Four months before walking down the aisle, a 32-year-old bride-to-be says she just discovered her fiancé’s “childhood, brother-sister” best friend might actually be his long-term almost-ex…and possibly his ex hookup.
And yes, the best friend is in the wedding.
According to the original post, the couple, 32F and 30M, got engaged a year and a half ago after being set up by his best friend, a 30-year-old woman he described as basically a sister. When they started dating, he was living with this best friend. Both insisted there was no attraction, just a pure, platonic bond. The bride, who says she’s always had male friends, took them at their word.
Then the cracks started.
First, a brother-in-law casually mentioned the fiancé and the best friend had “hooked up” years ago. When pressed, the official story became: it was just a high school kiss. Nothing more. The bride decided to let it go…until her own bachelorette trip blew everything open.
One of the fiancé’s sisters allegedly got drunk and vented that she “disliked” the female best friend for stringing him along for years with promises like, “Move here and we can try dating.” The next day, sober and panicked, she clammed up. Still, it was “alluded to” that the pair had actually had sex and that the fiancé and his best friend had agreed not to tell the bride any of it.
To make it worse, another sister reportedly heard directly from the best friend—also drunk—that she and the fiancé decided together to hide their romantic history.
So now the bride is staring down a wedding where:
- Her fiancé’s “sister-like” best friend may be his long-term backup plan
- His family appears to have known and stayed quiet
- The other woman will be standing in the wedding party
Reddit commenters are calling it a “huge red flag,” a “conspiracy to hide reality,” and a foundation of “deception and lies.” The top advice: postpone the wedding, demand the full truth, and possibly demand he drop the best friend entirely.
For now, the dress is bought, the date is set, and the bride is left wondering if she’s marrying her soulmate—or walking into a love triangle everyone else already knows about.