On one hand I can’t imagine the heartbreak people who have been cheated on go through when they discover their spouse has been unfaithful, but on the OTHER hand I kind of hope at some point in my life I’ll get a chance to pull a revenge as spectacular as the one described below.
The basic premise is that the brother of the cheating husband wrote the following on Reddit’s r/relationship subreddit in search of advice on how to handle all the family drama going on over how his brother’s (soon to be ex) wife broadcasted his affair to not only their family, but a significant portion of their town. Guy didn’t get any advice other than “stay out of it” and “your brother is a douche,” but the way the spurned wife went about outing him was fucking brilliant:
First I would like to start out by saying that I am not trying to defend my brother in any way. I’m mad at him too and that’s why I am posting here. My [27M] brother [28M] has been married to a wonderful woman [28F] for 6 years now. A couple of months ago a courier delivered an envelope to my house. I was at work but my wife [22F] was home and she called me after she opened it. Inside the envelope was a wedding photo of my brother and his wife. There were also two dozen other photos of my brother and another, different woman in compromising positions, like the two of them walking hand in hand outside an apartment, them in robes on the apartment balcony, them together in a restaurant arm and arm, etc. The other woman was circled in all the photos and there was things written on the pictures like “Not his wife” and “She knows he is married”. Besides the photos there was a photo of an email where my brother is telling someone how hot and sexy she is and how his wife is clueless.
My brother had been having an affair and his wife found out somehow (he thinks he left the email open on their laptop accidentally and she saw it, but he isn’t sure). His wife sent an envelope like the one I got to my parents [53F/58M] and our other brother [26M] and several of our family members. She also sent them to the other woman’s parents and family, to a few dozen of their co-workers (my brother met her at work), the president of the company, several of their friends as well as people from my brother’s church (which myself, my wife, my parents and other members of our family attend also). The other woman and my brother got their envelopes at work at the same time as their co-workers and my brother was served with divorce papers as well. When he went home his wife and her stuff was gone and he hasn’t seen or spoken to her since he left for work that day because she changed her phone number and email address and he doesn’t know where she is staying. Her work is not somewhere you can just walk into either. They only communicate through their lawyers. None of us have seen or spoken to her either.
Now as if this wasn’t enough, the other woman is pregnant and she has moved into the condo my brother had lived in with his wife. My brother had been paying for her apartment before she moved in with him. My brother will always be my brother but right now I am so mad at him and embarrassed for our family. His wife was a good person and he had no reason to cheat. If he wanted out he could have left her first instead of running around. I don’t agree with how his wife publicly outed him though. I understand she was upset but this caused so much embarrassment. However I have no control over that. As I said I am mad at my brother and my parents are embarrassed beyond belief. Most of my family is mad at my brother but some of them are madder than others and there is disagreement as to how mad people should be and how wrong he is. It’s not easy for me to stay out of the disagreeing and fighting because it involves everyone around me.
Am I right to be mad at my brother? How can I help my parents get over their anger and embarrassment or at least make them feel better? How should I deal with all the family drama? Like I said I love my brother but I am angry at him and don’t know how to help my family.
[Via Reddit]