This is brotherly love.
A husband was shocked when he discovered his long-term wife slept with her brother before they were married 20 years ago.
The 50-something spouse revealed in a recently resurfaced Reddit post, “I feel pained, violated, and almost irrationally angry that this ‘secret’ is well known in my family but I Nothing.”
The husband, who goes by @JahgMeeHoff on Reddit, took to the site to seek advice from other users.
“My brother was dating my wife weeks before we started dating. I never knew. They kept it a secret all these years,” he wrote. “I realize this is ancient history, but like every couple we have had marital problems over the years.”
The shocking secret tryst was revealed during a family dinner where the Reddit user’s sister-in-law leaked previously undisclosed information.
After asking his brother for more information, the husband learned that his sibling and his spouse had engaged in sexual intercourse on multiple occasions.
“They make out/fuck around a lot,” the angry Reddit user wrote. “More than ‘a few times.’ More FWB [friends with benefits]blocking the streets where they live. I imagine both are busy, hungry young professionals. who is not [when they were] In your twenties? “
“It’s really none of my business, it just feels weird that my brother hit my wife,” he added. “He pestered her. She got pregnant not long after we started dating. We got married pretty quickly. It was so exciting.”
The revelation caused a rift between the Reddit user and his wife, and he is now questioning the future of his marriage.
“My wife wouldn’t answer the phone. I already had trust issues because of things she did in our relationship in her 40s,” he said. “My wife and I have slept in separate rooms.”
Many Reddit users were shocked by the family’s concerted effort to keep the relationship secret for so long.
“The most painful part is that everyone around him knows and is purposely hiding it from him,” one person wrote.
Another added: “Keeping a secret behind your back for so long feels like a betrayal.”
Meanwhile, some users are worried that his eldest son may not be his biological child.
“Wait a minute, they had a lot of unprotected sex a few weeks before you started dating and she got pregnant very quickly after you started dating?! Are you sure your oldest is yours?” commented one panicked reader.
Although the news was heartbreaking, the Reddit user updated fans, saying he hopes to work things out with his wife and rebuild trust with his brother.
“I know I’m angry right now. I see Red thinking. I guess I’m embarrassed, everyone else knows, and I’m an uninformed fool. So embarrassing,” he wrote.