He Told His Sister’s Fiancé She Can’t Physically Have Kids, So Her Engagement Is Off
Back in high school, this 26-year-old guy’s 29-year-old sister Emma was super sick. Emma had to make the difficult choice between passing away at a young age or never being able to physically have kids.
It was extremely hard for Emma to make that choice, and she doesn’t speak about it.
Six years ago, Emma started dating her fiancé Adam, and he’s a great man. His entire family adores Adam, and Adam proposed to Emma a year ago. Emma and Adam then set their wedding date for March.
“But here is the problem: Adam really wants children,” he explained. “He always plays around with our little cousins at family events and talks about what he wants to do and teach his future children.”
“We always thought that they were just going to be adopting, so we never brought it up. But since the engagement, I have noticed that he always talks about them as their children, as in biological.”
“I don’t know how to explain it, but it didn’t seem like they were going to adopt a child. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to talk with Emma about it. I asked her out and gently brought up the topic.”
Emma was mad at him for bringing up such a sensitive topic, but she reassured him that Adam doesn’t mind if they adopt kids.
Emma seemed believable, but he knew better. He knows his sister so well that he knew she wasn’t telling the truth because she failed to look him in the eyes.
One month after this conversation with Emma, he was at his mom and dad’s house for dinner, and Adam and Emma were there, too.
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He pulled Adam aside to question him about how the adoption process was going and whether they were going to begin now or wait until the wedding since Emma made it come across like that was something they were pursuing soon.
Adam was astonished and said Emma never mentioned wanting to adopt a child to him. Apparently, it’s not something they ever discussed.
His parents were floating closer to where they were chatting, so he dropped the subject and told Adam he could chat with him about it later.
When dinner was over, he got Adam out to the balcony alone and informed him that Emma can’t physically have kids.
“At first, he thought I was joking, but when he saw that I was serious, he got this dead look on his face,” he said.
“I told him some of the details and said that it would probably be best if he talked with Emma for the full story. He was quiet for the rest of the evening.”
When Emma and Adam got home, they got into a blowout fight. Adam is staying with his friends now and asked Emma for the engagement ring back, so her engagement is off.
“Emma hates me,” he continued. “And our parents are mostly on her side and think that I shouldn’t have said anything.”
“I thought I was doing the right thing. This is such a huge secret to keep from your future partner, but maybe it really wasn’t my place to say anything.”
What advice do you have for him?
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