wifes with such diagnose. Thing is, if you granma, you mom both got dementia at 50's and you coming to that age...honestly i think people could just snap. I dont agree with their actions, but damn, it's very scary to live and constantly worry because of it...

[@destinedtogame]

Then you go get therapy. DBT helps combat intrusive thoughts. OPs wife took the easy way out.

[@Quietdays47]

I’ve been waiting for this update what feels like a lifetime!

[@ginathecookie]

Same, Careless Ostrich, same My favourite revenge is the people genuinely are having fun with the people that actually love and support them

[@laiten35]

All them years wasted 😢 I’m glad that it worked out for him. As they say the best is yet to come, OP

[@sovereigncrux]

I suspect OP will find his wife at his doorstep the moment she burns through the other half of their life savings she stole and realizes she has to still pay for her mother's care in the memory center. If she can't appeal to him directly, she will try to do it through their daughter cuz the wife strikes me as the type who would use her children as pawns to get what she wants. If OP can resist wife (and possibly kids) working on him, the wife'll likely guilt relatives into taking her in and freeload off of them while continuing to be selfish and living however she wants. She will have nothing to support herself with when too old to work and she will be a burden on anyone and everyone she can to continue living her life all about herself. She is literally planning on having dementia so that she won't have to take accountability for her actions, and expects others to care for her after everything she's done and will still do.

[@paden1865able]

It's two hour delay to the start of school this morning, and you once again have an audience of two in our household. Mary would find herself with her stuff packed on the lawn or in the garage. No matter her stress and need to blow off steam, all she needs to do to find herself is take a mirror into the backyard and look into it. What she did is the height of selfish and all of the burden falls on your shoulders. This isn't Kosher. Drop her like a soiled handkerchief and move on.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Wow! I was not expecting to hear the same story I read with Lost Genre with you back to back Mark. This must have been a story that really got off the ground. But my opinion still stands. I'm so glad OP is moving on with his life. I'm also glad that he told off his ex-wife for abandoning her marriage vows. And thank goodness he hasn't wavered in his journey to move on. Bonus he's doing so with most of his family and finances intact. Sounds like poetic justice to me. 😊 Shame on his selfish, narcissistic ex-wife. 😡 She got exactly what she deserved. I bet she'll regret leaving OP when she's old and frail and needs someone to take care of her. But by then, it'll be too late.

[@sarascarpati887]

when did that get uploaded ? i missed it

[@charlottehardy822]

I made a similar comment, love listening to the different styles and LG posted a few hours ago.

[@MariaPlacido-b7s]

I just finished hearing this story from Lost Genre. Good Monday Morning all 😊

[@AutumnFire1414]

I love them both! 💕

[@kizzykat9120]

I'm interested in an update in a couple of years to see what happens.

[@kittyeyes5513]

I had a dream that there was an evil version of mark. Also called mark. And he had a pancake gang instead of a waffle gang. And eventually both sets of subscribers went to literal war with each other. It was a bloody battle.

[@MiraTheWarlock]

Imagine art of that WAFFLE GANG WE RIDE AT DAWN!!!

[@rina123456]

I listen to Mark getting ready for work in the mornings. His sweet personality always gives me a good start to my day. He always seems like such a level-headed, empathetic guy ♡

[@vanessas17]

Good morning friendly internet strangers! Glad to see the new video. I've been binge watching the whole playlist between work and gaming and it's even inadvertently helped my insomniac ass fall asleep (albeit by accident - good ass nap tho) 😂 Hope everyone reading this has a great day ❤

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Have a lovely day m8 💜💜🤗🤗

[@Rael0505]

What games you playing these days?

[@DragonicGamer32]

Selfish selfish selfish. If the wife really thought OP would understand then she would have discussed these things with him instead of dropping off the face of the earth for a year. No. She knew OP would have been against it. And not have understood. She lied to herself. Betrayed her mom, her kids, and even the man she was supposed to love. All this was is a selfish desire to do something that was unique, and she wanted to do it without OP. And in doing so she stopped any chance of Op of ever going on such a big trip that they were originally planning to go on. She made everyone break their backs, not caring about the debt they were forced to take on because of her.

[@smoothsketch]

Going on a trip with friends or family for shared experiences and to make memories is what makes it fun. Going on a trip alone to 'find yourself' makes no sense when you can do that lone stuff locally at libraries, parks and nature areas or the gym.. She ditched her husband and knew it was wrong, so she didn't tell him.

[@HeitorD.deSilva-ck5xl]

I don't know if someone could report robbery in this case because in my area you could do it when a spouse does this kind of 💩

[@grievernoctis2238]

Nice to have a conclusion to the poor guys struggle. Glad you are okay Mark, my wife and I checked about 10 times throughout the day. Chocolate and chill is just fine though :)

[@Swnsasy]

I just came from Lost Genre page with this story! Haha.. Just came to give love anyway to show support! ❤

[@Iflie]

Myeah nothing good is going to happen to that selfish woman, she still has a lot of years left to live and she burned her bridges. She will have to get a full time job in no time, anyplace she wants to go will be expensive. Meanwhile he gets most of his side of the money and far reduced spending. And no selfish sick wife to take care of.

[@TheAlphaDingo]

She's a complete narcissist. Have to wonder how or why OP and the family put up with and enabled this behaviour for it to ultimately blow up like this in such dramatic fashion. As OP says, she's always been like that

[@sharyebethancourt3660]

I commented on LGs video that this gives me the same vibes as the wife who survived uterine cancer and wanted a hall pass for a short bald dude. They have the same delusional selfishness to me, like what do you mean you think OP is just gonna be there waiting after your trash behavior?

[@srsmedic8285]

That wife really annoyed me

[@ScooterBond1970]

I thought the same thing first time I heard this story. Peak "main character" vibes.

[@invisible123-l9d]

Maybe if the MEN in these tales got off their backsides, and truly pulled their weight, with housework, and other work in the marriage, and LISTENED to women, and TOOK WOMEN SERIOUSLY, and were supportive, and stopped demanding sex on tap, and made the effort to make sex worth it for women, and RESPECTED women, and treated women as their EQUAL, the women would not seek to look elsewhere. You don't have the balls to reply politely, little misogynist. You will whine, and have this reply removed, little boy.

[@ChantalSvensson]

Hey Mark! Thanks for making amazing videos

[@MarkNarrations]

Thank you for being involved Chantal, you're appreciated!

[@cattyanamontes5724]

Missed you yesterday Mark. :) Thanks for the early video today. Perfect timing for my planning bell.

[@jjm152]

I remember following this one when it was happening and I have to say that I felt like that final update was a real "whimper" to the situation. Like her excuses were nonsense and the husband was just so... "blah" about the entire thing. It's obvious that he was over it, but if I was him I would have had those divorce papers ready and sued her for stealing that money.

[@FriedaMMartin]

Good morning! Later this week I’m working by on gothic valentines for me and my husband

[@Gingerycarrotkitten]

That sounds lovely!🪦🥀🦇

[@MarkNarrations]

Nice one Frieda!! :)

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Oooo how cool

[@usagi18]

Agree with the wife on having a family with any kind of senile dementia is a living hell, seeing the people your love the most lose themselves and slowly fade away, and knowing you're probably next is just plain horrible (crying as I type this, it is happening to my own mother right now), and certainly has a toll on your own mental health. I don't think wishing for your own death to be before turning 60 is something normal, but that's what I pray for every single night. That being said, tossing your family and your spouse, who have been supporting you thru thin and thick during thsi hell is not only heartless and cruel, but just plain stupid. OP doesn't need her, let her enjoy the trip and divorce her, nothing will get any better for her after coming back. OP will be fine

[@MrsWheezer]

*sigh* I feel so badly for that entire family. The wife is clearly going through ‘something’ and the rest of the family has lost all trust and respect for her (understandably). I have teetered on the edge of ‘running away from home’. My current situation is near daily anxiety attacks, needy elderly parents, some sort of thingy in my brain that can’t really be treated, 2 kids in college, third kid with serious mental health issues. I honestly don’t know if/when I’m going to break. I’m still putting one foot in front of the other, and my husband and I are leaning heavily on each other. I’m so tired it’s easy to forget my husband is 100% going through this with me. Then the little worm gets in my head that everyone would be better off if I just disappeared somewhere. I’m honest enough with myself to know I could flip a switch and become the wife/mother in this story. However, I’m currently choosing daily to keep taking one step at a time. Praying I can continue to do my best under all this stress.

[@TheRisky9]

If she had needed a few weeks away from her husband to think things over after all the stress, I can't imagine he would deny her that. But to take off for literally months, not telling anyone, burning through all the money, and then returning home and thinking she can pick up where they left off? What planet does she think she's on where she owns the whole world and the rest of us all just live here.

[@randalthor741]

FYI, in the mortgage industry we pronounce HELOC (home equity line of credit) as he-lock.

[@Akemi.24-45]

Hiiiiiii, Mark and Poppy! An awesome week ahead to you both. ♥️🤗

[@MarkNarrations]

Hey hey Telinha, you have a wonderful day you cheeky one!

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

You too telinha 💜💜🤗🤗

[@jennilynne1977]

Hey Mark and Waffle Gang! I hope everyone is having a great day/afternoon/night! Peace ☮️, hugs 🤗 and love 😘!

[@star3catcherSEQUEL]

The wife will be back. Like commenters said, she'll quickly run out of money and/or get sick of the lifestyle, start to seriously look at her future outside of her fairyland main character delusions, and that's when it will finally hit her just how badly she fucked up. She had a great life and set-up most people only dream of and she blew it all up for some dime store novel fantasy of "self-discovery." All those exotic trips are not going to be much comfort when she's old and alone in her bed with no one around to comfort her.

[@justinstone4633]

Runaway wife: I'd end the divorce with a "have fun dying alone" and then tell the kids if any of them support her, they are written out of your will, since the Ex is blowing through her $ and you are the responsible one they should understand what they stand to loose.

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

Biggest clue comes late in the story when OP says his wife "has always been self-centered." Yet you married her, dude.

[@tanyadelaney8455]

She went on a vacation without him. Because that's what a vacation actually is. 🤣 Getting AWAY from things that are CONSTANT WORK! Welcome to the CONSEQUENCE of being overgrown children gentlemen. 🤣

[@myroc1]

Imagine dementia, but expressed through someone who already had the maturity of a 12 yr old before the diagnosis.

[@KE-hr4sb]

S1: Depending on laws in your area, file for divorce due to abandonment of home, marriage, kids, and her mother. F her. What a terrible, selfish woman. Her not posting until after she leaves a place proves she's doing it on purpose.

[@Russman67]

I really would like to know the thought process that went behind the wife making this decision. Because thinking that she could leave with their joint savings on a multiple month trip, and somehow return to her life that she had before with her husband and her kids not batting an eye, is just mind-boggling. 🤔 I completely get OPs stance on whether or not she slept with anybody. Why care? This relationship is over and she ended it. Time for him to figure out what his life looks like.

[@taetannim3581]

I think it's really sad, this woman is so convinced these are her last years that's she has absolutely destroyed her future (God knows how I'd react to watching my mom dying of dementia, but running off to cram as much experience and life into whatever time I had left wouldn't be out of the question). I feel like she was terrified and running from the possibility of what her future holds. Her behavior is abhorrent and irrational, but still sadly understandable. The whole situation is just terribly sad.

[@luvondarox]

What a ghastly, delusional, selfish thing to do. And to *keep* traveling around _knowing_ the destruction she's causing! How in earth did she possibly ever think it would end any other way??

[@Silent_Ghoul]

I just can't fathom what she was thinking. You were already going on a retirement trip together in 2024, but she couldn't wait that long? Hell sounds like she already had someone to run off with. My mum has dementia, that dosn't mean I will have it in the future. Glad to hear OP is feeling a lot better and in a far more stable position now.

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Hey you yes you, take a deep breath let it out slowly, and lower your shoulders. Know that you are important to someone even if you feel like no one loves you, guess what I do. I'm so proud of you being here. Thank you. Now make sure you take care of yourself and drink some water, eat something and take a stretch break.💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗

[@Akemi.24-45]

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[@FlamesofJagger]

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[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Sorry I can't see who else responded 🤗🤗💜💜

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@Akemi.24-45 🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

[@paden1865able]

Good morning, my dear friend! Hope your day is wonderful!

[@rosaazure]

I hope OP makes sure he's not holding the bag if the EX does develop dementia. Health care costs a lot of money and the family might guild trip him into financing her care if he doesn't watch out. If possible he should have it written down in the divorce.

[@miminana-hd6nf]

So many issues here. Why was the wife not getting help for her mental health issues prior to all of this happening? Not blaming OP for this, at all, but the wife should have been proactive in protecting her mental health. I work in health care and having a family member, who needs constant care, live with you is extremely taxing and not for everyone. Also, there are markers for early onset dementia and if the wife was getting, regular, health care these markers would have been tested for and she would have know more of what her chances of developing dementia were. I got the feeling that the whole marriage was a huge red flag that OP had ignored for years. The fact he was able to get over his wife so quickly speaks volumes. Not blaming him, just saying it was a relief for him to not have to deal with her on a day to day basis. Wife is a narcissist who is going to end up alone. If she does develop dementia who is going to take care of her? Sounds like her whole support system is done with her antics.

[@SPTV_RBX]

Funny how Mark and Lost Genre made a video about the same story 2 minutes apart from each other lol

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Yeah. Crazy right? 😂

[@belantww]

Lost Genre covered this same story today. I can see why. It’s a real kicker!

[@sgtjarhead99]

My dad had dementia. This is not dementia. She's just a selfish AH.

[@earthbound1013]

First! Love this content. Makes the daily drive go by fast

[@MarkNarrations]

Glad it helps out earth! That's what it's all about :)

[@MegaHarvickFan29]

Personally, I hope this woman doesn't get dementia. I hope she lives to be 100 years old. That way she will spend every day for the rest of her life REMEMBERING SHE THREW AWAY HER MARRIAGE AND FAMILY.

[@absolutelyridiculous6743]

I get freaking out and wanting to run away, but to actually go through with it is insanity. Divorce.

[@yeoreumdaisy]

She doesn't feel bad for what she did... she feels bad about the result of it.

[@nejet2188]

She panicked, seeing what her life could through her mom. It's called a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@jasonmgomez]

one of my absolute favorite shows!

[@jasonmgomez]

you get a sub for this!!!

[@StilltheAp0llyon]

The title is wrong. It should read "My wife stole our savings and left the country"

[@LeisureLizard]

I didn’t know I could hate a theoretical stranger from an internet story, but here we are. What a horrible human. The level of betrayal and disrespect from that woman is unbelievable.

[@louellacharlton4425]

Tyvm Mark

[@RoseKoneko]

I feel a sliver of empathy for the wife. She’s absolutely in the wrong, that was cruel and selfish. However, I’ve watched my mother develop severe dementia after the care facility ignored me and she had lithium toxicity. Watching her tell me these stories, and then gently trying to get her to see that it didn’t make sense… She would regain enough of herself to be terrified before sinking back into it. Her mental illness and abuse put us on not great terms but I truly wished for her to not have to go through that.

[@RyomouShimei]

The audacity of this woman to think her husband and family will just forgive her for leaving them all (especially husband being left incredibly financially vulnerable). She weaponized her dementia to excuse herself but she's a major AH

[@rmhartman]

file divorce on grounds of abandonment.

[@Tiogair]

This reminds me of an ex who treated me horribly our entire relationship and was nasty as anything after it but honestly believed I would “begrudgingly” help him with money and rides despite this and that my friends in different states would house him indefinitely. What actually happened is I blocked his number, he had to hitchhike to his dream destination, he got his teeth knocked out and and he’s been living in a two bedroom apartment with at least 11 other people for years. Sometimes people think they’re flying too close to the sun when they’re actually nose diving into hell 🤷‍♀️

[@marktwain2053]

What a waste of space. OP's STBXW is a narcissist of the highest order. I'm so glad he is going to be able to divest himself of her toxic presence. Just know, that she will come back and expect OP to forgive her and take her back, and when he doesn't she will bad-mouth him to everyone they know. Count on it.

[@RisetoStrength]

I'm far more bothered than this than I let on.

[@Mew_Mokuba_Akari]

Wife wants a fly by night remote job that pays well? Good luck with that. Those types of job require a certain skill set and are very sought after. I doubt the wife has the skills required. She wants OP now so she can make money off his back by having him go out and do odd jobs for money as her 100% remote work either won't pay what she wants or not what she needs.

[@FlipTheBard]

OP's wife was so selfish, honestly she deserves to end up all alone and forgotten. And she not only selfishly took their money all for herself to enjoy a stress free life, she also had the gall to keep saying that her amazing husband "sponsored her trip" or "was ok with that", trying to make it seem like he was fine with her entitled and selfish behavior, while she literally left him stuck trying to find ways to pay everything while also dealing with this betrayal after so long spending taking care of his MIL and his wife. What a despicable person.

[@Gingerycarrotkitten]

Yes!!!! 34th like! Iv never been in the first 50 before✨ Thanks for the video Mark!❤ Have a great week!

[@MarkNarrations]

Love the dedication!!