{"id":78500,"date":"2024-08-28T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=78500"},"modified":"2024-08-28T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T02:53:53","slug":"my-husband-rewrote-his-will-behind-my-back-and-i-cant-forgive-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/my-husband-rewrote-his-will-behind-my-back-and-i-cant-forgive-him\/","title":{"rendered":"My Husband Rewrote His Will Behind My Back, and I Can\u2019t Forgive Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

My husband helped me raise my daughters, although he was not their biological father. In the end, he made a huge decision on his own that changed my life and ruined everything.\n

Years ago, I met Nicholas during the hardest time of my life. I was a single mother and had two daughters to feed. But we fell in love and got married in less than a year. We also moved into the most beautiful home I could imagine.\n

Nicholas had been divorced in the past and had a son he barely spoke to, Nick Jr. His ex-wife did everything in her power to stop Nicholas from seeing the kid. He hated her attitude and missed his son.\n

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Therefore, he took on a fatherly role with my daughters and became the best dad they ever had. Eventually, they stopped calling him \u201cstepfather.\u201d He was just their dad. But that was more than 20 years ago. My daughters grew up and now have families of their own.\n
Luckily, my eldest, Darlene, gave us two grandchildren. Nicholas adored those boys, and they visited often. They came for lunch one Sunday, and I wanted to talk to Darlene about something serious. My husband had told me something the night before that I wasn\u2019t sure I could deal with at all.\n
I thought it was unfair, but I wanted my daughter\u2019s honest opinion. Luckily, Nicholas planned to take the kids to the park. \u201cOk, Alice, honey. See you later,\u201d he said, giving me a worried look because he knew I had been thinking about last night.\n
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\u201cMom, what\u2019s going on?\u201d Darlene asked when we were finally alone.\n
\u201cOh, Darlene. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do now. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m being selfish or what,\u201d I started.\n
\u201cTell me. We\u2019ll figure things out,\u201d she told me.\n
\u201cLast night, your father revealed something that I\u2019m not sure I can forgive. He willed this big mansion to his son, Nick,\u201d I explained.\n
\u201cWhat? I thought he hadn\u2019t spoken to Nick in years,\u201d Darlene said, confused.\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t! Ever since that big fight where Nick called him all kinds of names because Nicholas wouldn\u2019t give him money,\u201d I added.\n
\u201cBut then, he\u2019s giving him this house? You live here too. You guys are married,\u201d Darlene continued.\n
$\"Darlene$
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\u201cThat\u2019s the problem, sweetheart. He just made that decision on his own without telling me anything about it. He showed me the will last night. It has been notarized and everything,\u201d I said. \u201cHe is also giving him all the money in his bank account.\u201d\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe Dad would do this,\u201d Darlene said. \u201cI mean\u2026I wasn\u2019t expecting anything for my sister or me. But he completely disregarded us\u2026his family for 20 years.\u201d\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how I feel. Like after all this time, we were never his real family! His son has treated him horribly for so long, and I know that his horrible mother influenced him. But still\u2026I don\u2019t know what to do,\u201d I finished and dried the tears running down my face.\n
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\u201cI\u2019m just in shock. You guys have had the perfect relationship for so long. My husband and I talked about it all the time. I can\u2019t believe Dad would do this,\u201d Darlene muttered. \u201cLet me call Rosaline. Let\u2019s see what she thinks.\u201d\n
\u201cDad did what?!\u201d Rosaline yelled through the speakerphone. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. I don\u2019t want his money, but I can\u2019t believe he wouldn\u2019t want Mom to be set for life if anything happens.\u201d\n
\u201cYeah, that\u2019s how I feel,\u201d Darlene told her sister. Meanwhile, I was still crying softly.\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m sorry. I consider him my father, but I won\u2019t tolerate this. Mom, you have rights to the house and the money. We are taking legal action NOW!\u201d Rosaline exclaimed and hung up.\n
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\u201cI didn\u2019t want to take this any further. He\u2019s my husband, and I know he wants to take care of Nick Jr. because he wasn\u2019t there most of his life,\u201d I told Darlene, hoping that she would convince her sister to back down.\n
\u201cNo, Mom. That wasn\u2019t Dad\u2019s fault or yours. What are you going to do if something happens? You would be left homeless and penniless. Rosaline is right. We have no option unless he changes his will,\u201d Darlene coaxed.\n
\u201cI\u2019ll try to talk to him,\u201d I said tentatively. But I knew Nicholas. I knew he wouldn\u2019t change his mind. I talked to him that night after Darlene left with her kids. Nicholas wouldn\u2019t budge, so I packed my things and went to stay at Rosaline\u2019s house.\n
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We took him to court but gave him many chances to change his mind. In the end, Nicholas decided to sell the big house and give me half the price. I didn\u2019t want to divorce him, but there was no other option. So I received half our savings as well.\n
He ruined our relationship. My daughters and I never saw him again. In the end, he didn\u2019t consider us family at all.\n
What can we learn from this story?\n
\n
**Money troubles can ruin everything. Nicholas disregarded part of his family in favor of his son, and in the end, he ruined his marriage.\n**
You have to protect yourself. Alice didn\u2019t want to take her husband to court, but her daughters wanted to protect her.\n\n
Share this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n
Note: This account is inspired by our reader\u2019s story but written by a professional writer. All names have been changed to protect identities and ensure privacy.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My husband helped me raise my daughters, although he was not their biological father. In the end, he made a huge decision on his own that changed my life and ruined everything. Years ago, I met Nicholas during the hardest time of my life. I was a single mother and had two daughters to feed. …\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":78501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78502,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions\/78502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

For illustrative purposes only\n
Therefore, he took on a fatherly role with my daughters and became the best dad they ever had. Eventually, they stopped calling him \u201cstepfather.\u201d He was just their dad. But that was more than 20 years ago. My daughters grew up and now have families of their own.\n
Luckily, my eldest, Darlene, gave us two grandchildren. Nicholas adored those boys, and they visited often. They came for lunch one Sunday, and I wanted to talk to Darlene about something serious. My husband had told me something the night before that I wasn\u2019t sure I could deal with at all.\n
I thought it was unfair, but I wanted my daughter\u2019s honest opinion. Luckily, Nicholas planned to take the kids to the park. \u201cOk, Alice, honey. See you later,\u201d he said, giving me a worried look because he knew I had been thinking about last night.\n
$\"I$
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\u201cMom, what\u2019s going on?\u201d Darlene asked when we were finally alone.\n
\u201cOh, Darlene. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do now. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m being selfish or what,\u201d I started.\n
\u201cTell me. We\u2019ll figure things out,\u201d she told me.\n
\u201cLast night, your father revealed something that I\u2019m not sure I can forgive. He willed this big mansion to his son, Nick,\u201d I explained.\n
\u201cWhat? I thought he hadn\u2019t spoken to Nick in years,\u201d Darlene said, confused.\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t! Ever since that big fight where Nick called him all kinds of names because Nicholas wouldn\u2019t give him money,\u201d I added.\n
\u201cBut then, he\u2019s giving him this house? You live here too. You guys are married,\u201d Darlene continued.\n
$\"Darlene$
For illustrative purposes only\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the problem, sweetheart. He just made that decision on his own without telling me anything about it. He showed me the will last night. It has been notarized and everything,\u201d I said. \u201cHe is also giving him all the money in his bank account.\u201d\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe Dad would do this,\u201d Darlene said. \u201cI mean\u2026I wasn\u2019t expecting anything for my sister or me. But he completely disregarded us\u2026his family for 20 years.\u201d\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how I feel. Like after all this time, we were never his real family! His son has treated him horribly for so long, and I know that his horrible mother influenced him. But still\u2026I don\u2019t know what to do,\u201d I finished and dried the tears running down my face.\n
$\"We$
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\u201cI\u2019m just in shock. You guys have had the perfect relationship for so long. My husband and I talked about it all the time. I can\u2019t believe Dad would do this,\u201d Darlene muttered. \u201cLet me call Rosaline. Let\u2019s see what she thinks.\u201d\n
\u201cDad did what?!\u201d Rosaline yelled through the speakerphone. \u201cI can\u2019t believe it. I don\u2019t want his money, but I can\u2019t believe he wouldn\u2019t want Mom to be set for life if anything happens.\u201d\n
\u201cYeah, that\u2019s how I feel,\u201d Darlene told her sister. Meanwhile, I was still crying softly.\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m sorry. I consider him my father, but I won\u2019t tolerate this. Mom, you have rights to the house and the money. We are taking legal action NOW!\u201d Rosaline exclaimed and hung up.\n
$\"I$
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\u201cI didn\u2019t want to take this any further. He\u2019s my husband, and I know he wants to take care of Nick Jr. because he wasn\u2019t there most of his life,\u201d I told Darlene, hoping that she would convince her sister to back down.\n
\u201cNo, Mom. That wasn\u2019t Dad\u2019s fault or yours. What are you going to do if something happens? You would be left homeless and penniless. Rosaline is right. We have no option unless he changes his will,\u201d Darlene coaxed.\n
\u201cI\u2019ll try to talk to him,\u201d I said tentatively. But I knew Nicholas. I knew he wouldn\u2019t change his mind. I talked to him that night after Darlene left with her kids. Nicholas wouldn\u2019t budge, so I packed my things and went to stay at Rosaline\u2019s house.\n
$\"Our$
For illustrative purposes only\n
We took him to court but gave him many chances to change his mind. In the end, Nicholas decided to sell the big house and give me half the price. I didn\u2019t want to divorce him, but there was no other option. So I received half our savings as well.\n
He ruined our relationship. My daughters and I never saw him again. In the end, he didn\u2019t consider us family at all.\n
What can we learn from this story?\n
\n
**Money troubles can ruin everything. Nicholas disregarded part of his family in favor of his son, and in the end, he ruined his marriage.\n**
You have to protect yourself. Alice didn\u2019t want to take her husband to court, but her daughters wanted to protect her.\n\n
Share this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire them.\n
Note: This account is inspired by our reader\u2019s story but written by a professional writer. All names have been changed to protect identities and ensure privacy.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My husband helped me raise my daughters, although he was not their biological father. In the end, he made a huge decision on his own that changed my life and ruined everything. Years ago, I met Nicholas during the hardest time of my life. I was a single mother and had two daughters to feed. …\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":78501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78502,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions\/78502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}