Life has a way of making people confront the consequences of their actions, even years later.

After a cancer diagnosis, one ex-husband asks for his ex-wife to give up her alimony payments so he can have more money for his treatments.

Now one woman is forced to decide whether to sacrifice her financial independence for the man who betrayed her trust.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for refusing to waive my alimony because my ex husband has cancer and can’t afford it?

My ex-husband (56M) and I (52F) got divorced because of his infidelity.

He married his affair partner, who was 20 years younger than me.

So they came to agreed upon-terms after their divorce.

As part of our prenuptial agreements, we had agreed I would receive alimony for being a SAHM.

I was a SAHM for my entire marriage. We had three daughters.

He never had a problem with paying alimony after our divorce. We had to be friendly to maintain a good co-parenting relationship.

It was looking like everyone was finally adjusting to the new normal, until life threw a curveball.

My daughters were very hurt in the beginning but learned to forgive my husband and his wife.

They make TikToks with her all the time now.

He ended up getting early-stage, treatable cancer, and because he became a big spender and had recently started his own business, the bills have been very hard on him.

So her ex-husband and his new wife came to her with a big request.

He and his wife asked if I could waive my alimony payments, at least for a little while, so that he can pay for his cancer treatments.

I see no reason why they can’t downgrade their quality of life.

They live in a multi-million-dollar house, and his wife is decked out in designer clothes and has a face full of procedures.

So she turns them down and starts taking heat from all sides.

I told them no, and they have been pressing me to waive my alimony payments. They’ve even made my daughters bring it up.

He’s called me coldhearted and said he had been “good to me” and would have helped me out if I was going through a hard time.

AITA?

Should she give into the pressure, or has she already paid enough for his mistakes?

Let’s see what Reddit has to say.

This commenter has quite a few things to say.

The ex-husband sure has a strange idea of what “good to you” means.

There’s no sense in bringing the kids into this dispute either.

The alimony is a legal agreement, not a personal one.

The price of forgiveness isn’t up for negotiation.

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