His Wife Is Boycotting Her Brother’s Wedding Even Though He’s One Of The Groomsmen
A 37-year-old man is married to his 36-year-old wife, and they tied the knot more than a decade ago, and they have three children; two sons and one daughter.
Now, his wife has a 31-year-old brother, and he’s very close to his brother-in-law. He had only been dating his wife for a few weeks when he began getting spending more time with his brother-in-law as a friend.
They do outdoorsy things together like fishing, hunting, and off-roading, and they’re essentially more like brothers than friends at this point.
He’s always been there for his brother-in-law since he’s known him, and when his brother-in-law accidentally got a woman pregnant in his young 20s, he was there for him then too.
His wife’s whole family started insisting that his brother-in-law get married after the news of the pregnancy broke, and so, his brother-in-law went through with it.
“He never loved her, he was never all that into her,” he explained. “They just got together one night out of boredom and ended up producing a child.”
“But as far as both families were concerned that was it; they needed to get married and start and maintain a family. His ex was actually fine with it, but he wasn’t.”
“I think she loved him, but he never loved her. He loved the son that they had together, but not her. But my wife absolutely loved her and thought that she was the best thing that ever happened to her younger brother.”
At some point, during the marriage, his brother-in-law wound up cheating with a woman he’s now engaged to marry.
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His brother-in-law justified his extramarital relationship by saying he was miserable and stuck in his marriage to the mother of his child.
Not surprisingly, when his brother-in-law’s wife learned about him cheating on her, their marriage was over.
This all happened several years ago, and his brother-in-law’s wedding to the woman he cheated on his wife with is upcoming.
His brother-in-law has invited him to be a groomsman, and his wife was invited to be a bridesmaid.
His wife said there is absolutely no way she is going to be part of the bridal party, and in fact, she isn’t even planning on going as a guest to the wedding.
Since her brother cheated on his wife, she thinks it’s wrong to show support for his marriage to his mistress.
His wife is boycotting her brother’s wedding, and she is very concerned that if she were to even go it would make her nephew believe that it was appropriate for his dad to cheat in the first place.
“My wife wants me to also boycott the wedding but I won’t; I’ve told my BIL (and good friend) that I will absolutely be in his wedding, whether my wife is there or not,” he continued.
He does acknowledge that the cheating wasn’t alright or anything to condone at all, but he does understand that his brother-in-law was pushed into marriage and he never should have agreed to get married in the first place.
He does want his brother-in-law to be with someone he loves, and he feels he has every right to be happily married, which he knows he will be with the woman he’s about to marry.
How would you deal with this?
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