23 Shocking Confessions People Made When They Thought They Were Going To Die

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“Not really a confession, more of a retraction. My father was recently diagnosed with cancer. After the initial surgery to remove tumors, he was very weak, in a lot of pain, and scared because, for the first time in his life, he wasn’t in control of what was happening to him. Let me preface the rest of this by saying that he’s always been very selfish and only does things that benefit him in some way or are convenient for him, including being a parent. We were raised by a single mother for most of our childhood, and then got an awesome step-dad from our middle-teens to the current day.”

“My father has always told my brother and me that we aren’t getting any inheritance — that he’s going to spend it all before he dies. He’s been a bachelor for 30 years, so no spouse either. We’ve always said (more to avoid giving him any power over us) that was fine — it is his money, he should spend it as he chooses.

So my dad is in the hospital, thinking he’s going to die any day, so he calls my brother and me and says he’s realized that he doesn’t need to be in a pine box before gifting us anything. He’s going to give us each a chunk of money and watch us enjoy it before he dies. Now, this money did come with strings — we had to tell him what we were going to use it for, and he had to approve. So we both talked about doing some home improvement. This met with approval. He never said how much we were going to get, but the ideas he was throwing out there were pretty high-dollar (a new pool for my brother, new floors and windows for me), so our eyes were kind of popping. It was very generous, and in my case, potentially game-changing as I really do need both and am in no position to afford either.

Fast forward two weeks, and all the tests come back. He has a very treatable form of cancer that was caught early, and he has an excellent prognosis. Both my brother and I flew to where he lives to care for him after he got out of the hospital and started chemo. He sat us down and said something to the effect of ‘Now that I’m not dying, there are still some things I want to do, so I’m not giving you any money.’ It’s totally his prerogative and his money, and totally in keeping with his personality. But still, oof.”

—u/ozarkan18