‘Private’ Man Angrily Leaves Wife’s Surprise Party Celebrating Him ‘Beating Cancer’

A 35-year-old man on Reddit was furious when his wife organized a surprise party to celebrate his cancer remission after he told her he didn't want anyone to know.

"I am a very private person, I have no social media, and don't want my wife posting photos of me ... I don't like attention on me and prefer to keep things low-key whenever I can," he began.

"Keeping that in mind, I was diagnosed with an extremely curable type of skin cancer. It was caught very early on and I never felt scared for my life in any way, shape or form ... Still, I told my wife of course, and she was terrified. We talked through it and told her my doctor was very optimistic and said we have caught it early on, etc. None of it seemed to help, but I tried," he continued.

"About a week later, I get a call from my dad asking about my cancer. Turns out, my wife posted on FB about my cancer that morning. I called her and wasn't happy that she posted my business ... There is no way she would think I wanted that posted online, no matter what I said. So, she took it down and time went by," the man explained.

The man was soon in remission with his skin cancer, with his doctor even telling him, "We don't like to say you're 'cured,' but you're cured." So, he told his wife and she was thrilled. The man thought he could put the whole thing behind him until he came home one day after work.

"I see a lot of cars parked on the street, some in my driveway. I couldn't think of any birthdays or anniversaries I missed, but went in anyway. It was a party for my remission diagnosis," he shared.

"I was mortified at this, she's never done anything like this and we've talked about how I would hate a surprise party multiple times. I asked what this is for a said, 'I'm sorry, but I didn't know you planned this, I'm just coming back for some files and heading back to work.' It was a lie, I gathered up some meaningless files in my office and said thanks to everyone for coming and left to go back to my office, messing around on my phone until everyone left," the man explained.

Unfortunately, his wife knew that he had lied and the couple got into an argument when he returned home that night.

"I told her I don't know what's gotten into her, but she knows I would never want this and she doesn't get to make a big deal out of something personal I never wanted to be public in the first place," the man concluded.

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Users in the comments section criticized the man's wife for disregarding his feelings and privacy.

"Your wife completely disregarded your feelings re: personal privacy. She should take down the FB post immediately and apologize for ambushing you with the party," one person wrote.

"Does your wife even know you? I find her behavior to be really odd and inappropriate. You should not have to command or request her not to post about you. It should come naturally to her to a.) already know what you'd be OK and not OK with and b.) know to ask if she wants to communicate something about you," someone else wrote.

"She is acting selfishly and making your cancer about herself and ignoring your wishes. She should ask you before doing things of this nature. She is invading your privacy," another user weighed in.