He Dumped His Fiancée After She Smashed A Citronella Candle Into His Face To Squish A Spider, Causing Him Severe Injuries
In the fall of next year, this 27-year-old man set a wedding date with his 25-year-old fiancée. They have been dating for five years, and he pictured having a wonderful life with her.
They have great careers, a lot of things in common, and even share a bunch of friends. While his fiancée is a good person, she has a fear of bugs that borders on insanity.
She’s particularly terrified of worms and spiders, and he’s really gone out of his way to show her empathy for her phobia in the past.
One night, he and his fiancée were at their friend’s home, sitting out on the back patio. They were having a wonderful time roasting marshmallows, enjoying a couple of drinks, and chatting.
“The next thing I remember is waking up in the ER with her crying and explaining what had happened,” he explained.
“She saw a (non-venomous) spider on my forehead that I was not even aware of and freaked out. She picked up a cheap metal container that held a citronella candle and proceeded to bash my forehead; she thinks five times until she was sure the spider was gone.”
“The result was 8 staples, internal brain trauma, and second-degree burns all over my face. It’s been six months since this happened, and the burn scars are still slightly visible.”
He later learned that his friend was the one who snatched the candle out of his fiancée’s hand while his wife dialed 911.
His friend says the whole thing was fast and out of nowhere, and the paramedics rushed to the scene in under 10 minutes.
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His friend and his friend’s wife never saw a spider or a bug on his face like his fiancée stated. As soon as his fiancée saw the damage she did to him, she flipped out and seemingly didn’t recall her actions leading up to his severe injuries.
However, she clearly did know exactly what had happened since she recounted the story to him as he lay in a hospital bed.
His fiancée evidently showed remorse, but after taking a bit of time to consider what she did and speaking to some of his family members and friends, he knew he had to call off their engagement.
His friend who pulled the candle out of his fiancée’s hand was the one who urged him to leave his fiancée.
When he did dump his fiancée, he carefully laid out that he wasn’t placing any kind of blame on her, but he was worried about a similar incident potentially occurring to him in the future.
In the days following that tough conversation, his now ex-fiancée desperately tried to get him to reconsider.
Finally, she walked away and he has not seen nor heard from her in the six months since she smashed the citronella candle into his face.
“She had freaked out in the past when insects had scared her, but never to the point of harming anyone,” he added.
“She wasn’t able to explain why she had reacted like this. She was not drunk and the people whose house we were at were very close friends. I really don’t understand, but it has caused lasting damage to me.”
He misses her a ton, so he’s left wondering if he was wrong to end things. What do you think?
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