He Freaked Out On His Husband For Cutting Down A Beloved Tree His Grandparents Planted
For years, this 35-year-old man has been married to his 35-year-old husband, and they’ve never encountered any major issues to work through.
Sadly, his grandparents passed away recently, and then he inherited their home. It’s not grand or luxurious by any means, but it’s a special place for him.
Back when his grandparents moved to his town, they built their home from scratch and planted a tree out in the yard.
“My grandparents loved that tree so much because it felt like it grew alongside their family in a way; they always took good care of it, especially my grandpa, who nicknamed it ‘Sally,'” he explained.
“My whole family, including me, have numerous pictures with that tree, some of us playing under it and others of my grandparents standing proudly next to it.”
“It might seem silly, but that tree genuinely meant a lot to all of us because we all played under it, sat under it, and talked together. It just held a lot of memories.”
His husband loves home renovation projects and has been on a mission to give their house a makeover since he feels it’s too “old” for his tastes.
He gave his husband free rein to renovate, and he wouldn’t mind if, one day, his husband woke up and wanted to paint their house blue or something.
He had to go away on a work trip, and when he came home, he couldn’t believe that his husband had cut down the beloved family tree that his grandparents had planted all those years ago.
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Apparently, his husband wanted to make their backyard more modern, so the tree had to go. He absolutely lost his mind on his husband over what he did to the tree, and they got into a blowout fight.
“He argued that I told him he could do whatever he wanted to the house, so I couldn’t back out now that he did something I didn’t like, but I find his argument invalid because I said the ‘house’ as in the structure not the tree and he should’ve known I wouldn’t have wanted him to cut it down,” he said.
“I know this is not the biggest issue ever, but I am genuinely heartbroken over this. It wasn’t just a tree to me or my family, and now, whenever I look outside, I just see an empty space where it should’ve been. I tried to get over it, but I still feel resentment towards him, which I don’t like.”
“I don’t know how to fix this or how to get my point across [to] him. I don’t want our relationship to fail because of a family tree, but I am also deeply hurt that he didn’t consider [my] or my family’s feelings at all. Should I just let it go? Or do I talk to him about it again even though I feel like it is useless since the tree is gone?”
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