Husband Loves Giving Money To Charities, But It Drives His Wife Crazy And They Get A Divorce. So He Keeps Doing It Anyway, And Gives Her Email Address So She’ll Be Notified When He Makes Each Donation.
by Jayne Elliott
Most people probably think of giving to charity as a good thing.
In today’s story, a man tells us about his ex-wfie who was extremely against giving to charity for some reason.
Post divorce, he uses giving to charity to make her mad.
Let’s see how the story unfolds…
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My ex wife had/probably still has, this irrational hatred for charity giving.
Like my employer had a program where you give a portion of your wage to any or all of a long list of charities.
Think like you pick $X per pay, then you select any number of recipients from a huge list. You get the tax deduction, they take care of administrative costs.
I did it and never thought about it again, it was something like $50 a month going to blind people, street kids, women’s shelters, a local museum, etc.
His wife was furious.
When she found out she was livid.
Like threatened me with a knife livid.
And we were far from broke, it was a great job, we owned a house, living the good life.
He’s getting revenge on his ex post divorce.
Years later we divorce, it’s gross. Like the worst divorce story anyone I know has ever heard in real life.
Anyway, I’m not at that employer anymore but still give to charities as I feel like.
When I do, I don’t really care about the tax receipt, so I put her email address in it.
His ex is constantly reminded of his charitable giving.
So every month or so she gets an email thanking her for her donation to … Wikipedia, or whatever else.
She particularly hates paying for Wikipedia, but I tend to choose ones I know for sure she’d hate the most. Sick kids.
She’s really a horrible person.
Best part, she can’t even claim the deductions because 1) they’re still in my name and 2) she lives in a different country now.
You can’t claim Canadian Charities on US tax returns.
Anyway, I think I’m funny.
I’m glad OP is giving to charity even if he is doing it is a form of revenge.
Let’s see how Reddit reacted…
This reader loves the revenge.
Here’s the perspective of someone who used to work for a charity…
Another reader would pick the charities wisely.
This reader points out OP is doing two things at once.
Another reader also donates to Wikipedia.
I can’t understand being so set against donating to any charity.
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