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AIBU?

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to want and need my best friend to support and accept me and her brother?

31 replies

seary · 29/01/2012 23:18

This is breaking me and bf up and I really need to unload.

Bit of background:

My best friend is my bf sister.
Me and best friend have known each other since we were 4. As a teenage I spent school holidays at hers or on holiday with her parents (my dad is forces).
Her brother is 3 years older than us - as teenagers he was my first kiss, first everything. It was never serious just a cheeky snog or something and always in secret.
The 3 of us live in the same city and spend a lot of time together especially as our social groups overlap.
About 2 and a half years ago my best friend went to europe for her job. In that time me and her brother got very close, became friends with benefits and after many many a late night realised that maybe we should try it for real.
It was great. We made the decision not to tell parents, friends (a few knew about fwithb but nothing else) and especially not best friend/sister. Mainly because it effects a lot of people.
That went on for about a year. She came back and 3 months later we made 'us' public.
She was icy and said she was worried about her being caught in the middle. We talked and tried to put her at ease and we were all fine with each other.

Last month bf and I decided to move in together - have put both our flats on the market and are looking together.

She wont talk or see either of us. We have tried separately and together but we both get know where.
She will check if one of us is going out before going out herself. Our friends find it all very awkward.
It is making me and BF re-think our relationship together if it means that our relationship with beat friend/sister becomes non existent.
AIBU to expect her not freeze us out and for her to realise that her actions are actually tearing us apart (even if a part of me thinks that may be what she wants)

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SantieMaggie · 30/01/2012 16:49

I think she needs to tell you what her problem is rather than acting childishly. Esp as she was ok i the beginning.

imo she is doing this not you or dp and agree she'll just have to get used to you being together.

PocPoc · 30/01/2012 16:49

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EmpireBiscuit · 30/01/2012 16:53

I am married to my best friends brother - she no longer speaks to me :(

I think it is because he is firstly my husband now as opposed to her brother - change of pecking order in her eyes?!

Who knows - I still try with her though.

fedupofnamechanging · 30/01/2012 17:07

I can understand her not liking this, but I think that the friendship is done for whether you and her brother split up or not. If she causes your relationship to end, you'll never forgive her (and nor should you). A real friend would ultimately want you to be happy (not to mention her brother). If she doesn't want that for you, then she isn't really your friend. Your friendship won't recover from this if she leads you to split up with the man you love.

Hopefully, she will get used to things and you can forge a new relationship as SIL, rather than as best friends.

I don't see that you did anything wrong in keeping it quiet at the start. If it hadn't worked out, you could have minimised the impact on mutual friends by not saying anything. Besides, it's nice when everything is new, to have some privacy. You are not obliged to share everything with others.

2rebecca · 30/01/2012 19:24

I agree the friendship is fairly doomed whatever happens between you and your boyfriend.
If you and your boyfriend are going to split up because one of his relatives doesn't like your relationship it wouldn't have lasted long anyway.
There is no sensible, logical reason why she should get huffy about this.
Decide whether or not you want to be together if it means having minimal contact with her. If the answer is no then split up. Neither of you will ever have a good relationship with her if this happens though as she isn't being supportive of either of you, and I agree that it sounds as though the friendship was wearing thin when she went abroad if you didn't tell her about the new man in your life just because he was her brother.

EverybodysSnowyEyed · 30/01/2012 19:42

Ignoring you is petty but in her defence she may feel that she is losing her best friend (she will never be able to have best friend chats with you - you won't whinge about your partner and she won't whinge about her family - she won't be able to confide in you the same way as she may feel it would get back to her brother). She is probably incredibly hurt that you didn't tell her earlier.

However, your relationship is never going to be the same after this either. Would it be worth saying something to the effect of - your brother loves you and I love you. You may feel our friendship has changed and we can't continue but he is your brother and that hasn't changed.

If she can begin to build her relationship with her brother she may thaw towards your relationship in time

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