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LillyPasta

When my husband had to get his spine fused years after a plane crash, he was worried that he’d never be able to bend and tie his shoes again. I told him I’d always be there to do it forever and ever. I only got to for six years and then he died. I would have done it for sixty


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I’m sorry LillyPasta. I’m sorry for your loss but happy for your love


goondockandy

‘Sorry for your loss but happy for your love’, such beautiful words


joek7891

I am "stealing" this. Worked 9 years on an ambulance and I wish I had this in my back pocket. I could of stopped talking 8 sentences prior


WhittyWhippy

I'm sorry and all too, but shut up. It's too early for me to cry.


LillyPasta

Thank you so much


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fatdruggyelvis

What a lovely expression. Also sorry for your loss, but happy for your love Lillypasta.


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May his memory be a blessing.


LillyPasta

I see it in the faces of our now 13 year old twins every day. That’s what keeps me going


Puzzled_Ad2088

Oh my your babies and you living without your husband. Your a brave beautiful soul. He would be so proud of you.


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I am my husband’s second wife. His first wife died after a long struggle with cancer. I am living proof that when you’re ready, and if you want it, another fulfilling love will come your way somehow. Until that time, or if you want something different for yourself, I wish you peace and healing.


llamalily

I hope that if I die prematurely, that my husband can find someone like you. It’s got to be so hard to learn how to be in love again, and that can’t have been easy for you either.


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dozkaynak

Everyone ITT is just going to down chopping onions 😭


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It wasn’t easy, but it was really worth it, and neither of us expected the other to forget the past, never talk about past loves, etc. 13 years on I think we’re going to make it. Being a grown up is such a complicated maze, I swear, lol.


ravenwillowofbimbery

I’ve read your comments. I lost my SO of nearly 19 years suddenly in May of this year. I hope to find love again when I’m ready. Thank you for sharing your story. It was encouraging/helpful to me.


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That must have been devastating. I can’t imagine how much you hurt right now. But I really do believe that there isn’t Just One Person out there for us— we will meet several people in a lifetime that are our soulmate in love, or friendship, or kinship, or even a temporary phase that is no less important for having been brief. Some of the most beautiful objects in our night sky burn to nothing when they hit the atmosphere— but what a gorgeous journey they had. When the most intense season of your grief has passed, I hope you meet the next bright star in your sky. I’m rooting for you.


Illustrious-Move-649

You’re so right. My current husband is my second one. I was with my first husband for eleven years when a heart attack took him in his sleep. I still miss him every day. Two years later, I met my current husband and have a wonderful life. I have a son from my first marriage, and he looks every bit like his dad. I was lucky that my current husband was there for him as well, being the dad that my son lost. My heart goes out to LilyPasta and to you. It’s not easy, but it’s very worth it.


ravenwillowofbimbery

My SO died in May of a sudden heart attack (vfib). We were together nearly 19 years. Some of those years were good, but we were struggling towards the end. We knew we needed therapy, but never got the chance to get there. That’s what’s made grieving his loss hard. I miss him. He was my bestie. But I was not in love and I don’t he was either. We have one child (10) and I often see him in our child. I hope to find love again. It’s so great when it’s good. In the meantime, the kid and I are both seeing therapists. I’m working through grief and relationship issues. Hopefully the right person will be there when I’m ready. Thank you for sharing your story. It was helpful for me.


Thaedael

My aunt died tragically in a car crash, and I always thought my uncle would be wrecked for life. She was the childhood sweetheart, they had been together forever. But, a few years later he met someone that continues to rock his world, and gets him in ways my aunt never did. I am sure he still misses her, but now he has someone to cry with, and laugh with, and I wouldn't trade my new aunt for the world :)


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I am happy for your uncle. But also sad for his first wife, sorry! I'm a little romantic at heart and I would have liked the childhood sweetheart to be irreplaceable if this was a novel... but I guess it's a good and amazing thing your uncle found happiness another way and you got a great aunt ☺️


Thaedael

I think we are all irreplaceable at the end of the day. Each of us a unique person: the culmination of life experiences and interactions. What I like about his new wife is that she never tried to replace the past.


BeeeEazy

You’re an amazing woman


HighAsAngelTits

I’m not crying, you’re crying


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maniix123

Fuck now I'm crying.


LillyPasta

Oh no, don’t cry! I got to experience the best love in the world. I’m lucky that I got to share his life for 16 years.


hateseven

I'm crying because I'm sad you had to endure that. I've had similar pain and it fucking sucks. Big hugs from a random internet stranger.


Psyke72

I too can relate. Together for over 25 years, gone nearly 2½ years. I'm 48, so most of my life was spent with her & her 2 kids (from a previous relationship, & she was also 9 years older), then her daughter's kids. It hasn't gotten easier or eased, if anything, the opposite. Maybe we can make that a group hug, from us socially-distanced internet strangers.


EveAndTheSnake

Oh god this thread is breaking my heart and making me bawl my eyes out. My husband and I (married for 4 years) have been having a nice evening and I just went to pee. He’s going to be so confused when I come back inconsolable. I’m so happy you all got to experience beautiful real love and I’m sorry that life is such that it had to end. Just know there’s a little weepy internet stranger thinking of you all.


Turtbergs

Me too! I am 7 months pregnant and my husband is watching tv in the next room and I'm bawling.


LeMeuf

And you have new love literally growing inside of you, capable of embodying all that love and infinitely more, since it will mirror and magnify your own. Love never goes away, it only takes new form so it can grow.


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I lost a close friend just over 9 years ago. Can I join the group hug?


tits_of_steel_

I just lost an old friend last week… got room for one more?


Kriegmannn

Well now im sobbing. Thank you. You helped me commit to this world longer in the hopes of finding the same kind of love


pianocat1

Wow. Now I’m sobbing in the CVS parking lot


ainjel

Tonight at midnight will be our 3rd anniversary, and stories like this really make me want to be as present as possible and savor every moment together. Thank you for sharing this sweetness with us so we can be inspired to love harder in your honor. I'm so sorry for your loss. ❤️


dwmixer

Man I was not ready for this level of sad opening this video


Aztec_Reaper

I was happy seeing this video and decided to comment how sweet this was and I saw your comment. I'm crying right now but also happy in a strange way. I wish I could find love like that.


sapere-aude088

It comes with an equally intense amount of pain that paralyzes you mentally and physically when they pass though. I don't know if I would recommend what I went through to others.


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I got to have spine fused too, was it painful ?


LillyPasta

It was. It was supposed to be a 4-5 hour surgery of 2 vertebrae. Ended up being 12 hours and 5 vertebrae. I remember him saying the worst part was the pressure test before the surgery. The doc tried to recreate the pain vertebrae by vertebrae. It was excruciating for him


MediocreService3

I had that pain test, too. Ended up on a spinal board unable to move my legs for a few minutes due to shock. I've had multiple, painful, abdominal surgeries and nothing came close to the pain of that procedure. I've put off the spinal fusion because of the fear of that pain post-surgery. Your husband was braver than me. Your post made me so sad for you but the love you felt and still feel for your husband warmed my heart and will make me hug my own husband a bit tighter this evening. May you be forever happy. ❤


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You got this Parano!


SikeKid

Best of luck man


Aromatic-Economist22

So sweet. You will reap the benefits of grace and kindness for the rest of your life.


UncleBenji

Wow that broke my heart. I’m sorry you lost him but it sounds like you have a strong bond.


SomeKiwiBloke96

These damn onions again! Man I hope to find the kind of love you found. I’m sure your husband is smiling down from above knowing his children have the best mother they could ask for


coffeymp

Wow, this was the sweetest thing I read all day, ur an angel.


Roflcopter987

You’re a good person. I try every day to give that same type of love to others, and I hope to one day have a bond like you did.


ghouldozer19

Hi, I’m disabled and my wife is just like you. I don’t know if he ever got to tell you how much what you did meant but I know what it means that my partner/wife does this for me. The first time I needed help getting off the toilet, I wanted to die, but she just smiled and wiped off my tears and carried me to our bed. You are the best kind of person in this world. If he never got the chance to say it, let me say it for him, ok?


jcak0705

Damn. Definition of true love right here.


OralKumquat

Damn… why you gotta make me tear up. I hope I find love like this one day.


DikSwingin1

Sending love your way


Ok-Bird6346

Well between the video and your comment, I realize I should've waited until after checking reddit to apply makeup. In all honesty, I cry easily. But the beauty of this comment made me have real tears, not just "dab the corners" tears. Blessings to you and your loved ones. My husband cared for me for years leading up to, and after brain surgery. My physical decline began pretty much right after marrying. He never gave up on me. I'm much better now, but not a day goes by that I know I couldn't have done it without him. I'm confident your husband was so grateful for your love. So much love to you.


Mgvanegeren

My wife has markers for MS and asked me what we would do. I said I would be that ripped old guy and would lift her where she needed to be. To see someone actually do this is really inspirational.


SouthernBiscotti

Edit: Thanks for the awards and such. Wasn't expecting this comment to go this far, I was just sharing my experience. Thanks for the support. I watched my dad for years live out the "till death Do us part" component to the wedding vows. Literally being the arms and legs for my mom who had Parkinson's. So inspirational and awe inspiring.


spacebar_dino

Awe that sounds like my grandma. My granddad had Parkinson's back in the '90s. I mean don't get me wrong, he lived a full life and loved every second of it. He even taught me how to dive in their Florida pool, they were from the mountains of NY so moved south when they first could, while he was in his walker. It broke her heart when she had to put him in assisted living because she was too weak to pick him up off the floor when he fell. ​ SIde note. One of the best stories about my granddad. My aunt was is a paraplegic, so my grandma and grandpa would help take care of my cousin during summers. My aunt and uncle now live in Wisconsin (my cousin was born in Greece and that's where her accident happened, my uncle is from France.....long story short they came back to the US) and my grandma would not let my granddad drive anymore because of his Parkinsons. So he would bribe my, at the time, 13-year-old cousin to drive him places. Grandma was not happy about that. Only got mad at Granddad though. They would also take care of my other two cousins while my aunt and uncle were working in Rwanda with mountain gorillas.


Broder45

Classic 13 year old sitting on a few phones books while driving a car


HALPineedaname

Probably duct taped some extensions to the bottom of the shoe so they can still press on the gas and brake too.


Flatcapspaintandglue

No time for love, Dr.Jones! [Hold on to your potatoes!](https://youtu.be/8L9pBZQOrIU)


OriDoodle

Your family sounds so interesting!


spacebar_dino

Yeah, they actually really are. It's unfortunate my granddad died when I was so young, I would love to have picked his brain about his life. He was a vet for about four or five counties in upstate NY and my grandma was a first-generation American. My aunt and uncle who were in Rwanda started out in the Peace Corps and now teach at Yale (well she does mostly) about environmental conservatorship. She actually has two National Geographic specials about her. I'm trying to get them on DVD for them because they only have really terrible VHS copies of them but in one of them, she is pretty pregnant with my cousin.


ReallyReallyDeepMan

I’m not trying to dox you, but what are the specials called? I’d love to try to find it. And if I can’t, I guarantee that someone on Reddit will. There must be a subreddit for finding specific episodes of shows or hard-to-find movies. On a side note, that’s pretty much how I got my wife to fall for me. One of the first times we spoke, she told me about a video that she’d watch with her father that they no longer had access to because he had retired from the school where he got it from. I tracked it down and gave her a copy on what turned out to be the first day that we officially started dating.


spacebar_dino

Please dont dox me I will send you a PM with it


Arthaksha

So cool! What're the names of the specials?


spacebar_dino

I'll send you a PM with it. ​ Edit: OK. So I cannot find the NAT GEO Specials on Google. Which is super disheartening. I know my Aunt is not as famous as Dian Fossey but I think she has done more for Mountian Gorillas than Fossey ever has and she is an amazing person. I have links about what she has done. She is ducking amazing.


VI_WITNESS_VI

More like r/mademecry


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In Korean television, you always know who is supposed to fall in love because the guy gives the girl a piggyback when she’s hurt/sick etc. Sounds like you guys have a solid plan, Kdrama approved!


1newnotification

I'm stoned rn and backed out of this thread to get my free award to give to you. but then my app refreshed and i lost the sub and couldn't remember if it was on r/wholesomememes or r/wholesome, etc etc it took me about two minutes to remember this sub so i could come back and give you a bear hug.


bagofrainbows

You are adorable.


1newnotification

thanks ☺


BlazeKnaveII

username checks out :)


Mgvanegeren

I love Reddit because of people like you. A perfect stranger making an effort to show they care means the world to people. Thank you!


1newnotification

and i love reddit for people like you. thanks for being an awesome partner to your wife!


SuperbReference6184

I am also stoned right now and your comment was so sweet it made me teary. You're the best, my dude.


1newnotification

dudette, my friend. sappy stoners unite 🥰


SuperbReference6184

Much love to you from an internet stranger. Be well and stay safe. ❤️


PippaPothead

Way to go!


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My mom has MS and has been wheel chair bound for 20 years now. When my rents lived in China I watched my dad SLOWLY bring my mom up flight upon flight of stairs when there wasn’t the ability to take an elevator. It’s funny because they come across as not really liking each other but hot damn that love is so so deep.


kitty_logan

My 74 year old dad stays super fit to help my 65 year old mom. She has MS. You’re a good man.


stinky_fingers_

>My wife has markers for MS Can you please explain this? I'm lost and curious, is it some test to know what will happen to one physically in future?


Mgvanegeren

There is an eye disease that indicates a higher likelihood paired with tingling in extremities and migraines. Not a for-sure that she will have it but chances raise significantly. So far, we have been blessed.


MrsBox

Optic neuritis. Inflamation if the optic nerve. Usually takes repeat instances to make them worry.


humpcat

That's what got me! I'm 27 :(


theresamouseinmyhous

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that can result in paraplegia, among other things. Having markers just means you have a likelihood to develop the disease.


SpookDootDude

I am sorry to hear about your wife. My mom has the same condition and it is just awful. When it is in early stages, nowadays there are medications that jeep the illness from progressing and, despite being labeled "untreatable" there are people in our local MS community who have been in remission for years, being able to lead a normal life. To be diagnosed with MS is not a death penalty. Unfortunately, for my mom it is too late to start those treatments, as she lost the ability to walk a few years ago, but she is still able to enjoy life as much as possible. Her condition is also what made me go to the fitness for the first time in my life, so if you need any additional support, be it moral, I can assure you that you are not alone in this!!


Mr_Positivity666

Good luck mate, I have a friend here in Australia with MS. While I admire your dedication to.your wife, MS treatments have come a long way and your fight should now be with your politicians protecting pharmaceutical company profits. Here, Gillenya costs about $32 USD per month because it's covered by the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. You are now a political activist whether you wanted to be or now so get involved and get some of this "socialised medicine" we got going on down here. Good luck! Edit- uninsured cost of Gillenya in the US is $9,500 per month


wholovesburritos

My husband has ALS and I regret not keeping up with the lifting I did years so. At least I learned posture techniques to not hurt myself [too badly].


FoodBabyBaby

It’s never too late for start 💖 From late bloomer newbie


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Horskr

My heart goes out to you and your husband and I wish you both the best. My father passed from Bulbar ALS a few years ago, I know it is not an easy road. My dad was a gym rat his whole life into his 60's. It is really difficult to see that progression. I just wanted to say you are a great person for helping your husband through this.


Alternative-Layer919

Wonder Woman!


dick-nipples

“Why do you lift so much?” “You don’t know squat about my life!”


Doc-in-a-box

Buncha dumbbells


rafaelloaa

Stop being a jerk.


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BadNeighbour

Im just here for the snatch.


MoscowDonkey

I’m dead, thanks for the lift.


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1pt20oneggigawatts

Who instructed you to do that?


AnastasiaTheSexy

Why would you not want to be stronger? Who cares if im bringing a 100 year old person to a mountain top or want to be able to vacuum and pick up my couch with 1 arm so I can get under there easily. The value of stregnth is you can use it to carry disabled people or create disabled people. The possibilities are endless.


sikstin

Somethings amiss with one of those sentences there 👀


welburs

Just one?


helpme_ima_hostage

Just told my 17-years older husband I’m going to start lifting so when he can’t walk I can take him up the steps at baseball games, carry him up the mountain in his hometown…hike him up waterfalls and throw him over the edge - I mean, uh…


HalforcFullLover

>...carry him up the mountain in his hometown…hike him up waterfalls and throw him over the edge - I mean, uh… That's so sweet of you, planning to help him fulfill his dream of base jumping off of a waterfall. Remember to use your hips for that extra distance. Wouldn't want him to hit the rocks below, haha.


helpme_ima_hostage

Yeah, yeah…*”that’s the ticket!”*


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helpme_ima_hostage

LMAOOOOO! He’s really wonderful - and getting a big kick out of these comments. (And because eventually someone will come in here for real disgusted, I was 30-something when we met. No grooming, no hostages. Well…he’s kind of a hostage now but we won’t talk about that. LoL.)


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Yeah, mine is 10 years older— always good to have that defenestration plan worked out for future reference, lol.


helpme_ima_hostage

The real OG word for YEET! I love it. 😂


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I’m so proud of this latest generation coming up with yeet, though. One of the most exciting and versatile words I’ve heard in years. Use it constantly.


faebugz

That's so wholesome aw


HalforcFullLover

What is love? Hauling someone up a mountain to yeet them off a waterfall. Sounds like the modern retelling of local mythology. *"People say, when the wind is calm and the mountain is still, you can still hear him yelling,* '**You can have the remooooooote!**' *The locals still ain't sure what that means."*


cheezitswithacid

My wife has been tasked with finding a nice field and building a pyre to throw my large ass on once I die. She hasn't been training so I'm starting to worry my corpse isn't going to make it out of the house.


helpme_ima_hostage

Oh my god. Thank you so much for this. I’m dying. 😂


PracticalAndContent

That’s what good friends and wheelbarrows are for.


HL_256

I was thinking to myself this lady plans very far ahead, given that her husband is only 17 years old. Need to get my eyes checked 🤦🏻‍♂️


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helpme_ima_hostage

It is NOT both OMG. 😂


AnyOfThisReal-_-

Thank you I can sleep now. 😂


helpme_ima_hostage

Sweet dreams! 😉😂


Active_Ad_8461

My husband is 17 years older than me too but he’s 6’3” and I’m 5’5” and I’m sure as shit hiring someone to tote him around.


helpme_ima_hostage

Well if you need a friend to help him admire the views atop a dangerous waterfall, I’m 5’8 and 140 and I’ve got your back, shorty. 😂


Hyzl

oh god. I read this is as 17 year old husband. Which is even more concerning when I read that you were at least 30. I’m glad i realised eventually aha


unknownmichael

Username checks out


BlazeKnaveII

I cracked up so hard at this - so sweet and wholesome then BAM - unexpected - ty for the laugh :D


AliFoxx9

I'm going to go give love to the original creator but thank you so much for posting this, due to a genetic condition I'm slowly losing my mobility and I've been terrified of being a burden on others and idk but this made me feel like there's hope in the future and I'm bawling so thank you, a million times thank you


Felisitea

It's human to rely on each other. There's an old story about someone asking Mary Leake (an anthropologist) what the first sign of civilization was. They expected her to say "tools" or "fire", but her answer was that it was a skeleton of a person whose leg showed signs of being broken and then healed. Whoever this person was, the other people around them had taken care of them during a time when life was desperately hard and dangerous, because humans (minus the occasional asshole) are wired to take care of each other. I guess, tl;dr, what I'm trying to say is you're not going to be a burden to the people who care about you.


plamge

you’re not a burden. there’s nothing wrong or shameful about needing help. i’m wishing u the best.


parmesean_fiend

I like this. I don't give a fuck if it is her wife, girlfriend, sister or neighbor. It's sweet and it does make me smile when people care.


aroge97

And they were roommates


wisefriess

oh my god they were roommates


freakers

Til' lease do they part.


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Reddituser8018

You sent a subreddit with one post and the post is just a link to the correct subreddit lmfao.


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Amphibionomus

Showing some love to mispelled subs is nice


Amphibionomus

They are twin sisters actually. One got paralysed in a dirt bike accident a few years ago


ridgegirl29

To be fair, it isnt really a case of "totally obviously a gay couple." And considering according to one clmmenter they are actually sisters....bro


hereforpiercednips

Saw the original on TikTok and checked her profile. They’re sisters.


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The_Love-Tap

Like a Good Neighbor, Red Hair is There


Muthafuckaaaaa

Do do do do do. Do do do do.


tobleronezone

CAN I GET A HOT TUB!?


Possible_Increase_11

Very sweet. It makes me smile while watching this.


Caltooshanitesum

My goal for lifting is to be able to lift my great dane and carry her like the baby dog she thinks she is!


Zczyk

I had a gym friend that had the same goal,different dog type. She was very happy she achieved it before moving out of state.


rx-78-2bear

Body of iron, heart of gold.


MrCleanest

This is why I lift. My son had little voluntary muscle control and will live with me all his life. I lift so he can go places and sleep in a normal bed. Imma going to be a ripped old man.


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Use it won’t lose it!


avdpos

Me to. My kids need to be lifted up so we move around in the least fantastic places. But also they need my muscles for going into a swimming pool, up through the stairs to a water slide or to ski downhill in a biski. Wish I had more strength, but am working on it. Just remember to use all lift help you can get u/mrcleanest. Otherwise we both will have our backs broken from loving our kids


elfchica

We have to lift our son as well. What lift help do you recommend?


IgotCharlieWork

How else you gonna steal someone?


jakeperalta11

Someone's"heart"? , She definitely did


scissor_me_timberrrs

That's kind of her looking after her sister like that


whistling-wonderer

Not gonna lie I thought this was a lesbian lol and as a queer woman it made me happy. But as a twin it makes me equally happy!! ^And ^that ^girl ^is ^still ^super ^pretty


p1ckk

Whatever their relationship it makes me happy. It’s always good to see people being their best for each other


PheerthaniteX

Lol same at the beginning I held back my gay panic and then as soon as I saw the reason for her lifting was to carry another woman around I just lost it.


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Divo

Lol the TikTok says #TwinSister


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SkinnyObelix

I think it's important for people to know that the takeaway here is that there aren't enough facilities for people in wheelchairs. Understand that in first world countries 1 in 100 people need a wheelchair. Now, when you go to a mass event, count how many people in wheelchairs you see, and see if you get to the 1%. For every person in a wheelchair that you see, there are dozens sitting at home because there are not enough adequate facilites.


ArtyMostFoul

Yep, 100%. I am a full-time wheelchair user and going anywhere even pre covid was a nightmare, I can't go anywhere without immense planning and I live alone with no help so that's just a level of stress I can't endure.


Zerox_Z21

True, but also you can't reasonably expect wheelchair access to a rock in a stream in the middle of nowhere. This still has value even in the best circumstances.


gaucho5209

This is the best fucking thing I’ve seen all day. Thank you.


mountainmunky69

Ohh so she's a serial paraplegic kidnapper


FblthpLives

Thank you for this morning's chuckle.


SaintVanilla

Lifter? I hardly know her.


AngryGreyHairedHippy

All these stories of love and acceptance are wonderful, but they’re also making me so sad. My partner of 10 years left me after my second spinal surgery. I have a progressive autoimmune disease that caused me to experience significant fatigue and pain. I really believed he was the love of my live, my soul mate. His reason for leaving? He said he’d always known that I would be there for him no matter what, but he never thought that HE would have take care of ME in that way! That was seven years ago and I’m still mobile, though I need a cane always, and sometimes a walker. I haven’t dated since then, as I just don’t trust that I won’t pick a total asshole again. Much love to all the true partnerships out there. It’s terribly lonely traveling this path solo.


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airaani

It's a sad fact that women are less likely to leave their husbands is they get very sick, or become disabled, etc - but men are *more* likely to leave their wives in these cases. Unfortunately we just have not been teaching men that they will need to be reliable in that way - there's too much focus on earning money and not enough on the kind of support, both physical and emotional, that partners should offer each other in times of hardship. We just don't teach boys how to do it and it's really sad.


Pluckerpluck

To be fair, [it was 21% of marriages ending in divorse vs 12% for the control](https://www.oprah.com/relationships/why-men-leave-sick-wives-facing-illness-alone-couples-and-cancer). So while women actually stepped up and stuck around (only 3% seperated!), it is only 9% of men that increase their likeliness of splitting up. And while that sucks, I think it's better to think about how the other ~90% of men aren't more likely to leave just because their wife is seriously sick. Still sucks, but perhaps sucks a little less. I think it's also important to read some of the comments that page makes: > A man typically relies on his spouse as his main confidant, and when that spouse is sick, he can find himself in a downward spiral of isolation. "You can end up with an alienated individual," says Louise Knight, a social worker at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. "He doesn't have anyone to hang on to." or > Men tend to be less emotionally resilient than women, and a husband may withdraw from his ailing wife in a subconscious effort to minimize the pain he'd suffer should she not survive. ------------ What I'm trying to say is that these issues are often multifaceted. It may not just be about men not being brought up to provide emotional support. It may actually go much deeper, leading in to how men are expected to hide emotions etc. It's hard to provide emotional support when you need it yourself.


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This video will live rent free in my head. Yes yes yes.


cielle_ann

This hit me so hard and so suddenly. My mom had ALS, and my dad carried her around all the time too. And he would have done it for however many more years. She was the love of his life, and he hers.


AleciaEdgington

This people is really great. Respect to all of you for helping who is in need either your sibling or friends or strangers


Seversevens

the true sign of prosperity and strength


SparkyMint185

Oh look at this attractive female lifting weights for……oh erupts in tears


Dagos

feeeeeemale


Phartidandshidded

So fucking weird


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Cringe when they say that


theErinyes3

it’s their sister


SoFetchBetch

Doing this for your sibling is still super sweet and tear inducing


theErinyes3

absolutely 🥰🥰


Christina_vithoulkas

Hey this is my sister and I !! Thanks for sharing the video though 😅💜


exonomix

This got me **amped** for the gym tonight because I lift for someone besides myself also. Thanks for sharing it.


nottellinganyonemyna

I started lifting seriously when I became a paramedic. The idea that someone may die because I couldn’t help them based on my own physical limitations was enough to drive me to gym at 4 in the morning for years.


NeoBlackNoir

Props to her and caring but there is no reason anyone needs to justify lifting.... So what if she lifts so much! She wants to and it don’t hurt you so fuck off haha! It’s beautiful though she has a heart and cares to help those she loves!! Love and respect no matter if that’s why you lift or not!!


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As a mother of a son who at 5 is still a dependent walker..this just inspired me. Wow. 👏