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My boyfriend accidentally THREW my mother’s ashes… and it ruined everything! -r/BestofRedditorUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2576

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4.3576 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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00:00 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - My [27 F] boyfriend [31 M] for 5 years accidentally threw away my mother's ashes
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0:00.0

Hey, this is Angie.

0:01.2

And this is Dakota, your favorite OK story time hosts.

0:03.9

And we've got some great stories coming up.

0:05.8

But before that, we have a quick two-minute break from the sponsors that keep this show running.

0:10.8

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:13.3

Guaranteed human.

0:15.1

My boyfriend accidentally threw my mother's ashes and it's ruined everything.

0:21.3

How do you accidentally do that?

0:23.2

My 27 female mother passed away just before Christmas.

0:27.3

It was totally unexpected and we are all still in a daze, at least I am.

0:32.3

My father, even more so.

0:33.8

It's like he shut off when he heard the news and hasn't figured out how to power back up again.

0:38.2

By the way, this comes from Throneway Ashes. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK-Storytime Suburdit. I'm Sophia. And I'm Savannah. And we're here to give good advice goofily, but we don't have all the answers. We only know what we'd do. So let us know what you would do in the comments. Shortly after the funeral, my boyfriend, 31 male, offered something incredible. My mother was always a huge fan of the arts,

0:59.9

and as my boyfriend is a potter, she always has been incredibly intrigued by his work. He even

1:05.6

treated her to a studio session once, and she went on about it for weeks. Anyway, his offer was to create an

1:12.0

urn for my father, something really striking and original and my mom. I thought it was incredible.

1:17.8

And when we asked my dad, he just burst into tears and started hugging us. He seemed truly

1:23.1

touched. It was an incredibly intense moment for us all. I know that art takes time, but usually my boyfriend is a very quick worker.

1:30.8

We didn't get her ashes back until about six weeks ago,

1:34.0

and my boyfriend asked if he could hold on to them so he could make the urn the proper size and everything.

1:38.5

A few weeks went by, and I asked if he had any updates or if I could perhaps see his progress. He got pretty defensive,

1:47.2

and I dropped the subject. Sometimes he could be testy about his work, so this wasn't really out of

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