Yahoo Lifestyle Story Goes Viral of Wife Cheating After Husband Donated His Kidney, but Some Commenters Have Heard That Before
In a post on Reddit, the user wrote that he was "extremely angry" after learning of his wife's one-night stand
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Numerous commenters on Reddit were quick to weigh in on a viral story of a man who donated a kidney to his wife — only to find out she cheated on him years earlier.
In a since-deleted post shared on Tuesday, Aug. 13, the user explained that they are a 30-year-old man who had donated one of his kidneys to his 30-year-old wife of six years, who felt motivated to tell him one month after the transplant that she had been unfaithful and had a one-night stand.
“She said she couldn’t keep it in anymore, especially after the massive sacrifice I made,” the Reddit user wrote. “She seemed extremely remorseful, and I believed her that it was a one-time thing.”
But the man became “extremely distraught,” “frustrated” and “extremely angry” — all of which then made him demand that his wife call her family members and confess to them that she cheated on her husband, according to the post.
“All my pent-up emotions bubbled up and I said a lot of horrible things to my wife,” the Reddit user wrote. “I wanted my wife to say something, but she just said nothing and was crying and that angered me even more.”
Per the post, the man also told his wife that if she was going to get emotional about the situation, she should “not cry when our son is there and to do it alone in the bathroom or somewhere else.”
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The user asked his fellow online community “AITAH,” which translates to “Am I the a------ here,” and wondered if his marriage could survive.
More than 3,000 commenters weighed in on his situation, offering opinions about how the post described the relationship — with some not buying what the user was selling.
“I swear this plot twist sounds straight out of a drama series. Next episode: husband requests a return policy on the kidney,” wrote another user.
“Is this you OP (original poster)?” another added and included a link to a 2009 article in the National Review in which a man trod the same territory and tried to sue his soon-to-be ex-wife for his kidney back.
Another commenter flagged the story’s unlikely conceit, beginning with the fact that the husband and wife were a perfect match for the transplant.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, siblings have the greatest likelihood of matching, with a 25% chance of being an “exact match” and a 50% chance of being a “half match,” but unrelated donors are far less likely to match.
All of which had one user singing about the premise: “Set to Chili's theme: I want my kidney back kidney kidney back.”
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