A man was gathering mushrooms with his family in the woods and accidentally discovered a headstone bearing his childhood photo. He investigated the locals around town to figure out how it was possible and learned about a dangerous cult that lived there long ago and the tragic fate of his family he never knew.
The wind bustled through a thick grove of scarlet oak as Travis, Eve, and their 8-year-old son Robin sauntered across the woods, gathering mushrooms for dinner. It was their favorite weekend hobby since moving to Maine to escape the brutally hot and muggy Texas summers.
The recent relocation to the quiet town nestled in the picturesque hills helped Travis, 34, cope with his health issues. Doctors had advised him to move to a less hot and warm place, so Maine seemed like a perfect choice to live in and make good money when his company offered him a transfer and promotion.
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It had been three months since they moved to this part of the Pine Tree State, and that calm and breezy afternoon seemed normal until Travis decided to venture deep into the woods — somewhere they’d not set foot in before. He was just curious to explore the region, that’s all.
Walking along the gravel path, Travis realized Brandy, their Doberman, was missing from sight. “He must’ve gone to pee,” he thought but started worrying when he heard the dog barking ferociously a few yards away. Travis followed Brandy’s loud barks and saw him sniffing something in fear, crouching back, and charging again.
“What is it, boy? Phwwwt, come here,” said Travis as he pushed through the dense, tall grass and walked further, only to be stunned at finding over a hundred tombstones there. Some were still in good shape. Some covered in moss and debris were eroded with the sands of time. But one particular headstone Travis encountered moments later startled him…
“Whoa, what is this place? And 1800s cemetery or something?” Travis’s hand went over his mouth in surprise as Eve and Robin followed him.
“Honey, I think we should go back. I don’t get a good feeling about this place. Look at those antlers…and these bones…and voodoo dolls. Oh my God, let’s go. This place is giving me the creeps,” Eve panicked, hunching her shoulders against the autumn breeze.
But by then, their son Robin had already ventured deeper and a little farther away from their sight. Suddenly, they heard him scream as though he’d seen a ghost. “Daddy…Mommy…Look, I found DAD’S PHOTO…I found DAD’S PHOTO!”
“I heard the tombstones were cursed … And the children who visited them died.”
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Travis and Eve’s hearts raced in fear as they bolted to the spot, only to freeze at what they found there. Robin was pointing his finger at a crumbled grave with a slightly tilted headstone bearing his dad Travis’s childhood photo. Wide-eyed and with trembling hands, Travis dusted the debris off the ceramic picture and was stunned at seeing the date of birth etched on it. It was January 29, 1984, his very own date of birth.
“This is unbelievable! What’s my photo doing out here…on this headstone?? And I don’t remember wearing this dull yellow shirt in my childhood. I don’t remember anything, but still, this makes no sense,” Travis was alarmed. He took out his phone and quickly clicked a picture of the plaque as Eve grabbed his arm, begging him to take them home.
“Let’s go from here, honey. I don’t get a good feeling about this place. Did you see that earthenware? And bones? I’m sure something weird was going on over here. This whole place looks haunted, and I think we’re not supposed to be here. And why’s this graveyard isolated from the rest of the town? Something’s gotta be wrong. Let’s just leave,” she said.
Travis immediately took his family out of the woods and marched to his jeep. But he was still plagued by the weird headstone bearing his childhood photo with the date of birth matching his.
“Babe, I can’t drive. I’m not able to focus…Can you just…”
Travis clearly couldn’t concentrate on anything after that. Eve switched to the driver’s seat and drove home while Travis sat tensed, biting his nails, and lost in deep thought.
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“Maybe I’m thinking too much…It’s just a photo, and it could be a coincidence. I heard we have at least six doppelgangers out there in the world! But…”
“But what, honey?” Eve chimed in, handing Travis a cup of hot tea as soon as they arrived home.
“This picture of this boy who looks like me,” he said, zooming into the photo of the headstone on his phone. “How did it get there? Is this little boy me? But I haven’t been to Maine all my life.”
“Babe, you’re just overthinking. You don’t remember anything about your childhood. Maybe it’s just a lookalike, as you said. Stop thinking about it and get the bacon from the fridge. I’m starving. Let’s make dinner…It’s your turn today.”
“But still, a little version of myself out in the woods on a tombstone? That’s kinda strange, don’t you think? Could this picture help me find any of my relatives…or parents who abandoned me? Is it connected to them by any chance?” Travis pondered, recalling the day he was mysteriously abandoned at a cathedral’s doorstep 31 years ago.
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Back then, on a rainy evening on March 11, 1987, Travis was found outside a church in Texas with a note in his pocket.
“This boy’s name is Travis. He was born on January 29, 1984. He’s 3 years old and needs help. Please do not send him back to where he came from.”
There was no surname or anything else mentioned on that note that could help Travis track down his origins in the later years. The priest and nun who found him were shocked at seeing his blood-stained clothes and immediately alerted the cops. But nobody could find out who the boy was and where he came from.
Travis was put in foster care and was then adopted by a Catholic couple in Downtown Texas. Growing up, the boy did have fragile memories of his birth parents, but his recollections of them faded with time. However, a strange dream of a woman running in the woods, holding a little boy, haunted him for several years through his adolescence.
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Travis kept getting this dream often, but he never gave it much thought. At some point, he even assumed it was just his mind playing tricks on him due to his thoughts about his lost parents and his fondness for trekking in the woods. He even wanted to find his family and know what had happened to them and why he was abandoned. But he never found a clue that could help him unravel the mystery.
Eventually, Travis gave up hopes of finding his family, and as time ticked away, he accepted his new life, married Eve, and moved on. But he’d never imagined his past, which he could never recall, would come back to him through a time-worn headstone and baffle him even more.
Travis tried to shake off the thought about the tombstone, but a part of him told him to investigate further. He went around town, asking people if they knew something about the deserted cemetery in the woods.
While some were frightened to even talk about it, some told him that only one person in the whole town could help him. Her name was Lois Woods, an 89-year-old widow who was the oldest resident in that neighborhood. Travis and Eve then arrived at the old lady’s doorstep to meet her the next day.
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“You sure she’d know something? I hope she doesn’t throw big eyes at us and walk away after hearing ‘cemetery in the woods’ like those in the café today evening,” Eve pressed Travis’s shoulder as they stood outside Lois’s woodhouse.
“Heard she’s the oldest in this neighborhood, and I’m sure she must know something,” said Travis as he clenched his fist to knock again. But the door creaked open, and on the other side stood an old, fragile woman holding a walking stick.
“Yes, how may I help you?” said Lois, unable to talk fast due to her aging mouth and missing teeth.
“Hey there! I’m Travis, and this is my wife, Eve. We moved here three months ago. And yesterday, we were in the woods near the town…picking mushrooms. And we…we saw these old tombstones there. Do you know anything about that place? It looks like a deserted cemetery, but why is it detached from the main town? And there’s this headstone with my….”
The rose on Lois’s saggy cheeks turned pale with fright as she stared right into Travis’s eyes. She immediately asked them to get in and slammed the door shut behind them.
“My dear, you’re not supposed to go there…and do you have young children?” she asked, sounding nervous.
“Yes, a son…Robin. He’s 8 years old.”
“Oh, dear… I’m afraid you’re not supposed to go anywhere near those woods with your son… it’s not safe to take little kids to that place.”
Travis and Eve were unsettled when Lois said this.
“Oh, well, I didn’t know that. We just moved here a few months back. We don’t know much about the woods and the cemetery there. Do you know about the headstones? And why is that place deserted? And take a look at this….” Travis showed Lois the photo of the headstone bearing his childhood picture. “Do you know this kid?”
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“I haven’t seen those headstones, and I don’t think I’ve seen this boy before…but I heard the tombstones were cursed, according to old folklore locals believe in this town,” said Lois. “And the children who visited them died. Maybe it’s just a myth, but I wouldn’t tempt fate.”
“That’s strange! But why would people put up headstones to scare only children? And we saw some strange earthenware and bones there,” Eve interrupted. “Voodoo dolls and weird knives made from bones.”
Lois sighed heavily before revealing something the couple had not come prepared for.
“When I was a teen, my grandma told me about this religious cult that lived in the woods since the late 1800s. Locals believed the men and women of that secret society hosted occult ceremonies and rituals at night to please their god and seek happiness in the afterlife. They even hosted strange sacrifices to choose their leader. Some decades later, one man was chosen as their crowned leader. I heard police stormed the cult after they kidnapped and sacrificed little children to satisfy their gods. Some said a couple with twins tried to escape from this cult, and they just disappeared into the woods. Many rumors kept spreading in town after the cult was taken down.”
“Oh, my God!” Eve gasped in horror as Travis clasped her hand tight. He was equally startled by what Lois had said.
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“I heard the police beat up the members of the cult and vandalized their homes and temple. Some were shot dead. Some arrested. And some fled. The cult vanished from the face of this town, but nobody knows for sure. People started avoiding going to the woods after that. Some years ago, local woodcutters came running from the forest, claiming they heard strange noises from north of the woods where you and your family visited yesterday.”
“I’m not sure how true these tales are…but there’s someone who can help you,” added Lois. “His name is Teddy…Teddy Sutton. His father was the inspector who led the team that stormed the cult and killed its last leader. For some reason, Teddy never mingles with people and keeps his life private. He lives with his cats and dogs. He is a bit cranky, so locals keep their distance from him. But you may still seek his help if you want to know the whole story. Everybody here says if there’s someone who knows that incident better, it’s Teddy. But he’s never talked about it to anyone. Still, you may try your luck.”
Travis and Eve stared into each other’s eyes, anxiety crawling up their gut. “Thanks, Mrs. Woods.”
“Miss Woods.”
“Oh, thank you, Miss Woods. It was nice meeting you. Where can we find Teddy? If you could please tell us…” Travis said.
“The last house at the end of this lane…with a broken chimney and dogs barking inside all the time…That’s Teddy’s.”
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“I don’t understand. Darling, let’s just go home. Why do you want to meet that man? He’s gonna tell us something spookier, which I don’t wanna hear, alright? Did you hear what she said? A cult and their strange rituals…And little children were killed in the woods. All this is scaring the pants off me. Please, let’s pick Robin up from his friend’s house and go home,” Eve pestered Travis.
“I know, honey…Even I’m a bit disturbed. But I need to find out what my picture is doing on that darn headstone. Did you see the date of birth below the boy’s picture? January 29, 1984…I was born on that date. So it has got to do something with me…if not me, then my parents who left me, or my family…or someone. I don’t know exactly, but I need to find out. Babe, please take the jeep and pick Robin up and go home. I’ll go meet Teddy alone.”
“No, I’m not leaving you. I’ll go with you,” Eve insisted.
The couple then arrived in front of a shabby house at the end of the lane and knocked on the door.
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“I hate doing this. It’s getting dark, and we’re going around disturbing people. I hope this man’s kind to us like Miss Woods,” said Eve.
The door then opened, and on the other side stood an old man, probably in his late 70s, holding a Bible.
“Gosh, I think we picked the wrong time. Hope he isn’t mad at us,” Eve whispered behind Travis.
“Yes??” the man spoke in a raspy voice.
“Hey, I’m Travis, and this is my wife, Eve. We moved here from Texas a few months back and…”
“What do you want?” Teddy interrupted, a cold, grim stare gleaming his eyes as he looked at his wristwatch to see the time.
“Hey, I’m sorry for disturbing you at this time. I actually wanted to ask you about the headstones in the woods…Do you know anything about them? Miss Woods, the old lady down this street, she told us that you know…so we thought you’d tell us something about that place.”
“I don’t know anything. GET OUTTA HERE!” Teddy said rudely, stunning Travis and Eve. He was just about to slam the door shut in their faces when Travis stopped him by showing the photo of the headstone on his phone.
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“Look, Mr. Sutton, only you can help us. I need to know some details about this place, particularly about the boy in this photo. Please tell me if you know something. It’s really important to me. I need to know what happened after your dad killed the cult’s leader. Please!”
Shock and fear pooled in Teddy’s eyes as he grabbed the phone from Travis’s hand and looked at the picture, zooming the little boy’s photo on the headstone.
“This picture…this boy…” Teddy stammered.
“Mr. Sutton, that’s my childhood picture, and I found it on the headstone in the woods I’ve never visited before.”
“I’m new to Maine, and this whole thing is driving me crazy. That’s why I’m here to ask you if you know something. Please help me if you do,” said Travis.
Sweat and tears rolled down an alarmed Teddy’s face as he immediately asked the couple to get in.
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“Do you have any other picture of you when you were little?” Teddy asked after a momentous silence, just staring at the headstone’s photo on Travis’s phone.
“Yeah, yeah, I do… It’s on my phone..”
Travis then showed the man a picture of him with his adoptive parents when he was 3-years-old. Teddy suddenly burst into tears as he gazed at the photo and revealed the gruesome incident that shook that part of the town on March 9, 1987.
“My dad, Billy, was a cop. He told me he was investigating something ‘mysterious’ going on in the woods. It was about a cult. My dad and his team then wiped away the secret society and even gunned down its leader.”
“On the previous night before the cult was taken down, something terrible happened to the boy whose picture is on that headstone….and it’s got something to do with you, I’m afraid,” Teddy added.
“With me? I don’t understand. I haven’t been to Maine before. I find my childhood picture on a headstone here…And I keep getting this strange dream of a woman running with a little kid in her arms. It doesn’t make any sense,” exclaimed Travis.
“Well, you’ll know now!” began Teddy.
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“The cult I’m talking about was something the locals in this town dreaded until the late ’80s,” said Teddy. “The men and women worshipped a deity and were part of a secret society that detached itself from the town. They were known for their strange rituals, voodoo, and midnight sacrifices, the sort of which still frighten many.”
“Miss Lois told us the cult had these rituals of human sacrifice…Did they kill young children? I heard that’s why the cops stormed and wiped the cult away.”
“They did have ceremonies and rituals, but human sacrifice was not a part of any,” added Teddy. “They lived in the forest and only visited the town to sell their handmade goods, honey, and pottery. They followed strict rules and never mingled with the locals except at the fair, which would last three days. That’s how my younger brother, Shawn, met her!”
“Met who?”
“Your mother!”
“What?? My MOTHER??”
“Yes! Your mother, Nedaara. Shawn was a photographer and was planning to go to New York to start a studio. When he heard the cult was coming to the fair in town, he wanted to click their pictures to put up in his studio. And that’s how he met Nedaara, the cult leader’s youngest daughter.”
“What happened after that?”
“Whatever happens to a young, handsome man in his 20s when he locks eyes with a beautiful, young girl! Shawn fell in love with Nedaara at first sight without knowing she was the cult’s leader’s daughter. She started sneaking out to meet him, and they dated for two months. One day, Nedaara came crying to our house, saying somebody had told her dad about Shawn and their secret meetings. Afraid of losing her, my brother braved into the woods to meet Nedaara’s father and ask for her hand in marriage. Shawn should’ve thought twice before taking this foolish step, but it was too late, and he’d called this upon himself. Maybe I should’ve not let him go,” cried Teddy.
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“I waited the whole night, but my brother didn’t come home. Only I knew where he’d gone. I didn’t tell our dad. He was busy in the station. Maybe I should’ve told him. Had I done that, then maybe Shawn would’ve been with me today,” tears gushed into Teddy’s eyes when he said this.
“What happened to your brother? He never returned after that?” Travis gasped.
“He did…Shawn did come back to collect his things the next morning. He told me the girl’s father had agreed to get them married, but only if Shawn detached himself from the town and joined their cult. I wanted to stop my brother, so I told my dad everything. We tried to convince Shawn to change his mind, but love had spread in his heart and soul like venom. Dad even offered to set up a new studio for him in New York. But Shawn refused and left.”
“My brother and Nedaara then married in the forest after some weird rituals. He was not allowed to visit the town or us, but I used to sneak into the woods to meet him. He told me he wanted to come back home. He cried, telling me about the strange practices that were hosted there every other day. The cult often starved and drank animal blood. My brother was forced to do it since he was a part of them. Couples were allowed to sleep together in one hut only a few times a year if the leader permitted them. He told me his wife was pregnant, and eventually, she gave birth to twin baby boys.”
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“When the babies turned three, Shawn and Nedaara had hatched a plan to flee from the cult. They sought help from a friend, thinking he would help them. Unfortunately, he was the leader’s sidekick and spy. On the night of March 8, 1987, my brother and his wife took their kids and were about to flee from the woods, but they were caught and shot dead. One kid among the twins was killed too. Nobody knew what happened to the other kid.”
“Jesus Christ…that kid whose photo is on the headstone…” Travis cried.
“Yes, he’s your twin brother!”
“But how did I end up in a church in Texas?”
“My dad and his team stormed the cult the next day when they got a tip about Shawn’s murder. A woman who was an occultist in that cult was arrested, with a few others. She told us about Shawn and his wife and their children and even claimed she’d wrapped the other boy in a blood-stained blanket and hid him in the bush to save his life.”
“She said she’d carried the unconscious boy to the road and gave him to a driver in a passing truck, leaving a note bearing the child’s name and date of birth. She had asked the driver to leave the boy in some orphanage or church and claimed she didn’t know the truck’s final destination. We didn’t believe the woman and thought the other boy was killed too. But his body was missing.”
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“I think that truck’s final destination was Texas!” said Travis tearfully, unable to process the whole truth of his origins. He cried into Teddy’s shoulders because, at this point, he understood that the old man was none other than his paternal uncle. Travis cried for a good long ten minutes when Teddy showed him his dad Shawn’s old photos. Travis held a part of his origins in his hands for the first time, his heart bleeding with pain and regret.
“Is he my dad?”
Teddy was too heartbroken to react, so he just nodded, snapping away his tears.
“Honey, I want a minute with you. Can you please come aside?” Eve whispered in Travis’s ears. She was still not convinced that Teddy could be her husband’s uncle.
“Look, different people have been telling different tales about this place and that cult. He’s old and could be having issues with his memory. You don’t even have your birth parents’ picture, and you haven’t seen them. How do you know that the man in this picture is your dad? Honey, listen, you still need to verify, alright?”
A part of Travis had already crumbled after hearing the truth from Teddy. But another part of him told him to verify the man’s claims and the depth of his truth. So a few days later, Travis and Teddy took a DNA test.
When the results arrived a few weeks later, Travis was shattered completely. Teddy Sutton, brother of the late Shawn Sutton, was indeed his paternal uncle!
“I don’t know how to process this,” Travis confided his anxiety to his wife. “I wanted to find my family all my life and know why they abandoned me. But now, I feel I shouldn’t have looked for them. The truth about their tragic fate could’ve been buried in their graves forever.”
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What can we learn from this story?
- Follow your instincts because you may never know what you might discover as an answer to all your questions. After accidentally finding his childhood picture on the headstone, Travis decided to find out why and how it was there. He met his neighbors and eventually learned that the little boy whose photo was on the headstone was his twin brother.
- There is a reason why things happen a certain way in your life. Travis relocated to Maine with his family from Texas as part of his personal and professional growth. But little did he know that he would eventually unravel the mystery of his dead parents and twin brother he’d never seen before.
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3 histórias alucinantes sobre maridos que se recusam a ajudar suas esposas – as lições que eles aprendem não têm preço
No casamento, o trabalho em equipe não é apenas legal. É a base que mantém a parceria sólida e duradoura. No entanto, alguns maridos parecem ter perdido o memorando, levando a contos de frustração, comédia e, eventualmente, lições de vida inestimáveis.
Do marido que se recusou a cuidar dos dois filhos ao que humilhou a esposa, essas três histórias alucinantes revelam a jornada de maridos que aprenderam lições inestimáveis.
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O homem que humilhou sua esposa e aprendeu uma lição de gratidão e trabalho em equipe
Quando uma estudante universitária de 18 anos, Brittany, sentiu as pontadas da saudade de casa, um simples telefonema para seu irmãozinho, Ian, revelou uma família em tumulto. Sobrecarregada pela luta silenciosa de sua mãe sob as constantes críticas de seu pai, Brittany decidiu que era hora de uma lição.
Brittany ficou na faculdade por mais de três meses. Foi o período mais longo que ela já ficou longe de casa, e cada dia se estendia infinitamente sem o caos familiar da presença de sua família.
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Um dia, tomada pela nostalgia, ela pegou o telefone e ligou para Ian, seu irmão mais novo de dez anos. Ele sempre foi o farol da inocência e da alegria na família, e apenas ouvir sua voz podia tornar qualquer dia ruim melhor.
Eles trocaram gentilezas e conversaram pelo que pareceram horas. As perguntas intermináveis de Ian sobre a vida universitária e suas tentativas de descrever sua rotina mundana da maneira mais emocionante possível preencheram a lacuna entre nós.
No entanto, apesar das risadas e histórias compartilhadas, um sentimento incômodo fez Brittany perguntar sobre seus pais. Ian fez uma pausa e hesitou antes de dizer a ela que estava tudo bem. Embora ele desejasse que ela os visitasse.
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O tom de Ian alarmou Brittany e a deixou com uma sensação desconfortável. Ela encerrou seus projetos pendentes e fez uma viagem improvisada para casa. A viagem de volta foi um borrão de antecipação e ansiedade.
Ela estava feliz por estar de volta ao caos familiar de sua casa de infância. No entanto, uma típica noite familiar mudou tudo. Ela ouviu seu pai repreendendo sua mãe porque o jantar estava frio.
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Brittany ficou chocada, e quando olhou para Ian, sua expressão a gelou até os ossos. Ele tinha um olhar de desconforto e resignação. Era um olhar que ela nunca tinha visto em seu rosto antes.
Em uma conversa de coração para coração com Ian em seu quarto, ele compartilhou o quão difíceis as coisas estão em casa por causa do pai deles. O pai deles sempre encontrava algo para reclamar, mesmo as menores coisas, e era sempre direcionado à mãe deles.
Isso fez com que todos se sentissem mal porque a mãe deles trabalha muito duro para manter tudo perfeito em casa, mas parece que nunca é o suficiente para o pai deles.
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Ouvindo tudo isso, ela decidiu que eles precisavam fazer algo para ajudar a mãe e mudar o comportamento do pai. O plano envolvia enganar o pai, fazendo-o pensar que havia uma emergência e que a mãe precisava ir ao pronto-socorro imediatamente.
Mas, na realidade, não houve emergência. Tudo foi inventado para fazer o pai perceber que ele deveria apreciar mais a mãe. Brittany enviou uma mensagem para a mãe, contando a ela sobre o plano. Ela explicou que não há emergência real, mas eles reservaram férias para ela para dar uma folga do estresse em casa.
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A mãe ficou preocupada no início, mas eventualmente entendeu e concordou com o plano. Brittany a tranquilizou dizendo que ela e Ian ficariam bem e que era hora de seu pai aprender a apreciá-la mais.
Uma vez que Brittany disse ao pai que estava no pronto-socorro, ele entrou em pânico e disse que estaria lá com a mãe dela. Ela insistiu que não queria o pai no hospital e queria apenas a mãe.
Ele não teve escolha a não ser mandar sua esposa sozinha. Sem que ele soubesse, quando sua esposa saiu de casa, ela fez a viagem que sua filha reservou para ela. No dia seguinte, ele estava constantemente ligando para sua esposa implorando para que ela voltasse do “hospital”.
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A esposa dele fez a sua parte e prometeu voltar “à noite”, alimentando ainda mais a esperança e o desespero do marido.
À noite, sua esposa não voltou para casa como esperado. Em vez disso, Brittany entrou, surpreendendo seu pai. O pai ficou confuso e aliviado ao vê-la parecendo saudável.
Quando ele perguntou sobre a mãe dela, Brittany disse que estava dando um tempo, e que agora seriam só os dois por alguns dias. Ela ressaltou que eles precisavam ter uma conversa séria.
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Olhando ao redor da casa bagunçada, ela notou que seu pai parecia derrotado pela primeira vez. Seu pai admitiu que não tinha percebido quanto trabalho dava para manter a casa em ordem e não conseguia acompanhar.
Ela explicou que esse era exatamente o ponto que eles queriam deixar claro. Ela disse ao pai que a mãe lidava com essas tarefas todos os dias sem reclamar, e que ela merecia mais apreciação do que crítica.
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Nos dias seguintes, com a ajuda dela, seu pai começou a entender todo o trabalho que sua esposa fazia para manter sua casa funcionando perfeitamente. Ele aprendeu sobre o esforço que é preciso para administrar as tarefas domésticas e cuidar de seu irmão cheio de energia, Ian.
Quando a mãe de Brittany retornou, ela viu sua casa cheia de apreço e respeito. Seu marido admitiu que agora entende o quanto sua esposa trabalha duro todos os dias e se arrepende de não ajudá-la mais ou reconhecer seus esforços no passado.
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Ele se desculpou por suas críticas anteriores. A mãe dela ficou tocada por suas palavras e agradeceu, mostrando o quanto sua compreensão significava para ela.
Enquanto isso, Brittany e Ian compartilham um momento de orgulho, felizes que seu plano de unir a família deu certo. Ian agradeceu à irmã por fazer tudo acontecer. Eles comemoram ser uma ótima equipe.
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O pai dela também teve um momento com ela, pedindo desculpas e agradecendo por lhe ensinar uma lição importante sobre família e trabalho em equipe.
Naquela noite, a família desfrutou de uma atmosfera calorosa e conectada, diferente de antes. Eles conversaram, riram e ouviram uns aos outros, algo que não faziam há algum tempo.
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Essa experiência começou como um desafio, mas se transformou em uma lição valiosa sobre respeito, trabalho em equipe e amor.
Brittany refletiu sobre a jornada que sua família passou. Ela percebeu que, apesar de suas falhas e desafios, sua disposição de enfrentar problemas e crescer a partir deles tornou sua família forte.
Uma mãe feliz abraçando seus dois filhos ao ar livre | Fonte: Shutterstock
Os dias difíceis se transformaram em uma lição importante que os ajudará a ser uma família mais próxima e compreensiva no futuro.
Esposa do homem o deixa com os 4 filhos por um fim de semana
Uma mulher de 24 anos, sobrecarregada com os cuidados com seus quatro filhos, incluindo dois pares de gêmeos de cinco e três anos, enquanto trabalhava em casa, recorreu ao Reddit em busca de conselhos.
Uma mãe com filhas gêmeas | Fonte: Shutterstock
Ela deixou o marido e os filhos em casa por um fim de semana sem avisá-los com antecedência porque precisava de uma folga. Ela fez isso depois que seu marido de 27 anos a criticou por não manter a casa limpa o suficiente.
Ele também a criticava por às vezes servir jantares congelados em vez de cozinhar do zero. O marido dela acreditava que, como ela ficava em casa o dia todo e seu trabalho era “mais fácil” do que o trabalho físico dele, ela deveria conseguir fazer mais tarefas domésticas.
A esposa, sobrecarregada com as responsabilidades de cuidar da casa, lavar roupa, lavar louça e atender às necessidades dos quatro filhos, tentou encontrar algum equilíbrio.
Uma mãe acenando para seus filhos gêmeos | Fonte: Shutterstock
O marido dela, que usava o tempo livre do trabalho para dormir ou sair com os amigos, não a ajudava com essas tarefas. Quando ela tentava tirar um tempo para ficar com os amigos e recarregar as energias, o marido não a apoiava. Isso levou a uma grande discussão entre eles, mas ele ainda esperava que ela cuidasse das crianças.
Sentindo-se desesperada e desafiadora, ela deixou um bilhete para o marido depois que ele adormeceu, dizendo que sairia com os amigos à noite. Ele encontrou o bilhete, ligou para ela e gritou com ela.
Os amigos dela ouviram isso e a convenceram a ignorar a ligação e aproveitar seu tempo livre. O que era para ser uma pequena pausa se transformou em um fim de semana inteiro com os amigos.
Um bloco de notas e uma caneta ao lado de uma cama | Fonte: Shutterstock
No entanto, quando ela voltou para casa, encontrou uma grande bagunça. Havia lixo por todo lugar, roupas empilhadas e um cheiro ruim na casa. Isso mostrou o quanto a família dependia dela para manter as coisas em ordem e como tudo desmoronou na sua ausência.
Depois que a esposa voltou do fim de semana fora, ela descobriu que o marido tinha feito uma mala. Ele falou muito pouco com ela e depois foi embora para ficar na casa da mãe. Ele mandou uma mensagem de texto para ela sobre sua decisão.
Um casal discutindo em um sofá | Fonte: Shutterstock
Isso fez com que a esposa se sentisse culpada porque percebeu que o marido não conseguia cuidar dos filhos. Ela também não queria que o relacionamento deles sofresse. Muitas pessoas comentaram em sua postagem no Reddit, apoiando sua decisão de dar um tempo.
No entanto, eles apontaram que ela deveria ter providenciado cuidados com as crianças, já que seu marido não era capaz de cuidar delas. Alguns comentaristas a alertaram que seu relacionamento poderia sofrer não porque ela foi embora, mas porque seu marido não a apoiou ou cuidou dos filhos adequadamente. Outros acusaram seu marido de tratá-la como uma serva.
Uma mulher chorando enquanto aperta a ponta do nariz | Fonte: Shutterstock
Um comentarista compartilhou uma história pessoal sobre estar com um homem que se comportava de forma semelhante ao marido da mulher, dizendo que tais homens não mudam. Eles aconselharam a mulher a deixar o relacionamento por ela e seus filhos. Eles enfatizaram que era ruim o suficiente para ela ser maltratada, mas pior permitir que os filhos fossem tratados dessa forma.
Uma mulher frustrada em seu sofá | Fonte: Shutterstock
As pessoas lhe deram vários conselhos, incluindo ações legais que ela poderia considerar para proteger a si mesma e seus filhos se ela escolhesse deixar seu marido. Eles também a aconselharam sobre como lidar com a resistência potencial de seu marido durante qualquer processo legal.
O marido que negligenciou e perdeu sua família
A mulher contou como se casar com um cirurgião levou a uma vida familiar difícil porque seu marido, David, colocava o trabalho em primeiro lugar e negligenciava as filhas.
Um médico | Fonte: Pexels
Ela não havia previsto que David seria um pai ausente, pensando que seu trabalho exigente não o impediria de se envolver na vida familiar. David agia como se seu trabalho o tornasse importante demais para participar das atividades familiares. Ele também parecia incomodado com a presença das filhas quando estava em casa.
David acreditava que sua contribuição no trabalho era suficiente para cumprir seu papel como marido e pai. Ele negligenciou a necessidade de se envolver mais pessoalmente com sua família. Essa atitude machuca suas filhas, que perderam a oportunidade de ter o pai envolvido em suas vidas.
Cirurgiões no teatro | Fonte: Pexels
Felizmente, seu pai foi um apoio significativo, entrando em cena para preencher a lacuna deixada por David. Ele estava ativamente envolvido na vida de suas netas, desde os cuidados diários até eventos especiais, criando um forte vínculo com elas.
Apesar disso, David tinha ciúmes da proximidade entre as crianças e o avô. Ele se recusou a sustentar o sogro financeiramente. David até sugeriu que ele se mudasse para o interior, apesar da capacidade deles de ajudá-lo.
Avós brincando com a neta | Fonte: Pexels
A mulher achou a postura de David especialmente dura, considerando o papel significativo de seu pai na família e o potencial de David para construir um relacionamento com seus filhos.
Eles conversaram muitas vezes sobre o papel que o pai dela desempenhava na família, e às vezes essas conversas se transformavam em discussões. Ela tentou mostrar a David o quanto o pai dela os ajudava e por que era importante que ele ficasse com eles.
Um avô lendo um livro para sua neta | Fonte: Pexels
Essas discussões nunca levaram a uma decisão firme, e nunca chegaram ao ponto de pedir para meu pai ir embora. No entanto, tudo mudou um dia quando David chegou em casa mais cedo.
Ele esperava que suas filhas corressem até ele, mas elas não reagiram à sua chegada porque estavam brincando lá fora com seu sogro. Esse momento pareceu abrir os olhos de David para o quanto ele havia perdido na vida de suas filhas por estar ausente.
Um avô brincando com sua neta | Fonte: Pexels
A situação piorou quando as meninas mostraram seus desenhos a David. Elas tinham desenhado sua família. Em vez de incluir seu pai, elas desenharam seu avô e escreveram : “Nós amamos mamãe e vovô.” Isso deixou David profundamente chateado.
Ele ficou muito bravo e começou a gritar com a esposa e o pai dela. Ele acusou o pai dela de tomar o lugar dele na vida das filhas. Ela tentou acalmá-lo, principalmente porque os filhos deles e o pai dela estavam lá, mas não adiantou.
Desenho para crianças pequenas | Fonte: Pexels
Ao levantar a voz, ele exigiu que sua esposa fizesse o pai sair de casa. Ele alegou que o pai dela estava virando as filhas contra ele.
David acreditava que se o pai dela não estivesse morando com eles, os filhos não teriam feito desenhos excluindo-o ou dito que amavam mais o avô. Ela explicou que não era sobre amá-lo mais; eles estavam apenas acostumados a ele estar tão envolvido em suas vidas.
Um casal brigando | Fonte: Shutterstock
David se recusou a ouvi-la. Ver o pai dela com as meninas pareceu deixá-lo ainda mais chateado. Ele ameaçou fazer o pai dela ir embora e nunca mais deixá-lo ver as meninas se ela mesma não fizesse isso.
Ela não conseguia acreditar que o marido tentaria controlar a situação ameaçando tirar o pai dela da vida dos filhos. Depois daquela discussão, as coisas mudaram drasticamente, e ela decidiu sair de casa.
Um casal brigando na frente de uma criança | Fonte: Shutterstock
Ela se sentia dividida, tentando manter todos felizes. Ela queria o pai por perto para os filhos porque ele era ótimo com eles, mas ela não conseguia aceitar as exigências de David.
A situação não havia melhorado; David não havia mudado. Ele reagiu por orgulho naquele momento, mas seu trabalho ainda vinha em primeiro lugar. Ela acha que seus filhos merecem algo melhor.
Uma mulher parecendo triste | Fonte: Shutterstock
Ela esperava um lar amoroso com dois pais para eles, mas agora, o divórcio parece ser a única opção para um lar pacífico. Ela nunca quis isso, mas parecia que ela e David decepcionaram os filhos.
Uma entrega de papéis de divórcio | Fonte: Shutterstock
Ela se mudou e ficou com a irmã até que ela, as filhas e o pai pudessem entrar na nova casa. Apesar de tudo, ela está tentando olhar o lado bom. Ela é grata por ter o pai como uma presença forte e positiva na vida dos filhos.
Este trabalho é inspirado em eventos e pessoas reais, mas foi ficcionalizado para fins criativos. Nomes, personagens e detalhes foram alterados para proteger a privacidade e melhorar a narrativa. Qualquer semelhança com pessoas reais, vivas ou mortas, ou eventos reais é mera coincidência e não intencional do autor.
O autor e a editora não fazem nenhuma reivindicação quanto à precisão dos eventos ou à representação dos personagens e não são responsáveis por nenhuma interpretação errônea. Esta história é fornecida “como está”, e quaisquer opiniões expressas são as dos personagens e não refletem as opiniões do autor ou da editora.
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