My Sister-in-Law Told Me a Drunken Confession About Her Family. Now She's Begging Me to Keep Quiet.
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The sister-in-law confessed while drunk that her three-year-old son is fathered by her husband's best friend after a one-time fling. She begged the recipient not to tell her husband, and the recipient reluctantly agreed. The husband has been raising the child as his own and remains unaware. The situation is messy and the sister-in-law is criticized for dragging another person into the lie. The combination of infidelity and paternity deception is predicted to become extremely ugly when the truth emerges. The recipient is advised to warn the sister-in-law that the husband will be told to prevent ongoing deceit.
Although I don't have many rules in life, one I very much try to stick to is this: Stay out of people's relationship drama, even when they try to pull you in. This is a messy situation in multiple ways. Not only is your sister-in-law lying about the paternity of her baby, but she is also covering up an affair with her husband's best friend.
My BIL has been raising "Brandon" as his own and has no idea. I've always wondered why Brandon didn't quite look like his parents, and now I know why. I think what Ruby did was terrible, but at the same time, I don't want to upset what is a very loving relationship between Brandon and my BIL. Does my BIL deserve the truth, or do I keep quiet?
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