14 Last Words By Dying People That Left Their Family Either Laughing, Crying, Or Utterly Speechless
A while back a Reddit user asked, "People who have heard deathbed confessions, what were some interesting ones?"
You could not imagine how jarring, sentimental, and even funny some of these last conversations were. Here are some of the most interesting ones:
1."My great uncle actually confessed to having two illegitimate sons right before he kicked the bucket in front of his own children and grandchildren. The crazy thing was that none of his children knew this life of his. Not even my great-aunt knew about it because she would have made a huge fuss if she had been alive at that time and knew about it. What was crazier was that these two sons had already passed away five and seven years ahead of him, respectively. He was 98 years old, and those sons were 65 and 69 years old."
2."My aunt watched her elderly mother fall down the stairs and confess just before she died that she wasn't her biological mother. She told my aunt that her oldest sister was actually her mother. The sister had gotten pregnant too young, and the mom said it was hers. It was a common way of handling it back then. She revealed it in her very last breath."
3."My grandfather admitted to me and only me that he once 'accidentally' slept with a man."
4."A couple of days before my grandmother passed away she was really confused and was talking about my mother having a child a year or so after my own birth that was given up for adoption. She was talking about how sad and horrible this was and that I deserved to know. After my grandmother passed, I confronted my mom about it, and she denied this, and I truly believed her. A couple of months later, it turned out my grandmother was the one who gave up a baby for adoption. It was a baby girl who was born between my mother and aunt."
5."My cousin and I got into a car accident and he died. Through his life, his friends got him to steal and vandalize so many things. He'd also gone to jail four different times. When we were in the hospital and he was about to die, his last words were, 'Welp, if I go to hell, at least I’ll be with all my friends. I love you.'"
6."Before my grandmother died, she asked me if her mashed potatoes were still the best I've had."
7."A family friend was taking care of an elderly aunt. I forget what health issues she had, but one day she got up and started putting on her slippers and just getting ready. When asked what she was doing, she said, 'I’m just getting ready to see Jesus.' She died maybe 4 hours later."
8."On his deathbed, my grandpa said, 'I may not be your real grandfather. I kidnapped your Mom when she was little.' That was a heck of a punch in the gut for sure."
— u/anonymous
9."I had an uncle who was a heavy drinker and just known for being a bit wild. Anyway, at one family party, the morning after, a mattress in the house was found stinking of piss. No one knew who the culprit was, and he naturally got the blame though he vehemently denied it. His last words on his deathbed were, 'It wasn’t me that pissed the bed!' So it clearly bothered him for years that he had been blamed for this (a minor thing compared to many things he had done!)"
10."My nana was renowned for religiously having a gin and tonic at 9 p.m. every night. She and my grandpa started the tradition on their honeymoon, and she continued it for 20 years after his death. On her own deathbed in the hospital, we managed to sneak in a gin and tonic in a hip flask. We offered it to her, only for Nana to turn around and say 'I've never really been fond of them.' Bless her, she went out laughing at us."
11."My grandmother admitted she didn't like my haircut."
12."My maternal great-grandmother told me in response to me telling her thanks for being my great-grandma, 'I’m so sorry.' She responded that way because when I was born, it was out of wedlock. So, while she was civil towards me, she harbored not-so-good feelings for me. I accepted her apology and in a way, probably made her spirit happy because I named one of my children after her. Not too shocking, but it still kinda hurt me when she apologized to me."
13."My grandfather confessed that he had a son we never knew about. He knocked up some woman and abandoned her and their son when the child was born and never saw them again. He wondered wistfully whether that boy (now over 50) ever thought of him or ever wanted to see him. Right after he died, his son found us! He'd searched the obituaries all around the country, every week for years."
14.And finally, "While cleaning out my grandma's stuff after she just died, we found a notebook that had a short, one-page letter to my mom. It was sweet, saying how much she loved her, and then out of nowhere, it said, 'Your uncle Bobby is your real dad.' Uncle Bobby was my grandma's brother-in-law. Given that my mom is 53, our minds were sufficiently blown. Like, what a plot twist."
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