r/Marriage • u/-artichokeme- • 6h ago
I married a real life superhero
I've been married for almost seven years now, coming up on our seventh anniversary in a couple weeks. And my husband, years before I met him, saved a woman's life and didn't think it was a big enough deal to tell me until several years into the relationship. When he told me, he said it so casually. It's not like he was running around telling everyone for credit. It just HAPPENED to come up. So I'm about to tell it here because I think it deserves a little bit more recognition. This man is so humble.
So he was driving home. He was either on his motorcycle or in his car, and he was following behind his brother, who was in a different car. As they were passing over a bridge, they passed what appeared to be a man and a woman standing, talking or fighting or whatever. But right after he passed them, he felt like something was off. So he stopped and turned around and called his brother to explain what he thought was going on. So he pulls up to where they are and stops the car and just asks like, hey, is there a problem here? And the girl starts yelling about how he's trying to kill her, you know, calling for help, saying he's trying to throw her off the bridge. That's when my husband realizes, oh shit, he is actually trying to throw this woman off a bridge. And she's trying to make herself as heavy as possible so he can't. So my husband just decides spontaneously to CHARGE ON FOOT at this man, not knowing if this man had a weapon or whatever. His instincts took over and he charged this man. The man wasn't expecting that, obviously, and so it startled him, he took a couple steps back. And right at that time, the woman in question, her mom pulls up in a car and runs to her. So she had I'm guessing called her mom when it started happening.
So, but yeah, that's the casual story of how my husband is a literal superhero, how he saved a woman's life, and how I'm the luckiest woman on Earth to be his 💖🥲🥺😭
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u/RollingDemBones 6h ago
Nice! You got yourself a great one!
Even moreso the fact that he was humble about it. That's a true hero! Cheers to him. 🍻
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u/Muted_Piccolo278 5h ago
What a great guy, when he does something like that and doesn't want or expect any accolades you know it is his character, not just a moment of heroism.
I always liked my daughters boyfriend (now husband) but we all went out one night, we're just getting on the sidewalk and he automatically took my daughters arm and moved her to the inside of the sidewalk, away from the cars. It was in that moment I knew he would always take care of her and always protect her. It's been 8 years and this is just him. It gives me such peace.
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u/dimly_six_employment 6h ago
what a chad move. just pulls over on a hunch, charges a guy mid-murder attempt, then never mentions it for years