Imagine losing your parents and brother to Covid, witnessing their deaths while working at the hospital, and then being laid off from work. This is the reality for one man, who has since become a stay-at-home father. His wife noticed his emotional withdrawal and d********n, but when her family mocked his anxiety attack and questioned his stability, she stepped in to defend him.
Tragic Losses and Emotional Struggles

D********n Takes Over

A Man in Pain

Intimacy and Emotional Conversations Suffer

Counseling Rejected

Anxiety Attack Exposes the Pain

Family’s Heartless Reaction

Private Family Meeting

Insensitive Comments and Laughter

Wife Defends Her Husband

Father’s Cruel Suggestion

Wife’s Furious Response

Cutting Ties for Now

Wife’s Bold Move: Standing Up for Her Husband ♀️
After her family mocked her husband’s anxiety attack and questioned his stability, this wife decided to stand up for him. She confronted her family, telling them they knew nothing about her husband’s struggles and that he was strong for bearing all that loss. She even cut ties with her family until she felt comfortable reconnecting. Her daughters supported her decision, but her husband felt she made him look spineless. Was she right to defend him? Let’s see what the internet thinks…
NTA – Defending spouse from heartless family, encouraging therapy for trauma.

Heartless family vs. supportive OP: NTA for defending husband

NTA! Defending husband’s struggles against heartless family. Stigma around mental illness.

NTA for defending your husband against heartless family. Seek therapy.

NTA! Husband’s d********n is real and family should be supportive.

Heartless family laughs at grieving husband; wife’s insensitive actions questioned

Hospitals are exhausted from COVID, but elective surgeries bring in money

Defending husband from judgmental family during pandemic. NTA vs YTA.

Supportive comment encourages therapy for husband’s trauma.

Supportive wife defends struggling husband against heartless family. Seeking help.

NTA. Supportive spouse defends husband from heartless family during grief.

Heartless family attacks husband, wife offers support and love ❤️
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NTA! Standing up for your husband and setting boundaries! Good luck!

Supporting spouse through mental health crisis. NTA

Supportive commenter defends woman’s actions, acknowledges husband’s vulnerability ❤️

Husband wants wife to fight his battles, but she disagrees
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Defending spouse against meddling family: NTA, keep boundaries strong!

Asking for help doesn’t make you less strong

Defending spouse against family’s abuse: No a**hole here.

Heartless family mocks husband’s mental health after devastating losses. NTA.

Defending husband’s truth: NTA, but does he need help?

Encourage therapy for husband dealing with sudden grief and d********n

NTA. Defending your husband against heartless family is commendable.
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Standing up for your partner against unsupportive family members

Amazing wife and mother defends husband from unsupportive family.
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Defending husband from heartless family: NTA, toxic masculinity addressed.

Standing up for your family against heartless relatives. NTA!

NTA defends spouse from heartless family: Are they justified?

Defending husband with mental health issues against heartless family.

Woman defends husband from heartless family: Is she right?

Defending spouse against heartless family: NTA, partners have each other’s backs ❤️

Therapy isn’t for the weak, it’s life-changing. Help your husband

Last Updated on January 31, 2024 by Diply Social Team