Family Invited My Wife and I to "Mend Things" but It Was Really a Setup to Pressure Me to Divorce...

Family Invited My Wife and I to "Mend Things" but It Was Really a Setup to Pressure Me to Divorce Her for Someone They Prefer. So I Walked Out.
#redditrelationship #redditupdate

[@aidanthornton173]

These stories *REALLY* need to dial back on the over the top poetic speechs. "I met my girlfriend in college, we got married three years later". "The eternal winter of my loneliness was brought to an abrupt end the day I gazed upon the radiant face of the divine woman who would go on to thaw the frozen ice of my heart. Exuberant was my delight when but three blissfully wondrous years later she did me the greatest honour of accepting my proposal of marriage." *OH MY GOD, PLEASE GET TO THE DAMN POINT!*

[@Glitche0275]

Who hurt you, Aidan?

[@aidanthornton173]

@@Glitche0275 The people who write these terrible stories like they're a best selling author...

[@skyure]

@@Glitche0275 AI and the people who pretty up posts with unecessary adjectives to lengthen their videos.

[@MEME_Theif]

Someone just went Chat GPT>reddit drama story>copy and past>yt💀

[@aidanthornton173]

@@MEME_Theif Sounds about right.

[@WildWestRosie]

Any time someone waxes poetic, you can bet it's an exercise in creative writing. AKA B. S.

[@Alyx-ff5lc]

Yes, but not always, i mean i write stuff like that, but only because it's the way i know how to express stuff, i mean poetic words are things i can't use outloud as i have a speach disorder so i push my writing to be insanely intricate

[@aidanthornton173]

I guarantee this was A.I written.

[@skyure]

Yup. Too many adjectives, which makes it look as if someone is trying to lengthen the whole text, making it sound like a bad novel where the writer gets paid per every word more than 4 letters. Either it's a post that has been 'prettied up' to gather views, or it's AI written.

[@Zavonofcats]

Absolutely. Total waste of time.

[@JaumPaaulo]

Do you really believe that most of these stories really happened?

[@catpoofa]

Me when I think other people's relationships are mine, LIFE CHECK, THEY AREN'T! 💀

[@CGossRunnn]

I'm so glad I had parents who didn't believe in the "following in their foot steps" toxic mentality and let their kids figure out what they wanted

[@ExcaliburSonictheKing]

Same

[@Snowstorm_ICE]

I usually don't mind fake stories but there are two things that bother me when listening to them. 1. The overly extravagant writing style (fx. "Her smile illuminated the room like a blossomed lily in the moonlight sky") because these stories are meant to be read as "real" and "real" people who are looking for advice don't write reddit posts like novellas. 2. The dumb AITA questions (fx. "AITA for calling my sister dumb when she demanded I give her my newborn baby?") because why the everlasting f*** would anyone think they would be the a-hole in these kinds of situations? It's just stupid.

[@daijimin]

Point 2 really gets to me, like you raised your voice at someone who did horrific things to you and you’re genuinely asking?

[@YRAT-mr8jq]

Totally agree that's why 2x speed is your friend in these stories

[@Lichor2369]

@@YRAT-mr8jq Too bad my ISP hates it when I do that haha

[@YRAT-mr8jq]

@@Lichor2369 that sucks 😅

[@colerodgers3285]

@snowstorm_ice the reason for the 2 one is that they keep being told by friends and/or family that they are the ahole for doing that. so having the people you trest the most tell you "your in the wrong" again and again you start to think you are the one in the wrong

[@mrsandman6188]

Upon hearing she has a kid my immediate thought was "get out!" But then I realized.... Oh yeah, my own girlfriend has two kids from a past relationship 😂😂 Funny how you see things differently than when you actually experience them.

[@alperenbaytimur]

İts your thing,but make sure she isnt with you for the stability you provide, but really for you

[@mad4manga435]

When u have a child don't tell ur parents. They will be devastated.

[@cameron765]

Don't let fake reddit stories make u believe most ppl act this way

[@HeoBaby24]

​@@cameron765lol what? they do

[@cameron765]

@@HeoBaby24 No, they don't unless u live in a 3 world country

[@materialgowrl9696]

​@@cameron765just because a person lives in a third world country does not mean they will behave like this bsffr you sound stupid

[@DukerGamerz]

@@cameron765Bro there's 8 billion people in the world ofc someone will do something like this.

[@426mak]

He is an accomplished photographer in full time employ and his wife a successful accountant. I don't think they will miss his parent's money.

[@MrArielK]

Do photographer even do good money?

[@426mak]

@@MrArielKNo idea, but accountants sure do,

[@MrArielK]

@@426mak not females one

[@426mak]

@@MrArielKWhat? Where does that come from?

[@SereneSpacePuppy-fq6df]

​@@MrArielKthey definitely earn more than enough even with the pay gap

[@agx8447]

She got pregnant at 16. They met in college. He did an internship at a company. He spent three years traveling abroad. They get married roughly one year later. The kid is now 5 years old. Something’s not adding up

[@unknownunknown_]

He met the child when he was 2yrs old..that's the part you're missing smh..

[@agx8447]

@@unknownunknown_ bro if she got pregnant at 16, she graduates high school at 18, goes through 4 years of college, and then 3 more years of this guy’s internship, and then they get married a year after, the kid would be 9 or 10. It’s literally impossible for the kid to be 5 unless she somehow graduated high school a year early and went through the entirety of college in a single year

[@TheVeggiekat]

OP is practicing creative writing, not math 😂

[@kashinimeyo]

Don’t forget that it started with him saying he was 35. She had the kid at 16, they met when the kid was 2 and she was 18. Now the kid is 5. Meaning he was 30 when she was 16. They “met in college” they way gross super seniors meet girls in college- by overstaying the normal age threshold in those social situations.

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

Goddammit maths is screwed with this one lmao

[@thenecroticraptor8338]

Hey, person running this channel, don't let some of these borderline obnoxious comments get to you. I for one don't really care if they're even remotely fake/real stories. I use your videos as background noise/something to listen to all the time, so thank you.

[@MrArielK]

They are all fake, not a single real story in this channel

[@whispering_butterflies4214]

its like listening to a audio book you dont get mad at a author who writes a fiction book

[@kashinimeyo]

@@whispering_butterflies4214you don’t get mad at it for being fiction- you get mad at it for being _bad_ fiction

[@whispering_butterflies4214]

@@kashinimeyo true

[@Carehuea]

These AITAs are just getting ridiculous now, honestly, laughable: “…after he r….ped me for the third time, I asked if I could go to the bathroom - that I was dying to pee. AITA for being selfish and thinking only of my own needs…?” Lol

[@_.Dxno_Octvne._]

The next update be like: "UPDATE Elena had an affair with my brother and my parents approved it"

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

​@@_.Dxno_Octvne._ Parents say that brother is older and therefore will take better care of single mother so he deserves her more.

[@redditrelationships313]

Also one question why is Gigi divorced

[@madcatneon2604]

Probably because she is possessive like op's parents

[@karinefonte516]

Ask yourself this as well: what type of woman accepts to be presented to a MARRIED MAN by his family as potential second wife/ mistress in order to convince him to give up his current wife HE BROUGHT ALONG to a party? You have to be a colossal gold digger and have zero morals to agree on bering displayed to the family as preferential female for mating purposes.

[@brianaschmidt910]

I'm just concerned that any woman willing to get married to a man who got divorced just because his parents said so would never be a good partner. (Maybe, but I doubt it) Like why'd she divorce? Is it cause her ex filed? Or was she hoping to use it as leverage?

[@deusex4905]

And why on earth did she accepted to be part of this shitshow

[@mc.builder8267]

@@deusex4905okay that one’s self explanatory. It’s called being a sh1t bag.

[@jasminedavis3030]

Honestly these “stories” need to be on AO3 with how creative and eloquent they are, it’s almost like listening to an audiobook 😂

[@polarbear2080]

Maybe it me, but they parents are too dense & stuck up to realize that using inheritance as financial sting is not going to work on younger sibling that 1) making more money than the value of the farm / property to point he has his own separate properties and 2) managed to get into his career plus succeed in his field despite them trying to block & dictate his life while withholding money from him. Then there's matter of children - It's clear OP not planning to have his own bio-children and even if he did, he would make sure his all his kids including Harry inherit from him due to, again his finances being better than his dingbat parents. Plus older brother seems to have his own kids, so family bio-line already continue since only need one to technically have grandkid(s) anyway. If anything, the parents, older brother and his wife screwed themselves out of OP and Elena's good graces with stupidity; thus will not receive any help when hardships happen. Just saying...

[@YRAT-mr8jq]

Who the heck talks like that!?

[@stickmandrawing1140]

English majors people with good memory and AI

[@BPJD2004]

How stupid that a lot of people don't realize that some people speak very poetically like OP in Story 1. Don't assume something is fake just from the way its written. I write very differently from how I speak, as does everyone.

[@eXeZable]

2 min into the video and I can tell its fake

[@kamenballer]

The channel name is all you need to know. TELLTALES.

[@MrArielK]

@@kamenballeromg I never thought about that

[@kashinimeyo]

It took you 2 whole minutes? Dang.

[@TheAdministratorSCPF]

Probably just to farm karma and then sell the account.

[@_lei_c_8138]

Welp. Thid one's fake too. Between all these reposts and ai generated stories i just keep losing interest in this damn channel 💀

[@kamenballer]

Nah, the short ones are usually the real stories from reddit but they always have the same topic about cheating and revenge divorce so it's kind of boring to read/listen with the same plot again and again. 😅

[@MrArielK]

@@kamenballerfound this channel 1 month ago, tried to look every single story on reddit, not a single one showd up

[@thousandyardgavri2785]

The doormats are the worst

[@_lei_c_8138]

@@MrArielK usually they change the titles so if that’s what you’re searching by, then you won’t find anything, but some of them are definitely real. I suggest you look through the comments or search them on google based on key words from the story. The “Do it for Dan” one is def real in case you want to search it. This doesn’t mean that most of them are real tho, most of these feel like creative assignments or AI if they have enough inconsistencies. It’s just disgusting to think that they’re so lazy that they wouldn’t even spare the time to say where they got the story from or even check/disclose whether it seems fake or not.

[@jeffreyharris3440]

Look, I don't care about AI false stories. I couldn't even get out of the "italian restaurant nestled in the heart of the city" line. Seriously? This was either written by a creative writing exercise, or an AI. Please don't contribute to the random noise on the internet.

[@epimetheaus1214]

A lot of the stories are written on Reddit and are pretty straight forward. Most of the time they just run it through ChatGPT and give it an instruction like "rewrite this story in a long narrative format".

[@shamshadkamaludheen7871]

This is probably ai or the person who wrote this is a phycopath

[@Auren23]

If you've ever used an AI platform of any kind you'll know that's exactly like it usually writes things. The older stories feel more genuine and real even if they may not be, but the new ones are totally AI generated simply because of the way it's written. This channel seems to be a mix of reddit (real or fake) stories and AI generated ones for the sake of daily content.

[@noriksaroyan]

You know it's fake when the author writes like this.

[@IrisRubyRose]

Was your ass there?

[@GrandpaCasette]

NOW thats a crazy and a weird family man. Makes me remember about a story I posted on my channel some days back

[@low-keydrama1260]

Story 1: Man this family is nuts. "You're so immature!" So OP falling in love with a single mother and stepping up to be a child's father is immature? Really? Like I can get the family's feelings and they can voice concerns, but they have no right to tell OP what to do. Also that calling OP after years, only to gang up on him in order to force him unto divorcing his wife and abandoning his son, set him up with some random woman, all the wile OP's wife is there? Psychotic. OP is a freaking adult and they cannot force him what they want him to do. The family needs to let it go and get over themselves Edit: So that's it. The family wants OP to have bio kids and they feel like Harry doesn't count and will get in the way to having bio grandkids/nieces/nephews/etc. Be careful OP. The "family" might come to weasel in if OP and Elena were to have children of their own

[@that-one-guy4747]

There's only 1 story...

[@jenniferandbama1284]

I’m glad op stood up to his crazy family

[@mikethoroughgood16]

Oh most definitely particularly these people I haven't even heard the story and I know a single mother in one of those small towns is going to be treated like a pariah no matter the circumstances and also his parents had accepted Harry he would've been turned into a hand on the farm he would have been a stranger in the family and Elena be treated just as bad Small towns at their best can be very welcoming and at their worst they can be colder than the coldest winters

[@monky7628]

Yeah you are either good or you will never fit in.

[@terylsmile3642]

This is HILARIOUS. So let me get this straight. The single mother stigma must be at play here right. Meaning they see her as loose and unstable etc... Ok so let's introduce her to a homewrecking floozy is somehow better just bc she's the floozy THEY chose? YIKES OP RUN AWAY!

[@sohanpanda]

If you are gonna make it so "generative" you know what the best comback moment would be ? OP ans Elena being pregnant with their child when they cut off contact 😂😂😂

[@MCWon212]

Commenting as if the story is real: Even though I wouldn’t advocate for any childless man to enter into a long-term relationship with a single mother, the family was wrong for trying to sabotage OPs relationship. Further compounded by doing it so brazenly.

[@patriksvensson2360]

Hearing stories like these solidifies my belief that more people should take a moment to enjoy Firefly and Serenity, take notes of how captain Malcolm Reynolds addresses situations like these and just copy+paste where needed. That character is truly a treasure trove of insight as how to handle anything from the unpleasant to the unhinged in discussions.

[@Blurgamer17]

Hey, OP's English Teacher? What grade did they get for this Creative Writing assignment?

[@TheAdministratorSCPF]

OP’s English teacher here, he got an A+, smiley face, 100 bucks, trip to Disneyland all included and first class tickets to travel the world.

[@epicperson2029]

The line "they are your parents, they know you best" is absolutely wild. Guess what, your kid isnt you. Your kid is its own being. It has its own feels, emotions, ideas and ways of things. Pressuring then and harassing them to get them to do what YOU want with THEIR life is baffling to me.

[@tommyvercetti4687]

So, AITA for (insert fake story here).., FFS man, this is ridiculous

[@albertmac1056]

As soon as he started describing their first date, I came straight to the comments

[@RedneckSwede]

My soon wife to be loves my daughter like if she was her own. They always get along so well. I'm forever grateful for the love shared in my home. To all of you step parents out there. If possible, give love to those whom truly need it. Thank you.

[@Mondstaub1310]

I loves how he says "OUR child" Op is the father who stept up

[@zacharyrollick6169]

A shy person on the cheerleading squad? Pfffffffft.

[@leftlegleg]

people suck

[@mrmastaofdesasta6994]

The fucking disrespect of inviting him AND HIS WIFE only to propose marrying someone else!

[@G1sandG1rlsGaming]

I never understood the concept of threatening someone with your will. Like if they back down as a result you realize that means they only keep a relationship with you as a means to inherit what you own right? They don't love you or respect you

[@jabrark5828]

Bro writes like he's Drell escaping into his memories.

[@lastraven8575]

When they said they were cutting him out of the will I'd have said that's fine the only thing you would get from me is thirty pieces of silver

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

I got bored, and maybe I lost the part where OP explained step-child's skin colour coul've been the reason for his family not lining Elena..

[@abbiesantana3820]

This type of love and relationship is rare, cherish it ❤❤😊

[@johncasianos4796]

Spiderman was a fantastic photographer, wouls you say what he does is "girly"? Lmao

[@Panwere36]

"Elana" is obviously not a "deliberately single mother", and the OP stepping up is a good thing. His family really have issues, to put it mildly. The fact they had no problem with a divorced woman, but one with another man's child is bad?!?!? The worst part is that the brother really doesn't get how wrong their parents wrong. OP is very much a real man, especially as it is obvious that "Nick", the BF, doesn't deserve "Harry", so the OP adopting them is a good thing. "it's fake!" Actually, some details getting changed always happens.

[@mikewazowski4984]

I like how henry was two when they met but 5 when they married. I feel like there might a few missing years

[@jeremyranschau1034]

that kid would not be 5 years old after all that time. creative writing assistant though

[@itsharperoffi]

I hope in the future OP will post a small update where he'll tell us that he adopted Harry

[@alliepaige5260]

What a bunch of awful, closed-minded people. I would go NC and be done with them and focus on YOUR family

[@lilliodhe5enraptured]

The good thing about this channel is that you know all the stories are fake. No expectations, just cotton candy for the brain.

[@spring626]

His family want him to be happy but don't think he's happy with his wife?!?! WHATS WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARDS?!

[@eshbansuleman9501]

Not into dating a single mom . But if the guy is okay with it,then it is no one's business

[@cameron765]

What normal parents would want their kid to date a single parent i could understand the dude if he was a single parent to, but hes child free he have no right to the kid if they break up

[@Licho935]

OP is from small, relatively obscure town, they have a sibling that either supports them completely through everything or completely despises them, enter love interest, bringing the family together or tearing them apart. Not even a minute in and you can tell that this is fake af

[@tothewonder6248]

Yep 100% true. 100% real.

[@lagjusyaps]

Bro started out with a romance novel

[@potatoes8414]

Ai flexing its writing skills

[@sweeety969]

F it. I hope the next update the AI writes is that the bio dad decided to step in and his tramp gf left him so now he ran crying to Gigi who found a better person and the gf got his house in the divorce so now he has to live in his dad's basement.

[@nataliereeves3594]

Parents care only about their own happiness not ops.

[@SenorSupreme176]

“Now you’re a single mom”

[@Looonie]

Bros the father that stepped up. Respect

[@UtforskarTUBE]

who said that op and his wife wouldn't have kids. Also I'm wondering how they would react if he where gay.

[@AlekzanderTamayo-ln8bf]

If the story was real: I asked my college BFF on a date, and she thought it was fun, we loved it so much, she eventually told me that she was a single mom, and i tood her i would be happy with raising her kid with her, and she was happy, we went in more dates until we agreed to marry eachother, then my family tried to make me leave her for someone else they liked.

[@PsychoMachado]

'My SIL said there were better options than Elena, and even suggested setting me up with some of her friends. I asked "I thought you said Better Options" '

[@ascensionlunar1]

If you or anybody has an actual problem, just try to get to the point as fast as possible. Saves a lot of time

[@weneedcookies4756]

Brother was in on it because he wanted Elena

[@BlazerBS1]

This sounds like my highschool essay that got 17/20 (0.5 less than full) THIS HAS TO BE FAKE

[@191_keshavmishra9]

Usually I'd have said, op's parents are AHs, but why do my guts say there's more to this story

[@BFO_KingKote]

My Brother: Why do you like to watch these? Me: They are entertaining My Brother: Ohh you like drama without being in it Me: I really don’t My Brother: Yes you do and his channel his your kingdom and your the king Me: I really don’t like watching drama the stories he post are interesting My brother: How much does he post? Me: Three times a day. Why? My brother: Good news for the king Me: F*** off There is really no point to this I just wanted to type something

[@eskil5306]

How fake do you want the story, just enough that its still partly believable

[@crazygoose8939]

I don’t know why but this one made me cry. I wish someone had even loved me an ounce of what this man loved his wife. Wasted so many years gaslighted by words With little action.

[@mashiyahmartin6070]

Why do parents always feel the need to meddle in they child’s relationships that’s why most relationships end cause people stay in y’all’s business 🙄

[@_juju_jojo_]

He can just have kids with her… why does it sound like they believe he’ll never have kids have his own? I dont believe this story at all The choice of words were corny asf and this response to him making his choices sound fake

[@aundreawilliams1211]

Yeah, there's too many descriptive words being used for this too be real😂

[@TheSacia1]

I'm less than 2 mins in and it's so obvious this is creative writing from an undergraduate level writer, so sick of these channels reading literally anything for views 😂

[@detectivewinters3180]

Damn, the betrayal hits hard

[@F40PH-2CAT]

ChatGPT 😂

[@Ligma_Bolzack]

aM i ThE As$HoLe? Come on bro 😂

[@Zofrat]

Tbh if this was real and my parents had tried this on me, I wouldn’t have any parents anymore. They know I cannot abide trickery, lies or trying to force me to do something, and will in fact destroy them and burn everything logically down even if it burns myself 😂 they have never been that way tho. They’re fair people and not delusional. If they had some sorta issue they’d come and discuss it with me as that’s what regular adults do, not try some sorta trap 🤣

[@samanthadoster3302]

I want to know if he ever had a kid with Elena

[@robertellis3359]

Anyone hoping this is real and OP gets cheated on? Lmfao😊

[@ytuser2272]

Why would you want that?

[@giornobpr6546]

This is my Opinion, but I'm honestly in that position where I'd be with a Women who don't have Kids from a Passed Relationship. But hey anyone can be the Step Parent, but there are consequences of being the Step Parent because they're gonna be Accusations, such as 🍇, Abuse, or Resentments. I've watched a lot of Steve Wilkos, and other Shows how the Step Parent is viewed as the Villain, but aren't.

[@zom-zom2594]

On an official date for the very time 1:26

[@FactionParadox2090]

That AI is really overheatin bad

[@nikoladedic6623]

Yeah, this is fake. After all, Harry should have been older than 5 when they married.

[@canineatnight6026]

Idk. Sounds too theatric. I do think those elements in the story is real...just not how it went...

[@martinaru2111]

OMG! So long that it becomes boring..

[@AaroneousMaximus]

Seriously, does the same person write all of these? They all use the exact same language

[@Maninawig]

Given that the aunt welcomed Elena warmly, I would reach out to the extended family and share my disappointment in their support of... how to put it... treating me and my union like chattle for the sləughter? See their reactions and close that chapter as well.

[@jki987]

This story can't be real...like the entire time I kept thinking "are they just not having sex in their relationship? Yeah Harry may not be his bio kid, BUT SHE COULD GET PREGNANT WITH ONE?" I'm so confused, after listening to it a 2nd time, I'm more inclined to believe this story is fake. Like, they were SOOO in love, but not one mention of a talk about any future kids between the two of them? NOT TO MENTION the part where OP said "I always wanted to be a father." I get it, if you just wanted one kid, then yeah, but at least mebtion that in the story??? Definitely leaning towards fake/creative writing

[@francistheviking5759]

man another story that i heard but i prefer this channel

[@j0rdanandbr4zz13]

Another fake story lol it would be fine if they were believable but it’s just bad at this point

[@snowking8987]

Solution to your problem: not care 💀

[@Will0w394]

so obviously ai lmao

[@MrYunori]

Timeline doesnt add up

[@artemislove2941]

as soon as i hear severely flowery descriptive language, i just know it’s ai

[@MayankKumar-bl2dy]

Nah w year Kid at 16 ........... She is For the street

[@Rj-ij6ko]

The nerve of these people… All of this is other stupid blood traditions. I hope Op has a wonderful life away from these toxic people. Also LOOOOL “do what we say or we cut you out of the will” “Lol K”

[@mopberybush]

Look to whoever says its fake ik its obviously fake but its super entertaining so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@lionlyons]

"Family Invited My Wife and I to "Mend Things" but It Was Really a Setup to Pressure Me to Divorce Her for Someone They Prefer. So I Walked Out." Um....yes. What else would you do?

[@ssfn1_]

Maybe divorce her and marry the other

[@areyougoat2733]

F no Ik that it might be fake but idk