My wife fled our house when she learned about its dark history – now she’s staying at her parents’ and insists we sell

A SAVVY home-owner’s resolution to save cash on his property backfired when his spouse realized about its tainted historical past.

She fled, demanding they promote the house after discovering what occurred.

Redditor Pleasant_Tear3205 shared his residence’s backstory in a viral submit.

The 34-year-old defined that 9 years in the past, he was offered with a home worth he felt he could not move up.

“I used to be lucky sufficient to depart faculty debt-free with a extremely profitable main, and I needed nothing greater than to stay on a couple of acres of land in a quiet home with my canines,” he defined.

“I seemed round for months with a couple of totally different realtors in a number of cities close to my office.

“Lastly, a realtor requested me if I might thoughts if the home had a little bit of a historical past. I stated it might rely (would not need anybody exhibiting up with a baseball bat to gather an unpaid debt).

“He then stated that there was a murder-suicide in the home a couple of years again.”

After he noticed the home in particular person, the realtor additionally made a killing — of some hundred thousand {dollars}.

“I did not assume a lot of it and agreed to view the home. Three minutes after arriving, I knew it was excellent for me,” he stated.

“It has 4 bedrooms and two loos and is on three acres of land. The asking worth was $481,000, which I knew was a steal.”

The home, he defined, had been closely discounted to account for its troubled previous.

“The realtor agreed it might be at the very least $100,000 extra if it weren’t for the truth that a high-profile crime had occurred in it,” he stated.

“I put in a $445,000 provide, and miraculously, the proprietor agreed. I have not considered what occurred in the home greater than a few occasions since.”

5 years later, he met the “love of his life,” Jennifer, who rapidly fell in love together with his home after seeing it.

“We tied the knot final yr. The opposite day, Jennifer was on the grocery retailer, and he or she acquired right into a dialog with an aged lady,” he stated.

I did not assume a lot of it and agreed to view the home. Three minutes after arriving, I knew it was excellent for me.

Redditor Pleasant_Tear3205

“The lady requested the place she lived, and Jennifer described the situation. Apparently, the aged lady instructed her, ‘Oh, the previous Johnson home? Horrible what occurred there,” and defined all the things.’

His spouse rushed residence in a panic to share the information however was shocked when she discovered he already knew.

“Jennifer acquired slack-jawed and stated she could not stay in a spot the place one thing so horrible had occurred. I responded that that is what she had been doing for the previous yr and a half,” he stated.

“[She] dramatically fled the home with a suitcase to stick with her mother and father. She retains calling me, arguing about promoting the home, after which hanging up on me.

“She appears actually upset about my not telling her, however as I stated earlier than, I legitimately did not care sufficient to even bear in mind.”

Individuals agreed with him that the incident wasn’t a dealbreaker for them.

“You had the home for years earlier than you met her. It is not such as you have been hiding it from her,” stated one commenter.

“It by no means got here up ‘trigger you do not give it some thought. I haven’t got any recommendation on your relationship together with your spouse, however [you’re] not the a**gap, for my part.”

“I wouldn’t assume twice about residing in such a home. Most elderly homes most likely had useless our bodies in them in some unspecified time in the future,” stated one other.

“Even with newer houses, there’s likelihood an older proprietor died in them.

“To not point out, there are human bones scattered all through the earth.

“In case your spouse needs to go the place nobody has ever died earlier than, recommend she volunteer to be a type of individuals who colonize Mars.”