Her Husband Sadly Passed Away, But Left Her Gifts To Open For The Next Year, And When Her Brother-In-Law’s Kid Opened Them All Up, She Asked Them To Move Out Of Her House
A woman’s 36-year-old husband named Adam sadly passed away one month ago after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Since then, she has continued to live in the house that he was the sole owner of, but a week ago, Adam’s brother wound up losing his job and moved in along with his children.
“I got to admit I wasn’t too pleased to have him move in with me, but I had no choice after I got talked into it by family, and since we had the chance to help each other grieve,” she explained.
“Here’s the situation; he started randomly walking into the bedroom and excusing it as “needing to borrow” something from Adam’s closet.”
“He wears his clothes and even started using his stuff (razor, laptop, etc.) he also got his hands on his piano, which to me felt disrespectful because…Adam wouldn’t want it touched or moved.”
Although she has attempted to create rules with her brother-in-law around what he is allowed to touch and what he’s not allowed to touch, every single time she has brought this up, he just asks her if Adam would have wanted her to do this to him.
This obviously left her feeling disappointed every time, and she thought about kicking him out of her house but never did it.
Well, that all changed yesterday when her brother-in-law’s kids ruined a surprise that Adam had left behind for her.
“Now, the current conflict, I finally brought myself to open Adam’s closet and found a box full of wrapped gifts,” she said.
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“I read the piece of paper at the bottom, and he wrote that he had got me a gift for next year’s occasions in advance since he knew he wouldn’t be around much longer. I was absolutely stunned. I looked at the gifts but didn’t open them.”
“There was a gift for my birthday, valentine’s, our wedding anniversary, Christmas, and so on… he said he wanted this gesture to also serve as a comforting method so I wouldn’t feel so devastated since we know that grief gets tense during these times.”
Adam was always incredibly attentive, but this final act of kindness just blew her away.
Yesterday, she left her house to do something, and when she came back, she walked into her house to find that her nephews had opened up every single gift that Adam had left for her, destroying everything.
“I was appalled; my joy instantly faded,” she continued. “I had a huge argument with BIL, but he said the kids were curious and that it was my fault for not concealing my stuff as I should have. I told him he had 3 days to move out, he started ranting about how it’s his brother’s house and how I was ruining family relationships over a “few gifts.”
“MIL got involved and took his side, saying he’s grieving and this is his brother’s house and that I’m acting unhinged. Am I being too emotional? I wanted to feel his presence in his presents this upcoming year, but I feel like it was ruined for me.”
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