His Brother Proposed To His Best Female Friend A Few Days Ago, But He Had No Clue They Were Even Dating
A 23-year-old man has gone through his whole life with his very best female friend, Lila, by his side. Although they’ve spent a ton of time together, everything with Lila has only ever been platonic in nature.
Not so long ago, Lila let him know that she had met a guy and was talking to him, but it all was all “long-distance.”
He never thought that Lila was that into this guy she told him about, and that was pretty much the first and last time that Lila ever brought it up.
A few days ago, his 34-year-old brother came home from deployment. His brother is a marine and usually is stationed close to home, however, he spent the last year deployed in another country.
Since his brother was coming home, his family and some of his best friends threw him a welcome home party.
Little did he know, this welcome home party was about to turn into an engagement party too.
“Lila seemed weird before the party, I thought it was weird she had dressed up so much and was acting so nervous, she told me there was something she wanted to talk to me about and then kept saying never mind,” he explained.
“I was immediately suspicious something was up and after that point, I can’t say I was completely surprised when my brother arrived home, went right to her, and kissed her, but I was shocked when he proposed.”
“She said yes and everyone was happy so I was the only one who didn’t know this was going to happen. My mom could tell and she took me aside.”
gstockstudio – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purpose only, not the actual person
Sign up for Chip Chick’s newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox.
“She said they thought Lila was going to tell me about the relationship, and the reason why my family hadn’t mentioned it to me was that they thought I had feelings for Lila and didn’t want to talk about it.”
He can’t exactly place any blame on his mom for how she played a part in everything, since he is aware that he’s the type of person who hates discussing anything until he has time to process what’s happening.
He did think it was a good idea to talk to Lila after the party though, and Lila revealed that she kept the relationship with his brother a secret because she thought he would be opposed to their difference in ages.
He admits the age difference does concern him, so Lila’s not wrong there. Lila then said she kept the relationship hidden from him for such a long time that she couldn’t figure out how to break the news to him, as she was afraid he would get upset.
Lila also stated that she was scared to lose him as a friend since it’s a hardship on her that her brother has spent a whole year deployed and away from her.
“But I still feel pretty betrayed and lied to,” he said. “My brother was apparently under the impression she had told me about the relationship after he had left, though he says she never explicitly told this to him.”
“But on Lila’s part she had to specifically hide social media posts talking about my brother from me, she had to specifically tell our friends not to talk to it about me.”
He feels so very let down, and he is trying to hide his feelings from those closest to him for fear that they will misinterpret his reaction as jealousy.
If you were in his shoes, would you be upset to find out that your best friend and your brother were hiding their relationship from you?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
If true crime defines your free time, this is for you: join Chip Chick’s True Crime Tribe.
More About:Human Interest