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[00:00:01] Welcome to Wednesday One-Shot, the series where we share a bonus story to help you get through the week. This time around we have a story from a listener named Tina titled The Worst Best Friend Ever. I couldn't agree more with that title.
[00:00:25] It describes a very, very disappointing and awful experience, and it proves that you never know who you can really trust. This happened almost ten years ago. My husband and I would visit his best friend and his wife a few times per year.
[00:00:42] They lived two and a half hours away from us, so we would visit them for long weekends. The four of us always had a great time together and spent a lot of those weekends together just relaxing by their pool.
[00:00:55] As the years went by, my husband had some health issues that caught up to him all at once. He had a stroke. Then, as soon as he was beginning to get better, he had another.
[00:01:07] He later had a heart attack and had to go in for a heart catheterization. Obviously through all of these health crises, I would keep my husband's friends in the loop. So when I informed them about the upcoming catheterization, my husband's best friend
[00:01:25] wanted to drive us so that he could be there for the procedure. I knew my husband would be excited to see his best friend, and as soon as his best friend arrived, we went to the hospital to see him.
[00:01:38] The procedure was early the next morning, so we didn't stay long because we wanted to make sure that my husband had a good night's sleep. His best friend and I left after visiting for about 30 minutes, then went back to my house.
[00:01:53] My husband's best friend was on the couch and I was in the bedroom. I was almost asleep when he knocked on the bedroom door. He then opened the door and claimed that the couch was hurting his back and asked if he could sleep with me.
[00:02:10] I was in shock. Before I could even answer, he climbed into bed with me. Now I am eternally grateful for my 70-pound dog who was in the middle of the bed and acted as a buffer between us.
[00:02:23] Since I was in bed, I wasn't wearing a lot, so I slowly moved out of the bed and reached for my robe. I was about to tell him that he could have the bed and I would sleep on the couch when
[00:02:33] he reached over my dog then tried to kiss me. I don't remember what I said, but I know I made him leave immediately. My mind was racing. He left, apologizing profusely, and I wedged a chair under the doorknob so that he wouldn't be able to come back in.
[00:02:52] I couldn't believe what happened. He had been my husband's best friend for over 20 years. Why would he betray my husband like that? Why would he betray his wife? He had never made any advances towards me in the years that I had known him, so it was
[00:03:08] completely out of the blue. The next day, I woke up and saw that he had already left for the hospital before I even got up. Once I got to the hospital, I didn't want to upset my husband so I acted like nothing was wrong.
[00:03:23] We visited him before his procedure. We didn't sit together in the waiting room, and after my husband's procedure was over, we were able to see him and his best friend left to go back to his house.
[00:03:35] Sadly, my husband passed away after a few weeks later, and I never told him what happened. I only saw his best friend one other time after that, and that was at his funeral. So to my late husband's former best friend, let's never meet again.
[00:03:54] Thank you Tina for sharing your story with us. If you have something to share, send it in to letsnotmeetstories at gmail.com. We'll see you all next week for a full episode of Let's Not Meet. Everyone stay safe.