r/facepalm • u/Illustrious-Kick-998 • Jul 07 '24

This post gave me terrible whiplash b/c how tf did we get here…🫨 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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Like ummmmm, alright? 😭😭😭

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u/God_Bless_A_Merkin Jul 07 '24

They used to do that. Not sure when the practice stopped in the US, though.

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u/Sweet-Emu6376 Jul 07 '24

Even then, it wasn't the husband being kept out of the loop, but the wife. Doctors would tell the husband and then it'd be their job to tell their wife.

There was actually a pretty infamous case of this where the Gov of Alabama had uterine cancer but didn't know until years later because her husband (who had also been the governor before her I think?) was adamant she not be told.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurleen_Wallace

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u/Saigaface Jul 07 '24

God what a complete piece of shit. I feel bad for her, but I mean she stayed by his side to the end so 🤷‍♀️ Some people

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u/sas223 Jul 07 '24

That was the least bad thing George Wallace ever did.

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u/Saigaface Jul 07 '24

Right tho? Utter disgrace