A man shared his heartbreaking Reddit story: His late wife, Cloé, died in a car crash when their daughter Eleanore was 2. Before her death, Cloé recorded sweet pregnancy videos—joking, eating lunch, talking to their unborn child—for Eleanore to see on her 18th birthday. The OP kept them safe for 16 years, cherishing them as his daughter’s only link to her mom.

Years later, at 13, Eleanore’s age when he met Wendy (divorced mom of two), they married. Wendy often felt insecure about Cloé, a beautiful ex-model, admitting, “I can never be like her.” The OP reassured her of his love, but she’d get uncomfortable hearing about Cloé.

With Eleanore’s birthday two weeks away, he excitedly planned to show the tapes. Wendy asked to see the box in his closet. The next day, it was gone. Confronting her, she casually admitted throwing them away “as a head start” to make him “move on,” tired of his late-wife talk.

Furious and sobbing, he locked himself away—those were his last memories of Cloé and Eleanore’s surprise. Now ignoring her endless apologies, he’s scouring old files for any videos, as his daughter still cries over never “meeting” her mom. Mutual friends urge him to forgive since Cloé died 16 years ago, but he’s devastated.

Redditors raged: “That’s not jealousy—it’s despicable. Divorce her. She stole your daughter’s legacy.”