Woman Refuses to See Her Dying Father a Last Time despite Her Family's Begging

A young girl's parents told her she could not achieve better grades than her sister for fear of embarrassing the other girl. Later, the woman made a difficult decision about her father on his deathbed.

A woman shared her story about how she had to cater to her narcissistic sister's whims. For example, she was never allowed to achieve higher grades than her sister at school, even if she had the ability.

This issue carried through the woman's entire life, and when she finally became sick of being told what she was allowed to do according to her sister. She finally broke all the rules that had been weighing her down.

The first time the woman broke the rules was when she was doing her college entrance exams. She achieved exemplary grades and was accepted into the top university in her country. However, because her sister did not accomplish this, the woman had to go to a "subpar" school with her.

What Other Rules Did the Woman Break?

Although the woman had to go to an inferior college, when she was finally away from her family, she worked and saved her money while preparing for campus job interviews so she could start her life.

The woman's interview preparation almost came to nothing when her father phoned her to tell her she could only start working once her sister landed a job. The woman was outraged.

Despite her father's warnings, the woman followed through on her interviews and landed an excellent job out of state, where she moved right after college. She did not contact her family often after that.

The woman's family filed a police report saying she was missing and even phoned her job to try and ask them to fire her so she could go home. However, none of this worked for the family.

What Happened to the Woman's Father?

When the woman got married, her family tried and failed to stop the wedding and told police that the woman's husband had kidnapped her. This led to the woman spending an entire day at the police station, proving that her husband had not kidnapped her.

After that, the woman had no contact with her family. However, a family tragedy led to other members of the woman's family reaching out to her and pleading with her to do something for her father. The woman shared:

"Last week, my father had a heart attack. His conditions is not so good. He is in his death bed. One of my relatives called me to tell that he wanted to talk to me."

The woman's father wanted to make amends with her before he died, but she refused to do anything with her family after everything they had put her through when she was younger.

While her mother and sister regularly contacted the woman, yelling at her and pleading with her to meet her father one last time, she stood firm in her beliefs and told them she had no interest in seeing him or them.

Although the woman's family told her she was wrong for not meeting with her father before he died, her husband's family fully supported her decision to remain out of their lives.

Netizens also believed that the woman had done the right thing by staying away from her family after everything they had put her through. One person told the woman her family had been abusing her all her life and had no right to make any demands on her.

Another said that just because her father was on his deathbed did not negate all the terrible things he had done to her when he was in good health. Many people told the woman her family was toxic, and she was right not to want anything to do with them. One user said:

"Your family is a bunch of psychopaths, and even in an event like this, you absolutely shouldn't risk having to be in contact with them again, even if there's a possibility they've changed."

Some thought that the woman's father wanting to meet her after all these years was not about her but about making himself feel better for everything he had done when he was in good health.

Many people told the woman that while they disagreed with ghosting family members, she was under extenuating circumstances, and they could understand her decisions based on what her family had done.

Another family had an issue regarding one of their members being on their deathbed. A young woman was dying when her religious parents asked her to have a funeral, but she disagreed. Read the full story here.