Her Ex-Boyfriend Cheated On Her With Her Own Cousin, And Now They’re Getting Married, So She’s Refusing To Attend The Wedding
Around three years ago, this 25-year-old woman and her ex-boyfriend Jake, who’s 27, were in a serious relationship. At the time, they’d been together for almost four years, which is why she really thought they’d end up tying the knot.
In fact, she and Jake had even discussed the idea of getting married.
“But about a year before we broke up, I noticed that something was off. He was distant, often ‘busy’ with work, and his phone was suddenly a no-go zone,” she recalled.
Later, she finally found out the reason why. Apparently, Jake was actually cheating on her with her own cousin named Sarah, and she was left heartbroken.
This was especially devastating since she and Sarah had a tight-knit relationship as kids, and she never imagined her cousin would ever do something like that.
So, upon learning the truth, she immediately broke up with Jake and cut off Sarah. Yet, while her family obviously heard about what happened, they still tried to justify her cousin’s actions.
“They made excuses like, ‘She’s young and made a mistake,’ or, ‘Jake is the one who’s really at fault,'” she revealed.
It also appears as though Jake and Sarah didn’t view the infidelity as wrong, either, because now, the pair is actually engaged to be wed.
“To say I’m still hurt would be an understatement. My family, however, seems to have completely moved on,” she said.
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Everyone from her parents and siblings to her aunts and uncles is thrilled about the upcoming nuptials. They’ve even begun urging her to “put the past behind her” and attend her cousin’s wedding to show that she’s the “bigger person.”
But honestly, she couldn’t care less about that and flat-out told her family that she wouldn’t be attending the event. It would be agonizing to sit at the ceremony and watch the man who shattered her heart marry her own cousin.
Surprisingly, her family just doesn’t understand that. Rather, they’re furious at her and keep accusing her of being selfish and petty by not going to the wedding.
On top of that, her family members have been sending her tons of text messages in an attempt to guilt-trip her. They claimed she’d regret missing a “family event” and that the situation wasn’t a big deal because “people cheat, it happens.”
She can’t believe they’re behaving as though she’s overreacting, and honestly, she is reaching her wit’s end.
“Part of me wonders if they’re right and if I should just go to keep the peace, but the other part of me feels like I deserve to protect my own well-being,” she vented.
So, she’s really unsure if skipping her cousin’s wedding would be justified given the circumstances or actually make her a jerk.
Would you be able to watch your ex marry your cousin after they cheated together? Does she have a right to skip the nuptials?
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