AITA : Late wife leaves precious dress collection to sister, anticipating husband would remarry and give the dresses to his next wife and kids, years later he proves her right

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    Font - Posted by u/Clear_Dream_7649 18 hours ago AITA for telling my late sister's husband that his daughter is not getting any of my sister's dresses?
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    Font - My sister died 17 years ago. She left behind a 4 months old daughter (now 17) and a 5 year old son (now 22). My sister was diagnosed with cancer 8 months into her pregnancy and she was aware it was terminal right away. After my niece was born she asked me if I would keep her dresses (she had a collection of very nice dresses she had accumulated because she worked for a fashion magazine and got discounts and freebies sometimes) and her favorite jewelry for her kids. She said
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    Font - maybe her daughter wouldn't want the clothes but if she did, they would be with me. She told me she knew her husband loved her. But she knew he would remarry and that lines can be blurred and she really didn't want any of his future children or his future wife laying claim to her possessions. She wanted them for her children. She had a necklace that she knew her son would like one day (and he asked for it when he was 15 and still wears it today). I said of course.
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    Font - Her husband did remarry. About a year after my sister died he told our family he had gotten another woman pregnant and then a couple of months later announced they were to marry. Things were awkward for a few years. He was still part of our lives but we had not been close when my sister was alive and his wife was holding some hard feelings toward him and us. Their older daughter is 14 and they have a 9 year old daughter together as well.
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    Font - The 14 year old has a school dance coming up and wanted to wear one of my sister's dresses because she saw a photo of my sister wearing one and heard from her dad that I had them. He told me she wanted a dress and wanted me to send it over with my niece for his daughter. I refused to send it and he responded by asking my nephew. Nephew said his half sister had no business having anything to do with one of his mom's dresses. My niece wasn't angry like my nephew was but she found the idea w
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    Font - My sister's husband told me it wasn't fair to deny the girl the dress because she's not my sister's daughter and that she is part of the family and it shouldn't be a big deal. I told him I didn't feel comfortable giving it and was going to do what my sister wanted. He suggested she could choose another dress from the collection and I said she was not getting ANY of the dresses. He said I should not be depriving his daughter and she's being treated unfairly. I told him those dresses were n
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    Font - YouSayWotNow 17 hr. ago Partassipant [3] ΝΤΑ Your sister was right that he would get remarried and completely fail to safeguard the items she wanted to pass on to her own daughter. He has proven her right!!! Stick to your guns and safeguard those items for your sister's daughter. 18.1k 18.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Prestigious_Dig_863 16 hr. ago ● I have a feeling she suspected husband of cheating so.e time before this and also the affair possible had children.
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    Font - Successful_Moment_91. 15 hr. ago Partassipant [1] Yes, men are known to cheat more when their wife is pregnant or has cancer and OP's sister had both conditions
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    Font - lavender_poppy · 15 hr. ago I know this statistic is true and it makes me so sad. Why do some men have such little empathy for the ones they claim they love? If my partner was pregnant with my child or going through a horrible disease I'd be by their side the whole time. I just don't get it.
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    Font - Ani_Infijar 14 hr. ago ● Partassipant [1] because most of their wives are mom 2.0 and once their wives stop prioritizing them above everything (because they're dying or growing a human) they move on to the next one that will coddle them
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    Font - hellinahandbasket127 9 hr. ago Partassipant [1] "I can't handle seeing you in pain," as a reason to not sit with you is just a convenient excuse so they don't have to prioritize you above something else they'd rather be doing, but it still makes them looks like an empathetic, caring partner anyway. It's.
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    Font - st-alexandria 11 hr. ago ● My mum's ex husband remarried and after many years together, his second wife was diagnosed with cancer. He suggested to my mum that when she died, maybe they could get back together. She wasn't even expected to die either. Like doctors were quite confident that the treatment would be successful. But he was making plans around her death anyway.

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