A heartbroken husband was left distraught after his wife revealed that her dying wish is to sleep with her ex one last time.

A man explained in a now-deleted Reddit post on the subforum "Am I The A**hole" - that has since been re-posted by another user - that his wife was diagnosed with a terminal disease and had about nine months left to live.

Of course, he wanted to support her through her devastating final months and "grant whatever wish," but when she disclosed that she's been longing to sleep with an ex-partner one last time, he wasn't sure if he could help her.

As he had "no one" to tell, the husband decided to turn to the social media forum for advice from fellow users.

The unnamed man began his story by sharing his response to his wife's diagnosis, and stating that he is destroyed as they have been together for a decade. "I don’t remember life without her and I don’t know what I’m going to do when she's gone," he emotionally said.

However, he said he could not understand one of her wishes: "Recently she sat me down and told me that one of the last things she wanted to do was have sex with a previous partner of hers. I of course was shocked and when I asked why the f*** she wants that."

"So basically she thinks that her most physically compatible satisfying lover was him. She gave a whole monologue about how sex sometimes is just physical and how emotionally fulfilling sex is with me but it was b*****t to get to that point," he continued. "So now I'm left with this, deny my dying wife a wish for my own ego, or let her go f*** another man who she feels was better."

The man voiced his anger at her statement, saying that he is "pissed off" and "betrayed" by the fact that she even asked him. He said that he feels like he's been "put in a position where I have to say yes" because she is terminally ill, and doesn't have time left before she tragically passes away.

The devastated man concluded by expressing he feels "hurt" and knows how he wants to reply, but at the same time, he does not know if he's in the right. "I just hate everything about this," he added.

Upon reading his post, many commenters disagreed over the wife's wish. One person wrote: "I would say NTA, just because someone is terminally ill does not mean that they can dump this onto their partner even though they internally know that is is wrong."

"When they committed to their partner, I would assume that they never intended to have any more sexual encounters with their ex for the rest of their life. This does not change because the end of their life is sooner than they anticipated. Idk it sucks but I would hate for that to be something I would have to remember my partner asked for before they die. It would never leave my mind even after death," they added.

Another said: "NTA. She is tho. Let her go do what she wants and when she gets back you make sure you're gone. Get all your legal affairs in order first tho. Let her perish with her ex since he's so great. I hate foolishness."

A third remarked: "Well if she wants to do it, he should leave her and get a divorce of separate from her. Let her have sex with her ex and when she comes back because she needs help in her last few months - tell her to go ask her ex to help her."

"You don’t deserve this dude, I would be crushed If my partner asked me this. But yeah it’s a terrible memory to be left with but I would probably not even be able to stay with that person if they had told me that was what they wanted to do," they concluded.

What would you guys do if you were in this unfathomable situation?

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A loving wife has died of a "broken heart" just moments after watching her husband of 70 years succumb to lung cancer.

Speaking to news station WRAL, the couple's grieving son, Les Atkins, described losing both of his parents in such a way as "being in the middle of both a horror movie and a beautiful love story."

Les opens up about the loss of his parents below:

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His mom and dad, Raymond (90) and Kathleen Atkins (86), celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary back on July 22 and lived happily together at their home in Crewe, Virginia. Here, they raised four children together.

However, a couple of years ago, Raymond was sadly diagnosed with lung cancer. Despite this, Les revealed that he continued to work, adding: "[My dad] did not want to give up working."

Several days after their anniversary last month, Raymond began to feel weak.

Recalling his parents' final moments together, Les revealed that his sister - who was staying with their parents - called to tell him that Raymond had passed away in the early hours of the morning in his sleep.

Les said: "She told my sister that she could not imagine life without him.

"Then, within a matter of minutes, my sister called back and said my mom had crawled in the bed with him and was overcome with grief."

Les told the station: "They did not want to go alone. They had endured this life together. They had this strong faith, and they just refused to be apart."

While laying with her late husband, Kathleen reportedly said: "I'm not gonna let him go alone."

Les said that these were pretty much her last words, and, within minutes, Kathleen passed away.

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"They did not want to go alone. They had endured this life together. They had this strong faith, and they just refused to be apart," said Les. "It's a fairy tale in every sense of the word."

When looking through Kathleen's papers, Les revealed that he found more parting words written down.

Telling WRAL, LEs revealed that the words read 'Do the best that you can do'. He added: "I think that's all they did for 70 years. They did the best they could do."

Les also said that his parents will be laid to rest side by side.

They leave behind four childen, six grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Our thoughts are with Kathleen and Raymond's family and friends at this time.

Nobody likes to think about death, but when you find out you have a terminal illness, you have no choice but to get your affairs in order. Some make plans to be buried in a cemetery next to family members, resting alongside their loved ones for eternity. Others choose cremation, scattering their ashes to the wind in a meaningful location, their remains blending with the natural world.

However, 41-year-old tattoo artist Chris Wenzel made a last wish you might not have heard before. Wenzel suffered from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease in which the large intestine (colon) and rectum become inflamed. Medical treatment can reduce the symptoms, but there is no known cure, and the illness can have life-threatening complications. Realizing his life could be cut short, he asked his wife, Cheryl, to skin his body, so his decorative tattoo art would be preserved.

Some people might find this decision shocking, but tattoo art was an essential part of Chris' life. He got his first tattoo at just nine years old, and went on run Electric Underground Tattoo in Saskatoon, Canada. He also tattooed his wife, Cheryl, who was unfazed by his final request.

"I thought, that’s different, but yeah, that’s cool," she told The Globe and Mail. "I don’t care what it takes, I’m going to get this done for him. You can hang a picture on a wall. A tattoo is something that has been done for hundreds of years. It’s just preserving it."

After complaining about chest pains, Chris died of his sleep last October. Cheryl investigated places that could fulfill his dying wish, and found Save My Ink Forever. The Ohio-based company specializes in preserving body art after death, creating an everlasting memorial for loved ones.

"Tattoos, you know, tell a story about a person," said Kyle Sherwood, the master embalmer and funeral director, while speaking with CTV Saskatoon. "And for someone to get something tattooed on them that they’re displaying for life, you know, means something to them. You wouldn’t burn or bury a Picasso and that’s what some of these pieces are."

Save My Ink Forever used a special formula to surgically remove Chris' skin, then preserved his body art in a frame. The process took three months and cost $70,700, with family and friends chipping in on GoFundMe. Cheryl said she plans to hang her husband's skin in his tattoo studio, where his children, 9 and 13, can admire it. And when she dies, she'd like her body art to be preserved, and displayed right by his.

One woman's dying wish has left people divided after she asked her husband for a free pass to cheat on him with her ex.

Infidelity in a relationship can be tough at the best of times. Often, it means the end of the relationship as the other party may not find it easy to forgive or forget their partner sleeping with someone else while they were together.

However, sometimes couples can get past it if the partner who's been cheated on is exceptionally understanding... but one husband revealed he was left in a quandary when his dying wife announced that her last wish would be to cheat on him with her ex.

He took to Reddit to reveal the difficult situation he faced, explaining: "My wife has a terminal disease. She is projected to live at most nine months. I am, of course, destroyed. We’ve been together for a decade. I don’t remember life without her, and I don’t know what I’m going to do when she’s gone."

The unnamed man added: "I have been doing my best to make the last days of her life good and grant whatever wish I can. The doctors said that she was likely to need a wheelchair in four or five months, then by month eight, she’ll be bedridden for the last few weeks. That’s if she doesn’t decline faster.

"Recently, she sat me down and told me that one of the last things she wanted to do was have sex with a previous partner of hers. I, of course, was shocked, and I asked why the f**k she wants that.

"So basically, she thinks that her most physically compatible, satisfying lover was him. She gave a whole monologue about how sex sometimes is just physical and how emotionally fulfilling sex is with me, but it was bulls**t to get to that point."

Revealing the difficult position he'd been left in, the man added: "So now I’m left with this: deny my dying wife a wish for my own ego, or let her go f**k another man who she feels was better.

"Honestly, I’m so p**sed off and betrayed that she asked this of me. I feel like I’m put in a position where I have to say yes because she’s dying. I know what I want to say, but I don’t know if that’s right."

He admitted: "I’m so hurt that sex with an ex was apparently so good that she needs to do it once before she dies. I just hate everything about this."

Understandably, the post provoked a pretty huge reaction from fellow Redditors, who were divided on what the right thing to do would be.

One commented: "Immediate concern: is she in contact with her ex? Is she seeking permission from you, when she's already established a reconciliation with her ex? Either way. WTF. She wants your lasting memory of her to be that she left you for a rumble in the bedsheets with an ex? Sorry but her illness is not an excuse to treat you like s**t. That is incredibly insulting to you and your relationship."

Another added: "How does she know this person at all after 10 years with you? Or that this person would want to involve themselves in no strings sex with a dying EX from over a decade ago? This seems like a very odd request to bring to you without any leg work or preparation. That she would significantly risk blowing up her marriage and end of life companionship and care for sex with someone she isn’t in contact with and doesn’t know would still even entertain the thought of intimacy with her."

Someone else pointed out: "If her dying wish was to murder a child, would we grant that wish? How about to go on safari and hunt an endangered animal? Or to rob a bank? Dying wishes aren't free passes for s***ty behavior. If she's committed to this course of action, then the relationship is over, and she can die alone in a hospice or with her f**kboy.

"OP seems completely shocked by her behavior, though. If this is out of character for a loving, honest partner, it makes me wonder if the disease is affecting her cognitive abilities. That's the only pass I would give her in this situation."

Others added: "Tell that it may be a dying wish for her but it will be the memory of her having sex with another that will stay with you the rest of your life," and: "Let her go and tell her he can be the one to take care of her for the next nine months."

One commenter pointed out: "Ouch! Now that it's out there the damage is done. Let her do what she wants if that's her dying wish I guess."

Someone else took the opposing view, writing: "While I may get some hate for this. It is her very short life, she wants to have sex with someone else and not break up with you. HOWEVER you have every right to say no/break up with her. Just remember that it is her life and she can make the decision to actually have pleasure in her last 9 months of life."

What would you do in this man's position? Let us know in the comments below.

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A man in Italy has been left devastated after revealing that his wife has tragically passed away after being in a coma for over three decades.

Miriam Visintin was traveling in her Fiat Panda in Casoni di Mussolente, Veneto, on Christmas Eve 1991, when she crashed and suffered an inoperable brain injury. She fell into a coma and never woke up.

Sadly, La Repubblica reported that she died last Wednesday (May 10).

Angelo Farina, Miriam's husband of 33 years, revealed that her passing was due to a cardiac arrest, telling the outlet: "She finally had peace for her injustice... Finally she's up there in peace and in paradise. We had only been married a year and a half when tragedy struck. We were so young and had so many projects... fate has been cruel to her. She didn't deserve all of this."

Miriam had been in a coma since her Christmas Eve crash, which occurred when her car lost control on a frozen surface and hit a pole. The couple had only married in 1990 and were set to spend their second Christmas together.

Angelo was told by doctors following the crash that Miriam would likely not survive the night. "When I married her I swore to stand by her through thick and thin," he told Italy 24 News.

Having been moved to different treatment centers due to complications, Miriam ultimately spent her last moments in a center in San Bassiano after her lungs filled up with liquid. Ever the doting husband, Angelo revealed that he visited his wife every day - even up to several times a day. Though, during the pandemic, this proved to be difficult.

"I went every day, during the lunch break, at least 15 minutes. Sometimes I managed to go even in the evening," he told La Repubblica after her funeral on Saturday (May 13). "If I went back, I would do it all over again," he continued, saying that he had "decided right away to stay there next to her, forever, until the last of her days."

"It was very difficult. Not an easy situation to accept. I had so much anger inside. Such a beautiful, good, and special girl shouldn't have ended that way," he added.

The local mayor released a heartfelt statement following Miriam's passing, saying (via Fanpage Italy): "What struck me a lot, in addition to the tragedy of a vegetative life that lasted 31 years, is the closeness of her husband, perpetuated in daily gestures of love for so long. In a very self-centered world, this example gives reason to believe that humanity still exists."

Our thoughts and sympathies go out to both Angelo's and Miriam's family and friends at this devastating time.

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