The truth hurts, but sometimes the lie stings far longer. A 28-year-old woman just realized she doesn’t actually love her 51-year-old husband, and after years of hoping she’d grow into his affections, she found she was just in love with his money. Plainly, she confronted him after getting provoked in an argument, and she said the irrevocable truth straight to his face: She didn’t love him, and never would.

Alas, these words may sting, but after three years of marriage and a whole slew of debt paid off, there’s no way this man’s ego could fully recover from such a blow. Was she wrong to tell it like it is? You be the judge, just like the opinionated commenters in the peanut gallery of this viral story.

Strangely, I side with the truth on this one. While I’m not usually an advocate for meanness, I feel that this blunt revelation saved both sides of this couple a ton of trouble in the long run. Let’s just hope they had a prenup…