Her parents have been friends with another couple since before she was born. This couple is like her second set of parents, and she grew up with their kids.
Last year she started crushing on their oldest son. The two started dating, and they’ve been in love ever since.
Here’s the problem: She recently found out she has a half-brother through a DNA test. Who’s her half-brother? The current man she’s dating!
THE UPDATE
Did she end her relationship with her brother? Did they confront their parents? We have so many questions that need answers!
Hi Bert Show!!
I have listened to you guys forever and never thought I would have to be one of those people that needed advice, but I am at a total loss of WHAT THE F TO DO. This situation is COMPLICATED, but I will try to make this story as short as possible. Here we go..
My parents have been best friends with another couple (let’s call them Monica and Chandler) since before my siblings and I were born. Monica and Chandler are mine and my siblings God Parents and we grew up basically cousins with their children (vacations, birthday parties, sleepovers, etc). We take a vacation together every year and both families stay at the same beach house. This past summer on our annual vacation I found myself attracted to their oldest son (let’s call him Joey). Joey and I have always been close and had a great friendship. We were both recently single heading into the vacation. On the first night of our vacation, after a lot of drinks and fun banter, we ended up….. playing piano. We knew it would be best to hide it from our family during the vacation, and I thought things would go back to normal when we returned home, but it was quite the opposite. I could NOT stop thinking about him. Long story short, we ended up dating and fell quickly for one another. When we told our parents a few months ago, we didn’t quite get the reaction we thought we would from my dad and his mom. They seemed very shocked and didn’t seem to happy for us. At the time, I assumed it was my dad being protective over me and brushed it off. As time went on, it almost seemed awkward for Joey and I to be around his mom. (his mom has been like a second mom to me and I thought she would be thrilled for Joey and I). Joey assured me I had nothing to worry about and since then I have fallen in love with him – I have never felt this way for someone and I really could see myself marrying Joey. He is absolutely PERFECT.
HERE THE KICKER. A few weeks ago, I received results from a DNA test I was given as a gift. (Kristin was right, these things only bring bad news. I have a half brother in the database I had no idea existed. After some research, I found out who that half brother is. Who is this half brother you ask?? That’s right…. JOEY!
So here I am, in love with my BROTHER. I just recently told Joey the news, and he told me he needed time to process this information.This also explains to me the response from my dad and his mom – they had an affair, and they have been keeping this secret for almost 25 years.
WHAT DO I DO???? I want to continue things with Joey since technically we are not supposed to know this information. Would our parents come forward with the truth? I do not want to be the one to tell my mom (or his dad) because they would be absolutely crushed. I also could never tell my siblings. I love Joey so much and I just don’t know how to process this.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!!