My Brother In Law Just Told My Wife He Is In Love With Her - Best Reddit Stories - Reddit Family

my brother-in-law who married my sister told my wife that he was in love with her this led to a chain of horrific discoveries in our family yesterday out of the blue my brother-in-law asked my wife if she could meet him for lunch he said there was something he needed to talk to her about when my wife told me about his invitation she seemed puzzled but not overly concerned do you think it's about my sister she asked furrowing her brow maybe they're having problems and he wants to get a woman's perspective on things I found the

whole situation odd my brother-in-law had never reached out to my wife in this way before but he often texted her and other family members for mundane reasons so I didn't think much of it after all we were a close-knit family and it wasn't unusual for us to support each other through tough times go find out I told her shrugging off my initial unease my wife agreed deciding to meet him at a cafe near her office the next day the next morning as she was getting ready for work she mentioned lunch again I'm still not sure

what this is about she said a hint of worry in her voice I reassured her saying it was probably nothing serious just listen to what he has to say and if it's something we need to help with we'll figure it out together I said it's a busy Cafe filled with the usual lunchtime crowd and my wife feels a bit more at ease being in such a public setting she arrives a bit early finding a table near the window where she can keep an eye on the entrance he arrives a few minutes later looking more nervous

than she's ever seen him they exchanged the usual pleasantries talking about work and the kids for a few minutes but then then as soon as their food arrives he takes a deep breath and dives into what he really came to say he starts by complimenting her telling her how beautiful she looks at first she thinks he's just being polite but then he keeps going he tells her how she's always been the light in his life how she makes him feel things he's never felt before it was love at first sight he says his voice trembling

slightly I've loved you since the moment I first laid eyes on you if you were mine I would treat you like the queen you are I'd give you everything you deserve my wife is stunned she stares at him unable to believe what she's hearing this man my brother-in-law married to my sister and father of their two kids is pouring his heart out to her he lays it on thick making Grand promises about how different life would be if they were together he goes on saying how he's been holding these feelings in for years how he's

watched her and admired her from afar feeling more and more that they're meant to be together she tries to interrupt to tell him he's making a huge mistake but he keeps talking over her almost as if he's rehearsed this speech a thousand times in his head mind you this man has always had a friendly relationship with my wife our family see each other often since we're a close-knit bunch he's always been the fun Uncle to our kids the guy who's there at every family Barbecue every holiday dinner he does text my wife frequently but it's

always been about mundane things the kids schedules family events things like that nothing overly sexual nothing that would set off any alarms in fact he texts and calls my mom too they have a friendly Rapport and none of us ever thought anything of it to us he's always been just a good guy someone we trust implicitly so to hear my wife recount this to me is like a punch to the gut my wife doesn't let him finish she stands up her chair scraping loudly against the floor and walks out she's shaking as she calls me

telling me everything that just happened while she's on the phone with me the texts from him start first it's apologies he didn't mean it he thinks it's only infatuation he's sorry for making her uncomfortable but the damage is done she leaves work early to come home and talk to me about this her phone buzzing incessantly with his calls and messages I tell her to answer one of his calls to put him on speaker so I can hear he's crying begging her not to tell my sister he keeps saying it was a mistake that he misread

signals that he thought she felt the same way apparently when we were together this past weekend he thought my wife was flirting with him that they had a moment alone in our kitchen where he felt a connection my wife is a major ball buster and I suppose I can see how that can be taken as flirting but this this is beyond anything we could have imagined he asks if she told me and I answer yes as I'm on speaker then he starts begging me too pleading for us to keep this a secret this went on

for a while him begging and US listening my main question was whether he had cheated on my sister before he swore he hadn't swearing on his kids lives that it was just my wife he said I should understand that it was her only her at that point I was done listening I told him I wasn't going to do anything tonight and that I'd call him tomorrow now we're left with this mess not knowing what to do next my wife says we should drive over there right now and tell my sister but the idea of wrecking

my sister's family is killing me thinking about what this will do to my nieces makes me want to vomit I know the right thing to do is to tell my sister but I'm also thinking about my wife it's not her fault but there's sure to be resentment from my family even if my sister doesn't divorce him and they reconcile I can't see how we'll ever be together again like we were before if at all this whole episode can tear my family apart I don't give a about him he tried to destroy my family but I

do care about everyone else update so everyone that told me last night that I couldn't wait to tell my sister was right a little after 12 I got a call from my sister she sounded upset and said she had to tell me something my heart sank as she explained that her husband my brother-in-law had come to her in tears claiming my wife had tried to begin an affair with him he spun a tail where my wife was the instigator Tred to shift the blame entirely onto her I could hardly believe what I was hearing I

immediately told my sister that wasn't the case and assured her I would be right over this situation needed to be addressed face to face not over the phone I hung up and with a sense of urgency called my parents I woke my mother and father explaining what was happening in quick clipped sentences my father was Furious my mother sounded shocked but Resolute they agreed to head over to my sister's house to sit with her kids offering the support she would desperately need right now now next I called my younger brother he groggily answered confusion turning

to alarm as I filled him in he promised to come over to our place and stay with our kids ensuring they wouldn't be left alone during this turmoil his calm steady presence would be a comfort to them Meanwhile my wife was already Gathering her things her face pale and drawn she was dreading the confrontation but knew it was necessary we left the house in a hurry the drive to my sister's place feeling longer than it actually was the silence in the car was Heavy both of us lost in our thoughts when we arrived the scene

was even more tense than I had imagined my sister is out on the front porch with my brother-in-law when we get there he looks beaten eyes downcast his posture slumped in defeat he knows we have the texts and voicemails the undeniable proof of his betrayal I really don't know what he was hoping to accomplish by calling my sister in the middle of the night with his lies maybe he thought he could get ahead of the story twist The Narrative to save himself but it was a feudal effort as we walk up to them the tension

in the air is palpable my wife is trembling her face a mask of controlled anger and hurt she hands my sister her phone without a word my sister takes it her hands steady but her eyes burning with a mix of Fury and pain she Scrolls through the texts her expression hardening with each one she reads then she listens to the voicemails the damning evidence of his declarations and her refusals before she can say anything my brother-in-law starts sobbing this is a man who runs into burning buildings who faces danger daily without flinching seeing him like

this broken and vulnerable is jarring his cries are deep and guttural raw with regret and fear it's a scene that's almost surreal a big tough firefighter brought to his knees by his own actions my sister's face remains impassive a mask of stern resolve she's always been tough but right now she's unyielding she waits for him to finish her silence more powerful than any words when he finally quiets Down Still hiccuping with the remnants of his sobs she speaks pack a bag and go she says her voice cold and clear I can't stand to look at

you he tries to argue to plead his case but she's having none of it stop it she snaps cutting through his words there's nothing you can say that will make this better she turns away from him walks over to my wife and pulls her into a hug it's a moment of solidarity between them a small comfort in the middle of this nightmare they've been friends since college and the strength of their bond is evident it's a relief to see that despite everything they're standing together this leaves me standing with my brother-in-law he's a wreck his

face red and swollen from crying his shoulders slumped he looks at me his eyes pleading for some kind of understanding or forgiveness but I have none to offer he tries to speak his voice cracking but I cut him off you need to leave I say firmly this is your mess you need to deal with the consequences he nods defeated and slowly makes his way inside to pack his things my my sister stays with my wife the two of them talking quietly leaning on each other for support the rest of the night is a blur of

conversations and plans we all rally around my sister helping her figure out what to do next how to protect her kids from The Fallout my sister begins questioning my wife trying to understand why her husband thought any of this could possibly work out he must have had some reason to believe she reciprocated his feelings my sister insists that there hadn't been any issues in their marriage everything had been normal my wife is crying at this point tears streaming on her face as she tries to make sense of the situation there's nothing you haven't seen she

says her voice shaking she hands my sister her phone again and together they painstakingly go through every text message sent over the past two years they read each one carefully looking for any hint of inappropriate behavior but there's nothing there my wife was just being herself she has a playful personality always joking around and teasing it's part of what makes her so lovable and approachable my brother-in-law has a similar sense of humor and they've always teased each other in a light-hearted harmless way she does the same with my mom and my younger brother it's just

how she interacts with people the only incident my wife can think of that might have been misconstrued happened this past weekend she recounts it trying to pinpoint where things went wrong they were all together at our place and she and my brother-in-law both reached for the fridge at the same time they playfully jostled for who would get there first laughing as they did so he let her win but then he reached around her waist to grab a beer moving his hand slowly she admits that in that moment the way he did it felt a little

inappropriate it was a fleeting feeling and she brushed it off not wanting to make a big deal out of it she wonders now if her silence gave him some misguided hope my sister listens her expression softening she doesn't blame my wife for any of this she knows her well enough to understand that her playful nature isn't an invitation for anything more it's not your fault she reassures her and my wife nods though the guilt still lingers as they finish reading through the messages it's clear there was never any mutual attraction no hidden signals or secret

flirtations my wife was just being herself and my brother-in-law took that and twisted it into something it wasn't the realization that this misunderstanding has caused so much pain is almost too much to bear but at least for now my sister's belief in my wife remains intact so then my sister starts going through his MacBook to see what else she doesn't know about she's angry and frantic at this point her hands shaking as she types she guesses the password and on the third try she's in with a deep breath she starts searching through his files looking

for anything that might shed more light on this nightmare it doesn't take long before she finds something disturbing there buried in a folder labeled innocuously are a lot of pictures of my wife they date back years and what's more unsettling is that they're always isolated shots just her never in group settings or candid family moments my sister clicks through them her anger turning into a cold creeping horror one set of photos stands out a few few years ago we went on a couple's trip to the Caribbean it was a rare vacation without the kids and

my wife feeling more relaxed in the adults only environment had worn a bikini she usually doesn't preferring more modest swimwear but this time she had felt comfortable enough to do so there were probably 50 pictures of her in that bikini each one taken without her knowledge my sister's face pales as she Scrolls through them it's clear he's been secretly snapping these photos for years collecting them obsessively the realization that he's been harboring this fixation lurking in the shadows of family events sends a shiver down her spine does this now enter restraining order territory she wonders

aloud her voice barely above a whisper this has taken a creepy turn far beyond what any of us had imagined the boundary between inappropriate and outright disturbing has been crossed she calls us over showing us the pictures my wife gasps her hand flying to her mouth in shock she had no idea he was doing this no inkling of his obsession my sister her anger now tempered by a deep sense of betrayal starts talking about next steps legal action protection for her kids and a restraining order all possibilities that need to be considered now we're all

reeling from this new discovery the man we thought we knew who we trusted as a husband a father and a brother-in-law has shown a side of himself that's dark and disturbing it's not just a matter of infatuation anymore it's something far more Insidious unfortunately the mess continues my sister agreed to talk to her husband last night and let him explain himself she was determined to get the full story and decided to involve my wife directly to ensure there would be no lying or halft truths they set up a FaceTime call with my wife and I

listened in off camera my heart pounding with a mix of anger and Dread my sister ever thorough recorded the entire conversation for good measure as soon as the call began the tension was palpable my brother-in-law looked exhausted his eyes red rimmed and swollen from crying he started hesitantly his voice shaky but as he spoke the truth began to pour out and the story unfolded in a way none of us had fully anticipated he admitted he's been obsessed with my wife for years it started the day I met her he confessed his voice barely above a

whisper he went on to explain that it was during one of those early Gatherings where my sister eager to introduce her new boyfriend to her friends had brought him along my wife and I were dating at the time but he had met her before he met me at first he thought his feelings were purely physical an innocent Crush that he could brush aside But as time went on and he spent more time around her he realized it was more than that he became fixated on her personality her laughter the way she interacted with everyone around

her he described moments where he found himself watching her captivated by her presence even as she was just being herself playful and kind he detailed how he had tried to suppress these feelings convincing himself that they were harmless but over time his obsession grew he started finding ways to be near her more often volunteering to help with family events making excuses to text her about trivial things it was a slow Insidious process that eventually led to the point where he felt compelled to confess his feelings deluding himself into believing she might feel the same way

my sister listened her face a mask of controlled rage and heartbreak she didn't interrupt him letting him dig his own grave with each word my wife on the other hand was visibly shaken hearing how long this had been going on How Deeply his obsession ran was almost too much for her to Bear when he finished there was a heavy silence my sister finally spoke her voice icy and measured what made you think that my wife would leave me for you she asked her eyes boring into his he stammered struggling to find the right words he

mentioned the supposed mutual attraction the moments he had misinterpreted as signs of her reciprocation my wife and sister exploded at that point their pent up anger and frustration spilling over there was a lot of cussing a lot of screaming the raw emotion of betrayal and hurt coming to the Forefront my wife hung up the call her hands trembling her face pale she was concerned for me for us assuring me repeatedly that the attraction was one-sided I believed her I always had even if she did find him physically attractive at some point I knew she would

never act on it she's serious about trust and Fidelity something she made clear early on in our relationship this whole ordeal was a Twisted Fantasy of my brother-in-laws a dangerous delusion that had nearly torn our family apart the tension that had been building up during the call finally erupted into a storm of cussing and screaming my wife's voice was a mix of Fury and hurt while my sisters was Steely and unforgiving the barrage of emotions was overwhelming the air thick with betrayal and disbelief the phone call abruptly ended when my wife shaking and distraught hung

up because she was concerned for me she turned to me her eyes wide with fear and confusion it was one-sided she assured me her voice trembling I never thought it wasn't I replied trying to soothe her even if she did find him physically attractive at some point I knew she would never act on it she's just not that type of person early on in our relationship there was a moment that encapsulated her stance on trust and Fidelity perfectly I remember watching her one morning as she was dressing admiring her without saying a word she noticed

gave me a teasing smile and asked if I liked what I saw but then her expression turned serious almost cold never up she said her tone leaving no room for misunderstanding or you'll never see this again she meant every word my wife is serious about trust once it's broken it's almost impossible to M as I sat there replaying the chaotic scene in my mind I couldn't help but reflect on my brother-in-law I knew he was a little cocky always walking with a certain Swagger but my God I never knew he thought so highly of himself

to believe he could pull off something like this his delusions of grandeur were staggering completely detached from reality I talked to my sister later on once the initial shock had started to wear off and we could speak more calmly she was Resolute determined to protect her children from The Fallout of her husband's actions she told me she would be contacting a lawyer first thing Monday morning to see what steps she could take to limit his exposure to their kids she wanted to ensure that they were shielded from as much of this mess as possible as

far as I'm concerned he's detached from reality she said her voice Steely with resolve her concern was no longer about saving her marriage but about safeguarding her children and maintaining a semblance of stability for them anyway my brother-in-law returned home yesterday not because my sister wants him back but because she can't legally stop him despite the turmoil and the clear betrayal he has the right to be in the house until the legal proceedings move forward the atmosphere is tense and uncomfortable filled with unspoken words and palpable resentment they are done and I think he realizes

that now there's a hollow look in his eyes as if he understands that any hope he had of salvaging their marriage is gone the lawyer tells my sister that since my brother-in-law's Behavior over the past few days has been documented there is a good chance she will be granted full custody of the kids the texts voicemails and the disturbing cach of photos all paint a clear picture of his obsession and instability he doesn't seem to even want to fight her on that it's as if he knows he's lost everything and is too weary to put

up a battle my sister will be fine she's stronger than she looks and any love she had for him is gone she moves through the house with a determined air her Focus now entirely on her children and their future she doesn't seem to be broken up about it rather she looks like someone who's finally seen the truth and is ready to move forward the kids don't know what what happened yet they sense something is wrong kids always do but they don't know the details my brother-in-law was never around much anyway when the kids were home

he often slept at the fire station pulling double shifts in overtime his absence was a constant in their lives a silent but everpresent Gap that they had grown used to but it is certain to be hard on them once they know what's going to happen the stability of their home the presence of both parents even if it was fractured will change my sister is prepared for this she's already spoken to a child psychologist to help them navigate the inevitable questions and emotions that will arise she's ready to be both mother and father to provide them

with the love and support they'll need as for my brother-in-law he stays in the guest room a silent figure in a house that no longer feels like his home he seems resigned to his fate going through the motions but devoid of any real fight it's a sad pitiful sight but my sympathy is limited some of my friends have said that there must be more women that someone as obsessive as my brother-in-law couldn't have fixated on just one person but as far as we can tell there hasn't been anyone else it's really just the obsession with

my wife his fixation on her has been singular and intense leaving no room for anyone else after everything came to light my wife blocked his phone number trying to create some distance and protect herself from his unwanted advances but on the same night he returned home he sent my wife an email from an account he had just made it started with a seemingly sincere apology but it quickly took a turn into something much darker he began by saying he never got to finish at the restaurant that day implying there was more he needed to confess

then he launched into paragraphs and paragraphs about all the things he loves about my wife he detailed the desperation he felt the overwhelming emotions that had driven him to act so irrationally he recounted every little detail he admired about her her smile her laugh the way she interacted with others it was unsettling to say the least to see his obsession laid out so starkly he mentioned their supposed mutual attraction again insisting that there was a palpable sexual tension between them that he had always felt he was delusional mistaking her friendly playful nature for something more

he painted a picture of a connection that existed only in his mind a fantasy that he had convinced himself was real the email ended with a rather large section about me let's just say I didn't know he had such a low opinion of me he was quite certain that I was not satisfying my wife properly he criticized everything from my appearance to my demeanor implying that I was somehow Unworthy of her his words were meant to undermine me to sew seeds of doubt and insecurity reading the email was a gut punch it was clear that

his obsession with my wife had twisted his perceptions and fueled his disdain for me he saw me as an obstacle someone Unworthy of the woman he had placed on a pedestal but instead of feeling threatened it only solidified my resolve to protect my wife and my family from his delusions we forwarded the email to my sister and her lawyer it was more evidence of his unstable State of Mind another piece of the puzzle that showed just how far gone he was this email with its mix of apology Obsession and vitriol might be enough to get

him removed from the house permanently for now my wife and I are taking it one day at a time the support from our friends and family has been invaluable helping us navigate this surreal and painful situation finally my wife isn't doing great but she is improving each day she does feel guilty for being too comfortable around my brother-in-law normally she is very careful about setting boundaries with other men in case it wasn't clear my wife is quite stunning and receives lot of male attention however she felt safe around my brother-in-law because he was family and

she never thought he would cross any lines fortunately she and my sister are on good terms and there doesn't seem to be any resentment which is a relief we will all be okay but it will take time thank you to everyone who commented and offered their support my primary concern throughout this was my sister and her children the impact of my brother-in-law's actions on their lives is immense ensuring their protection and emotional well-being became our priority children especially need shielding from such toxic situations to maintain their sense of security and normaly when faced with such

a situation it's essential to act quickly and decisively we didn't hesitate to gather evidence confront the issue and involve legal help to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone involved procrastination or denial could have led to further harm what do you think about this story please share your comments down below thank you for listening to Vibe Tales