He Exposed His Best Friend For Cheating On His Girlfriend And Getting A Coworker Pregnant, And Now He’s Getting Blamed For Ruining His Friend’s Life
This man and his best friend, Matt, have been close ever since they were back in high school. Matt has also had a girlfriend named Sarah for around two years now.
He and Sarah first met when they both were invited to a barbecue at Matt’s house, and they immediately hit it off.
“Sarah was friendly and easy to talk to, and we quickly became friends over shared interests. She’s genuinely kind and supportive, and I’ve never seen Matt happier than when he’s with her,” he explained.
Yet, a couple of months ago, he realized that his best friend was behaving weirdly. All of a sudden, Matt became distant, was constantly on his phone, and began canceling plans at the very last minute.
In the beginning, he wrote it off as stress at work or perhaps some relationship issues with Sarah.
However, when Matt asked him for a ride home one night after a party, the truth finally came tumbling out.
While his best friend was drunk and visibly upset, Matt abruptly confessed to cheating on Sarah with a coworker named Jenny from his office. Then, Matt claimed that he felt “trapped” in his relationship and was supposedly using Jenny to “escape.”
He was begged to keep the infidelity a secret, and he couldn’t help but feel both surprised and conflicted. Even so, he wanted to respect Matt’s privacy and hoped that he would come clean himself.
Well, from here, things only got worse. Just a few weeks later, Matt approached him in a panic and revealed how his coworker, Jenny, was pregnant and wanted to have their child.
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Apparently, his best friend wanted help convincing Jenny not to keep the baby – mainly because Matt didn’t want Sarah to find out about the affair. Plus, Matt actually hinted about possibly leaving town to avoid any fallout.
At that point, keeping his best friend’s cheating a secret became too big a weight to bear.
That’s why, the next time he ran into Sarah at a mutual friend’s art gallery opening, he decided to tell her everything.
When he initially ran into her, he tried to act as if he didn’t even see her. But Sarah walked right up to him, and eventually, she actually asked if Matt was planning to propose soon.
This question completely caught him off guard, and he asked why she would think that.
Sarah proceeded to detail how she’d brought the topic of marriage up to Matt recently, who started acting awkwardly. This pushed her to assume that he was already planning to propose to her.
“I felt a rush of guilt, and I knew I couldn’t keep the secret any longer,” he recalled.
“I pulled Sarah aside and told her everything – Matt’s affair, Jenny’s pregnancy, the entire mess.”
Obviously, Sarah was heartbroken, and she quickly left the art gallery event. Later that same night, he also received a furious call from Matt. He found out that Sarah had confronted his best friend about the cheating and ended their relationship.
“Jenny was also threatening to go public, adding to the chaos. And Matt blamed me entirely, saying I’d ruined his life and our friendship,” he said.
Since then, the rest of their friend group has found out about all of this drama, too, and they’re all divided.
Some people think he had a right to tell Sarah the truth; meanwhile, others can’t believe he would betray Matt’s trust.
“I feel awful about the fallout,” he admitted, “I didn’t want to hurt Matt, but I couldn’t continue lying to Sarah.”
Nonetheless, in the wake of this situation, he’s now wondering whether exposing the affair and “blowing up” his best friend’s life was really the right thing to do.
Do you think Sarah deserved to know about Matt’s affair? What would you have done?
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