r/MadeMeSmile Feb 19 '25

Wholesome Moments Her 85-year-old neighbour hand-delivered an invitation to his birthday party.

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u/colberts53c Feb 19 '25

This video is really nice and sad for some reason. I can't figure it out. But it's really nice that he invited her.

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u/Lewca43 Feb 19 '25

It’s the photo of his wife that hits.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Yeah, it made me think of my husband. I always tell him I get to go first but now the idea feels worse. 

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u/Demrezel Feb 19 '25

So, we lost Dad last year. It was a year and a month yesterday actually. I'm just his son, but you do not want to become the person that my mother became after forty years knowing only that man.

She was the one to send him off though. Pancreatic cancer, no more ambulances after week 3 following discovery and diagnosis, I was two hours late to see Mom push the plunger.

Somehow I had always pictured them going together, in the really juvenile way that you imagine death to be like under always and only the most ideal circumstances. Last goodbyes and cinematic speech to go with them.

I came home to the sounds of crying I'd never heard before, and you just, you don't want to do that. But they made the choice together.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I'm glad he got to spend the last if it with your mom. And I hope she can find happiness and companionship of some sort again. 

I told my husband, "don't you dare be lonely and keep to yourself. Bring someone else with you to my funeral. And if she's awful my ghost will slap your ass before you cum each time until you find a better one."

Gallows humor.