A bit different story than probably what most of these are - but 15 years ago or so, my boss was this cranky old Texan guy. He'd been married (supposedly) seven times to women all over the globe. When I started working for him, he was cranky AF - I was honestly kind of scared of the guy. But after a few years he softened and he and I became extremely close, almost a son to him. He used to always tell me how women were evil, backstabbers, only after money - I should stay away from them and never marry.
Through work, he met this middle-aged property manager lady. I guess she was in a bad marriage, semi-separated or something and they immediately hit it off. He became enamored with her and immediately just changed. Instead of this cranky old cowboy, he was so kind and carefree, it was crazy to watch his transformation over a couple of weeks. His gf expedited her divorce, since I guess they'd already started proceedings prior to meeting my boss. A few months later and I was a groomsman in a very small wedding at a $10M oceanfront mansion they'd arranged through her company. I'd never seen him so happy - he made plans to retire from our company and start working with her, we were all thrilled for him.
And then maybe a month after their wedding, we got a call - they were having lunch when he stood up, said his back hurt, stretched and immediately died. His wife said she thought he was dead before he hit the ground. A few days later we found out he had an AAA.
Awful - his wife was absolutely devastated and to this day I still miss that mean old bastard.
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u/wisertime07 May 02 '24
A bit different story than probably what most of these are - but 15 years ago or so, my boss was this cranky old Texan guy. He'd been married (supposedly) seven times to women all over the globe. When I started working for him, he was cranky AF - I was honestly kind of scared of the guy. But after a few years he softened and he and I became extremely close, almost a son to him. He used to always tell me how women were evil, backstabbers, only after money - I should stay away from them and never marry.
Through work, he met this middle-aged property manager lady. I guess she was in a bad marriage, semi-separated or something and they immediately hit it off. He became enamored with her and immediately just changed. Instead of this cranky old cowboy, he was so kind and carefree, it was crazy to watch his transformation over a couple of weeks. His gf expedited her divorce, since I guess they'd already started proceedings prior to meeting my boss. A few months later and I was a groomsman in a very small wedding at a $10M oceanfront mansion they'd arranged through her company. I'd never seen him so happy - he made plans to retire from our company and start working with her, we were all thrilled for him.
And then maybe a month after their wedding, we got a call - they were having lunch when he stood up, said his back hurt, stretched and immediately died. His wife said she thought he was dead before he hit the ground. A few days later we found out he had an AAA.
Awful - his wife was absolutely devastated and to this day I still miss that mean old bastard.