Staying loyal to one’s family is important, but if that loyalty comes at the expense of one’s relationship with their partner, something isn’t right. Especially when two people have known each other for over a decade, you’d imagine there would be some strong semblance of trust between them. Unfortunately for one Texas woman, her Mexican husband and his blind commitment to believe whatever his superstitious family told him tore the couple’s marriage apart. Not to mention, he was a deadbeat partner who relied too much on his parents and refused to get a job.
According to the wife, it started back in 2023 when the husband told his Mexican family that she had done witchcraft on him and his mother. His proof? He consulted a vidente, who told him that if he “gets rid of me, his life will prosper,” the wife explained. “It was traumatizing and completely false.” Wildly enough, the two stayed together and miraculously moved past it all; at least, that’s what the wife thought.
Three have passed since that incident, but the wife recently discovered that her husband and his mom were secretly communicating with the same vidente from before, the one who started the whole witchcraft accusation. “When I confronted him, he told me that ‘if I think that, it must be true,’” the wife shared. “He also said that my future generations would be cursed and that God would punish me.”
Needless to say, the wife told him to leave, which he promptly did without hesitation. “My friends and family say this is insane behavior,” she says, and who could disagree? Eventually, the husband contacted her, saying that, because she told him to leave the house, he’s done with her and threw 12 years down the drain with no remorse. “However, he doesnt understand this is really messed up,” the wife cried.
As mentioned earlier, it wasn’t just the husband’s family and their superstitions that were holding him back. He was also a slacker who filed for bankruptcy last year and has been jobless for two years. “He keeps waiting for his father to find him opportunities, and every opportunity collapses. He does not want an ordinary job because he wants to own his own business,” the wife explained. Meanwhile, she had been working full-time and carrying the household financially, yet he still blames her for everything.
In the Texas wife’s story posted to r/whatdoIdo, hundreds of commenters sympathized with her while also strongly advising her to file for divorce ASAP. “Religious extremism is dangerous, and thats exactly what this is,” remarks a Redditor. “There are so many red flags here but the one about him ‘getting rid of you’ is chilling,” adds another.
Fortunately, the wife has updated her post, saying that she is taking the collective suggestion of officially filing for divorce. No one should have to go through all that, especially not with a partner who refuses to play an active role in supporting the household.
