Life with a spouse is filled with ups and downs until we die. A user asked the forum, “What is the scariest thing your spouse ever said to you?” Here are the top responses.
I TOOK ALL MY PILLS
“‘I can’t believe I’m still alive. I took all my pills.’ Yes, they died soon after.”
LOOK AT ALL THOSE SNAKES
“Look at all those snakes on the ceiling! It was the middle of the night. He was fast asleep. There were no snakes.”
I THINK I’M HAVING A HEART ATTACK
“I think I’m having a heart attack. It was her first panic attack. I broke every law driving her to the hospital. Thankfully, she’s doing better now.”
I DON’T WANT THIS TO WORK
“During our first marriage counseling session, we were asked about our goals for this session. The wife said, ‘I don’t want this to work.’ It did not work. That was the end of our marriage.
At the time, it was the scariest moment of my life. Today, three years later, neither of us would be happy and would need some help. Therapy has been helpful. Sometimes honesty hurts, and revelations are hard.”
I THOUGHT ABOUT HANGING MYSELF
“‘I thought about hanging myself in the garage last night.’ My husband said when he finally told me how badly he was struggling with his mental health. I had no idea he was in such a dark place. Hearing that come from his mouth scared me and ripped my heart out.”
I WANT OUT RIGHT NOW
“Six months into my second marriage. My spouse said, ‘If this is what being with you for the rest of my life is going to be like, I want out right now.’ That I was damaged and that I needed help.
I immediately found a therapist. I went steadily for ten years. Lots of uncomfortable times. But it changed me. We are together now pretty happily, 23 years with two amazing kids. It doesn’t have to last forever.”
YOU’D BE BETTER OFF IF I DIDN’T LIVE ANYMORE
“At her lowest point of depression, while out shopping, with no apparent trigger, my spouse said, ‘You’d be better off if I didn’t live anymore,’ or something similar, I forget the exact words. Fortunately, she got out of that rut and didn’t remember saying it, but it terrified me.”
I DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU
“I discovered he was addicted to cocaine. It was entirely out of the blue. I would have never found out if I hadn’t stained my shirt and had to go home to change and walk in on him snorting at 1:39 p.m. on a random Tuesday.
I gave him an ultimatum: my support during rehab unconditionally, or we ultimately part ways if you want to continue snorting cocaine all day. He said, ‘Cocaine, I don’t want to talk to you.’ He chose cocaine, and we divorced.
I have no idea whether he is alive or dead. Frankly, the man I married never actually existed. I have such a lousy spouse I have decided to give up.”
SOMEONE IS IN OUR HOUSE
“All the lights downstairs just went on. There is someone in our house. I was on a business trip, and my wife called me at 3 a.m. Never felt so helpless in my life.
She called the police, and they searched our home from top to bottom, but we never found out who switched on every light on the ground floor!”
SOMEONE IS STANDING IN THE CORNER
“‘Who is that standing in the corner?’ she said at 2 a.m. while sitting in bed and pointing towards the corner. I was still half asleep but freaking out, and then she just laid back down and continued sleeping like nothing happened. No one was in the corner.”
I’M TIRED AND WANT TO GO HOME
“My spouse said, ‘I’m tired and want to go home.’ He died 6 hours later, after fighting cancer for six weeks.”
I AM BLEEDING
“My wife woke me up in the middle of the night and said, ‘I’m bleeding.’ She was pregnant and was having a miscarriage. We do have a beautiful daughter already, so this was for our second child. The miscarriage is actually very recent, so we’re still working through it, but we’re doing okay.”
THE VOICES IN HER HEAD TOLD HER THAT I WAS SATAN
“My wife suffers from Bipolar Disorder. Before her first extended hospitalization, when she was diagnosed, and while she was going through her first severe manic episode with psychosis, she later told me that the voices in her head told her that I was Satan and she needed to kill me. She told them no that she knew better. So there’s that.”
I CAN’T GET E TO WAKE UP
“My spouse said, ‘I can’t get E to wake up.’ E was our nine-month-old daughter who was near death due to severe flu-related dehydration. I was at work and broke every existing traffic law to make it home.
We rushed her to the hospital, where they had to place an IV (Intravenous Therapy) in her carotid artery due to her veins collapsing. Thanks to the excellent hospital staff, she survived with no complications.
The episode scared me so bad that I was never again able to carpool without me driving. I would not give up control of being able to leave work if anything similar ever happened. It happened thirty-one years ago, but it’s still terrifying.”
YOU ONLY HAVE SIX MORE YEARS TO LIVE
“It was a Saturday morning, about a month ago, and he came downstairs and asked if I had just been upstairs to wake him.
‘No.’ He says, ‘Someone shook me and said, Get up! You only have six more years to live.’
He was shaken by the experience all weekend and now says it’s nothing to worry about. Me, on the other hand, can’t let it go.”
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HANG YOURSELF
“My spouse wanted to go to a bar with friends. However, he was only gone for about 30 minutes and rushed home. He ran through the door, hugged me, and said, ‘I thought you’d hang yourself.’
It was totally out of the blue! I don’t have a history of depression thoughts. I was feeling a little down a few days before, but nothing too serious. It scared me when he suddenly talked about my death.”
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