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My wife is taking care of her sick aunt… and it’s destroying our marriage! -r/BestofRedditorUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2428

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Comedy, Improv

4.3576 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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00:00 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - My [66M] wife [61F] is taking care of her aunt [86F] and it is killing our marriage
11:18 r/amioverreacting - AIO by thinking my wife isn’t being honest about a friendship?
34:54 r/relationship_advice - Please. I need advice for saving my relationship from what i’ve caused. F 27 M 29
55:41 r/relationships - I (23F) resent my bf (22M) for constantly controlling me. Is it normal?

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Sam.

0:01.2

This is John.

0:01.9

And we are the founding hosts of OK Storytime podcast.

0:05.3

And we have some foundational stories coming up for you.

0:08.2

But the thing is, this foundation needs a little support from these sponsors.

0:12.4

So stick around two minutes.

0:14.0

And we'll get into the episode.

0:15.6

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:18.2

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0:20.2

My wife is taking care of her sick aunt and it's destroying our marriage.

0:25.7

Take care of our marriage. My 66 male, wife, 61 female, aunt 86 female, became a widow two years ago.

0:35.4

She came to live with us because she was afraid of staying alone.

0:39.1

Since we had extra rooms and she was perfectly healthy and fine, we decided it was okay to let

0:44.7

her stay with us. By the way, this comes from Old Aunt Help. And if you want to submit your own

0:49.6

stories, go to the R-slash OK Storytime subreddit. I'm Carly. I'm Sophia. I'm Dakota. And we're here to give good advice goofily, but we don't have all the answers. We only know what we would do. So let us know what you would do in the comments. And OP says, over time, she grew more and more attached to my wife. She wouldn't want her to go to work because she'd miss her. She didn't want her to go

1:11.9

shopping because it was always too long. She would follow her to parties and events even if she

1:17.0

didn't want to go because she didn't want to be without her. I told my wife that it was becoming

1:21.7

unhealthy and that her aunt should talk more to her friends and try to meet with them. She has a

1:27.1

couple of friends

1:27.7

around her age. My wife always told me that I was exaggerating and that there was nothing wrong.

1:33.3

Recently, about six months ago, the aunt caught bronchitis, and then another viral infection

1:39.7

and some type of spine pain, she became very dependent on us to move her.

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