Sister-in-law Offered Me Hush Money to Hide Her Affair. I Accepted It for Years Until Her Lover...

Sister-in-law Offered Me Hush Money to Hide Her Affair. I Accepted It for Years Until Her Lover Threatened Me, So I Spilled Their Secret by "Mistake".
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[@palamedes4740]

Bullying is too gentle of a word for something that leaves such deep scars into adulthood.

[@madmank7881]

Some people are fragile

[@ditzycup8140]

@@madmank7881 Everyone is weak in certain ways. That doesn’t make anyone less than.

[@christophernoble76]

ngl, op is valid.

[@ESPHMacD]

Well damn they all suck…. Also, I think she’s right that it’s not blackmail… It is however extortion and that is equally as bad. OP def sucks… So does both of those cheaters. And Marcus has some nerve coming to you like that with a bitch cake knowing that you would expose them. Hope those two AHs are happy together and don’t ruin anyone else’s lives.

[@craigcorlissjr9786]

I have to say I can't blame her (op) for the path she took. The crap she put up with from her brother and no mediation from her parents definitely colored her decision making. But her brother is a habitual cheater, and a full asshole for creating the rumor about her, that destroyed her years of High School. Her brother did not deserve to be told about his wife's cheating. It sounds more like she learned how to be better off by cutting the toxic people out of her life. To me what she did was self preservation, to hell with the others. She should have no guilt for her actions.

[@Khaghaan]

OP's a very disgusting human for acting like a victim here, did she seriously think that she'd be let off the hook after that?

[@kingkongaintgotshitoneme]

no she's not u fool. She just exploited a very disgusting human . The brother was cheating himself so .... she was very smart

[@Huuuuuuue]

OP isn't perfect, but is certainly the least bad person in this story.

[@kingkongaintgotshitoneme]

op is awesome. Stop being a wimp.

[@teal-phoenix]

"held up the deal" ???????? did she?

[@lunarhalo9155]

She did, until...

[@feha92]

@@lunarhalo9155 ...she stopped

[@princefiggy]

you arent in the right here. You are the AH. for sure.

[@peepawfart]

I dont understand why everybody is acting like OP is in the wrong. Why should she go out of her way to protect an asshole who was nothing but cruel towards her lmfao. She did the right thing minding her damn business and benefiting from it, too. Telling the truth wasnt going to magically make her family love her, they'd just blame her for ruining their relationship

[@peepawfart]

"Yeah ops brother was a cheater and an asshole who ruined 4+ years of her life without any care or remorse, but she should still do the right thing!" you're just a doormat who lets shitty people walk all over you, you can say that

[@AlmondBean730]

"OP is the AH for blackmailing people who mistreated her" basically! I wanna roll my eyes so bad. 😂

[@ladyAgnis]

Probably a family that favors sons

[@juniormon7514]

She ratted him out and he got revenge. He didn't bully her or treat her bad . She held a grudge against her brother for years and blamed him for 4 yrs of bullying even tho she said she was alil but of in high-school dorky . Nobody is getting bullied for 4yrs cause of a rumor

[@This-is-dumb-af]

@@juniormon7514right? She’s not telling the whole story on that part

[@astk5214]

Based.

[@Khaghaan]

Why do my comments keep getting deleted?

[@Ohiofelonstate]

KZbin is straight garbage.. let me guess you get " comment failed to post "??..

[@Khaghaan]

@@Ohiofelonstate I wrote that OP shouldn't be surprised if the same happens to her like 5 times and each time it got deleted.

[@Ohiofelonstate]

@Khaghaan yup youtube shadowbans comments and did you ever get the " comment failed to post " BS just because??

[@Khaghaan]

@@Ohiofelonstate Nothing at all, it just didn't allow it to be Posted.

[@Ohiofelonstate]

@@Khaghaan yeah been there before... you're being shadowbanned just because..

[@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing]

Esh

[@GuardianHalberd]

bah, op was too dumb The moment AP would come to her door she should give him the option to either contribute an extra 1k over what SIL was paying, or be framed. And to shove the cake on his own behind. This would double her income. Blackmail people properly

[@lunarhalo9155]

That would be bribe (OP and SIL) and blackmail

[@JamieJosef]

Framed for what?? The thing he was already doing???

[@skyure]

They're all AHs, but OP has a reason to be an AH. Which doesn't make it better, just a lot more amusing to read.

[@murdock94]

Ah, the rare time when I can say "All ya'll suck".

[@VeryHappyPizza]

Yeah tbh everyone in the story is bad including the op

[@Black-Rose12]

@@VeryHappyPizza No OP’s the person I aspire to be

[@CherryGryffon]

Doesn't make them less of an asshole lol. Sometimes we just have to embrace that we ARE the asshole though.@@Black-Rose12

[@dumbidea1007]

I don’t know the brother WAS an ashole in high school but everyone was a jerk or edglord in high school. I can’t say it cover who he is now

[@lilsstrunks]

@@Black-Rose12 many people aspire to be POS at least you admit you want to be a POS willingly.

[@Komedi_kimg]

Leave it to a HR to say they are not blackmailing someone while they clearly are.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Yeah that's really suspect. Her logic is skewed but she can't admit to blackmailing. She did the right thing though

[@MacClay8]

She's banking really hard on the technicality that she's been accepting a bribe, not actively blackmailing. It could be argued that she's technically correct, but no regular person is going to care about that distinction.

[@feha92]

"It's not blackmail money" "My sister-in-law's bribes" hmmm~ That did make me wonder though, how do people of companies ensure other's don't leak sensitive info (early)? Like, some actor in a movie that hadn't signed an NDA as part of getting the gig, and they realize they need them to sign one but they obviously don't want to so compensation is offered. Would it not be blackmail if OP had formalized a NDA contract that stipulated her non-disclosing for a month, and the pay for that is 1k? And that it can be re-negotiated each month, or will otherwise automatically renew every month so long as paying party keeps paying (and automatically terminate when they stop, just like how the hypothetical company stops renewing the NDA when the movie is released). Either way, I think OP was the asshole for disclosing the non-disclosable immediately after the threat. Should have at least waited until after SIL missed a payment.

[@MacClay8]

@@feha92 Technically, no. Blackmail requires the thing you are demanding payment to not disclose be 'wrong' somehow. Illegal, immoral, etc. and you have to initiate the transaction yourself. In your example, the company offered the actor compensation, the actor negotiated for better terms. Even if the secret was 'wrong', it wouldn't be blackmail. Modifying your example, if the studio just didn't want the actor ruining the ending, and the actor demanded payment to not do so, that's not exactly blackmail either. It's extortion. Blackmail is a form of extortion, but it is a specific one that doesn't really fit here. Blackmail would be more like if the actor caught the director getting inappropriate with someone on the casting couch and demanded that payment structure to not reveal it. Having said all that, you live in a world where the word 'literally' gets used for two exactly opposite things with such regularity that the dictionaries have stopped fighting it, so don't worry about the details too much.

[@ibnkhaldoun4319]

ehhh she blackmailed an asshole. good for her

[@kinosaga21]

i would have taken the money then spilled the beans, hush money only works for a month; lets e honest tho, OP is acting like a victim she isn't, cheaters do not deserve any mercy. edit: the C is stupid enough to threaten the person who has kept her mouth shut, she really thought she had the upper hand by sending a goon? LMAO. Consequences and karma.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

OP is a victim of years of bullying.

[@Predated2]

The whole point was that the hush money was a monthly payment. And yeah, OP was a victim who didnt even go nuclear. No innocent person was harmed by her actions.

[@kewl_as_a_duck8227]

Idk what anyone thinks, but this was such a fun ride lmaoo!

[@grim_reapepper]

Ok after reading the entire story, honestly everyone involved sounds a bit off Brother/chloe, cheater Parents/family, gaslight, guilttrip Op , "if i knew this would happen, i never would have said anything". I mean at least she admits it but that doesnt change the fact

[@spencerhulcy727]

To be fair the part at the beginning where she talks about doing things different if she knew how she was going to be treated is understandable. Kids who are relentlessly bullied for years go through torture and social ostracization. Not to mention the fact that OP's parents refused to help at least make their home her safe place made things even worse for her.

[@dumbidea1007]

@@spencerhulcy727please it was out of spite nothing more don’t give a big reason this was just out of spite

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

You're also gonna ignore the bullying she experienced for 4 years

[@bieoop]

op, they say ure wrong, but ure truly a legend. just a silly little goose getting 1k a month for being quiet.

[@lunarhalo9155]

True I would have asked for 5k 3k minimum because those therapy wouldn't pay for itself

[@Predated2]

@@lunarhalo9155 Exactly, its just an out-of-court settlement to pay for emotional damages.

[@kaedehara2353]

Everyone here sucks but I get why she did what she did to get revenge because her family sounds like awful people and her cheater brother got his world destroyed and you just know he was the golden child

[@luvthecronch3542]

I think this is a case where OP is definitely the asshole, but so are the other people in the story, everyone's an asshole!

[@Joel-js2gk]

sometimes it's good to be an asshole. This is one of those times. OP trolled the fuck out of a couple of scumbags, gets to laugh watching the aftermath, cut a bunch of toxic family out of her life, and is $6k richer for it. Only Ws in my book!

[@WeaponXSigma]

While yes, this was an ESH (everyone sucks here) situation, OP was justified in the villain arc she went on. Sometimes you gotta take the asshole route and get payback. I won't even bash her for her actions. Therapy is definitely needed though.

[@Dayday-xj3hc]

Op is definitely an AH but this is absolutely understandable and tbh my petty a** would do the same thing

[@Khaghaan]

Finished the story, yeah everyone's an ah. No one's better than the other, what a mess of a family.

[@unomauhasard5219]

Yeah the it’s not blackmail we just made a deal really shows the level they are at…

[@Khaghaan]

@@unomauhasard5219 The parents ignoring bullying, the brother cheating, The OP keeping an affair a secret pulling the "Duh that's ain't no blackmail" nonsense. There are even more things to name here, that family truly is a mess.

[@Carnibee]

To be honest, OP’s AHness is justified. They sound like they need to see a therapist because of the years of their life where they felt alone and attacked and had no support. Was it messed up to demand $1k? Yeah? Is OP still not healed from their brother literally ruined their life? Absolutely.

[@Khaghaan]

@@Carnibee The whole family is for the gutters, it's like none of them cared for each other, they should all seek therapy.

[@Carnibee]

@@Khaghaan that’s the thing, OP did care for them at first. Yeah they should all get therapy but it’s frustrating for me seeing so many comments just writing off all the horrible things OP dealt with to become like this while being raised by narcissists and having a sibling who ruined their life.

[@PhoenixRaver]

OP should try out for the olympics her mental gymnastics is top tier.

[@nightshiftstories]

Bad experiences create villains. But villains were once good persons.

[@malayshamorgan3918]

Unpopular opinion but I get op. Yeah hiding cheating is wrong but seeing as how her brother never changed, this same situation would’ve happened months if not YEARS from now

[@ibnkhaldoun4319]

why didn't OP challenge AP immediately? i'd have said "guess what? i'm calling the cops right now and having you jailed for threatening me unless you pay me 1K a month too. my finger's on the send button. cough it up. NOW."

[@royalbluegaming7763]

Blackmail: the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them Bribery: Persuade someone to act in one's favor, typically illegally or dishonestly, by a gift of money or other inducement

[@nathanmello4407]

Correct, and it wasn't blackmail. It was bribery. She did ask for money, but she did after an offer was made from the start. She didn't go with the information and demanded something; Chloe OFFERED, then she named her price. Bribery, not Blackmail.

[@royalbluegaming7763]

@@nathanmello4407 You know, I actually agree with you

[@MacClay8]

She's technically correct, but I wonder why she cares? She can't possibly have thought the distinction would prevent people from being mad at her, and it doesn't look like she's having some crisis of conscience over it.

[@aaronwishard7093]

​@@MacClay8Because her family was probably making a stink about "how dare you blackmail your sister in law", when in reality. Chloe was bribing OP, OP just gave a number. But if you wanna pay attention, almost every top comment on this video is "blackmail is blackmail, distinction without a difference, everyone sucks here, you're shitty OP"

[@ibnkhaldoun4319]

ESH. OP is not a good person, but the best person in this whole story. she's vengeful and sadistic, but only because of what her brother did to her. her brother was a horrible person in high school who seems to have matured a BIT, but i don't feel sorry a former player got cheated on. the wife is just a horrible remorseless cheater who's probably twice as bad as her husband. her AP is a braindead goon who intimidates women & needs to pick on someone his own size. the parents seem to mainly just be clueless, but they likely had an idea what their son was doing to their daughter.

[@CionJSBJJ]

I’m on OP’s side cause fuck that family but to say this isn’t blackmail is just stupid. And to those saying “it’s just hush money” that’s what blackmail is! But I still don’t think it makes her as bad as them anyway so 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@sophiaisabelle01]

That's some money right there. Enough to keep your mouth glued shut. Permanently.

[@agustinjr.enriquez6238]

The whole family is crazy

[@lynx9311]

Idk. I'd at least tell the parents that OPs brother should apologize for spreading rumors. Tell them that if they wanna be mad at someone they should be mad at the brother for showing her how to act.

[@voxelartist1688]

“It wasn’t blackmail, it was just a deal that his wife had struck up with me to keep her secret.” THAT IS EXACTLY BLACKMAIL! OP is super entitled on this one.

[@thematrix2661]

Not really what she got was hush money totally different from blackmail

[@_mizuko5294]

​@@thematrix2661exactly. The wife was the one who asked first and made the offer. The girl just complied and accepted.

[@thousandyardgavri2785]

call it blackmail but honestly, she's entitled to be awful to awful people

[@_mizuko5294]

​@@thousandyardgavri2785 idk where my first comment has gone. Anyways, i call it karma.

[@robertdouth8979]

@@thematrix2661 Hush money is what is paid in a blackmail situation. It's the literal legal definition of blackmail and is a felony punishable by fines and up to a year in prison depending on the jurisdiction it occurred in. She stupidly admitted publicly that she was blackmailing her SIL. They are all shitty people and deserved it, but it doesn't make what she did any less felony blackmail.

[@GeezSus]

It is blackmail, you cannot sugarcoat it, that's just how it is. Although you're not as bad as the rest of the family

[@herschellebarber1675]

People like you are funny because they can’t wait to tell on themselves. The OP is right, this was a contract between two people. Blackmail is defined as one person having leverage over another person that has no power to refuse an unfair situation. The slot wife could’ve just annulled her marriage, but she chose not to. You seem like the type of person who cheers for the cheaters in the story because you empathize with their point of view of being selfish with no accountability.

[@GeezSus]

@@herschellebarber1675 ok, unfortunately your opinion will not change the textbook definition of the word blackmail so good luck. Also I will get one thing clear, cheating is a deal breaker for me no matter what situation they're in

[@abstractrose2673]

@@herschellebarber1675i have no idea why you are such a sad and hurt individual but you need to chill out and actually read hes not calling op evil but at the same time he is saying that taking money for keeping quiet is kinda blackmail... if it was a contract it would be a physical contract, vocal contract are meaningless and just the first step into balckmail.. the fact that you cant seem to realize that just leads me to believe that someone screwed you over and made you bitter. Be honest did your ex wife take you for everything in your divorce? Because you sound like a toddler trying to scream about how you are right all the time, its kinda pathetic

[@GeezSus]

@@herschellebarber1675 also i'd like to clarify that her blackmail is justified and I don't think she did anything wrong, nobody has to be a saint in this situation cuz obviously her family is evil and manipulating af

[@CionJSBJJ]

@@herschellebarber1675I don’t think you understand the concept of blackmail. This is blackmail 100%. OP thinking just because the SIL said I’ll give you whatever you want turns this from blackmail into a normal conventional contract is hilarious and wouldn’t hold up in court at all.

[@suttone75]

I got to be honest, I didn't see that ending coming. But then it happened and I laughed so hard 😂.

[@minus606]

Possibly an unpopular opinion: But they are ALL an A-hole, including OP. First...outside of if OP is an A-hole for that... That still is blackmail and OP is quite silly for insisting to not use the word. Like OP even addmit themself that Chloe cleary expected smth like a spa day...not money...aka Chloey never really ''offered money first'' she just said ''I do anything'' and OP cleary turned the situation to there favor and brought the money aspect in the conversation!! That...very much is still Blackmail...it counts😂. But I wouldn't call OP an A-hole for that...I would have done the same (I am just not affraid to call it what it is). Now, yes..the Brother is also an A-hole, for the rumor and for beeing a cheater. I would even call his wife cheating ''karma'' and very much deserved! OP also isn't at fault for Chloes cheating!! Its not like they made Chloe cheat? So ofc OP isn't at fault for the brothers ''marriage'' to fail!! Still...OP did decide to keep quiet. Chloe did and would have cheated anyway and yes the Brother deserved it. But when OP keeped quiet and even blackmailed Chloe...that was OP decision!!! Tbh, I have to agree. Ofc bullying is awfull...but spreading a rumor of beeing a kleptomanic or knowing your brothers wife cheats and just letting it happen are 2 messed up stuff...on 2 diffrent levels! I would definetly call it petty. And tbh 2 - doesn't make a + in this case!! Just bc the Brother wronged OP doesn't mean what they did is suddenly just or good? Its just ill intend, revenge and anger. They are simply BOTH A-holes! Yes, OP should have just gone No Contact with there Brother...not stay to keep quite about an affair.

[@chessieray1465]

Damn near everyone in this story sucks more than a supercharged vacuum.

[@Storymaker1316]

Yta, I was definitely an asshole move, but it was also pretty based

[@smorphous8928]

I’d say Op is NTA on this one, she caught her brother cheating on his Gf and Op was bullied all her high school year, but the moment someone cheats on her brother and suddenly Op is the bad guy for not telling her brother? I’d say this is karma.

[@WhoEustace]

NTA, as a bullying victim myself i'm amazed at how long you've been able to deal with this crap karma, babyyy

[@robertdouth8979]

We all just have to hope it's a fake story because she said she admitted on social media to committing a felony, so hopefully for her sake she's just a creative writer.

[@WhoEustace]

@@robertdouth8979 on 2nd thought you're right, ain't no way an actual human being would've tolerated this bs for this long, pretty sure it's fake

[@Huuuuuuue]

​@@robertdouth8979I have a hard time believing a prosecutor would pursue this. If brother dearest and his ex weren't both certified idiots they would likely have strong grounds for a civil case, but most prosecutors would rather spend their time on high profile, violent, or super slam dunk cases involving plea deals. Even if this ended up on their desk this does little to advance their career, boost their numbers, or garner public support, and they likely wouldn't bother filing.

[@ninjastorm540]

This whole post is more about OP trying to justify why she isn't an absolute POS person in this when we all know she is. Everything negative she does has excuses and she keeps trying to make others look worse to save face.

[@jbon540]

This woman is awful

[@Yeshuah6]

All these people acting like they wouldnt have at least thought about taking the money if put in the same position. Is op an asshole? Yes. Do i blame them? Hell no. I probably wouldve done the same.

[@mannydcbianco]

Yeah people who say they're all _equally_ bad are delusional. They're all AHs, OP too, but they're by no means _equal_ AHs. That's ridiculous. The brother, parents and Chloe are far bigger AHs. OP shouldn't have taken that money, but at least she got a few grand out of it and in the end it led to the best possible outcome: she realized that her family is toxic and went NC. Had she not taken the money she wouldn't have been put on blast on social media for "blackmailing" Chloe and she wouldn't have been pushed to go NC. She would have continued to humiliate herself to please her family every family holiday. Families who are more concerned with keeping up appearances than with the well-being of _all_ their children are downright evil.

[@Dayday-xj3hc]

Thank you! I agree that op is an AH but I will say with chest i would do the same damn thing because image your brother ruining you hs life and constantly bully you for years and then you find out a b***h of a wife cheats on him. I would say “I don’t owe any of you 💩, b***h better have my money!”

[@feha92]

No, people are not saying they wouldn't take the money. People are saying they would not take it in a manner that makes them liable to get a ticket to jail. If I were op in that situation (which would need to include the whole "hates brother" thing, obviously), I would tell the SIL that my price would be a grand per month, but to hold off on finalizing the deal as I need to hire a lawyer to ensure that it is legal and write up an NDA contract for us both to sign with sufficient exit-clauses on both sides (so SIL doesn't have to keep paying after she ie. gets a divorce) and all that jazz. Basically, if you are going to do it, do it correctly. Get the money taxed, and paperwork detailing how it isn't blackmail/extortion, and so on.

[@FroggyGirlDreams]

Everyone needs therapy

[@justaroodypoo]

This woman is worse then all the other bad actors in the story. And that's saying something because they are all awful.

[@kossettereaditte7552]

"Front desk at a hotel" why did OP talk like this job pays alot. I usually see this a minimum wage.

[@nickroetker4304]

Poster sucks, had this all been reversed the brother would be looked at as the biggest POS. She would not have spoken up about anything. I truly hope their family realizes how despicable this girl is. Also she's right it isn't blackmail it's extortion.

[@Maninawig]

Half ways through and yes, that was bribe money, but also, do the parents know the semblance between Cloe and her brother? Edit: so they knew and didn't care. Well isn't that family just a whole bag od @$$

[@madmohawk6560]

Would be nice if we could see the original... like.... EVER!!!!!

[@grim_reapepper]

Ngl op sounds kinda stuck up at the start "If i knew it would end up lile this, i probably would have kept my mouth shut"

[@shaneilgreen8465]

Am afraid of ppl like you I mean the girl was bullied for 4 years and your suprised y she would say that

[@Carnibee]

Stuck up?? What? She was bullied relentlessly for 4 years of her life, so yeah, one would assume that she would regret “doing the right thing.” How does that make her sound stuck up, I’m so confused…

[@dreampiper]

Uhhh how? She learned that revealing the truth as a kid got her stern looks from her parents, betrayal from her brother and bullying from her peers for four years. That’s not being stuck up, she wa straight traumatized. She just turned her trauma to revenge, which I agree isn’t healthy but she doesn’t sound like she has a good support system to tell her otherwise.

[@Lightskinlightning]

Buddy doesn’t know what stuck up means

[@Black-Rose12]

I don’t think thats something bad as someone who had been bullied for 2 years in middle school before I changed schools I learned to keep quite in my high school year and I don’t tell anyone’s secrets to anyone cause bullying sucks

[@PMMcIntyre]

Everyone has a price.

[@lunarhalo9155]

The price should be $ 5,000

[@mryuksiesta]

@@lunarhalo9155 damn😂😂

[@Lp-army1]

Op is an AH but so am i so i aint hating them id do the same thing

[@notasaintjoseph7365]

After all the doormats in this channels videos finally someone who doesn't just roll over and let the abuse come. But punches back also and benefits from it as well. Get that 6K GURL!!!!

[@meemzing]

Lmao you are consistent, the other commenters are the same type of people who will call someone in a compromising position / a victim a "doormat" and now they're the same people that shriek when the person actually defends themselves. Either a victim is a doormat and they should taken revenge, or they shouldn't take revenge and can retain the status of the "wronged" party. Wild that people think you can have it both ways but human morality is pretty hypocritical / flawed in general.

[@asura5806]

No one in this story is perfect buy lets not act like OP is the biggest AH in this story she isn't. Her whole family treated her like shit its clear her brother was the golden child. She was offered that she didn't outright tell her to pay or she speak she was giving the choice to receive something if she kept quite that is blackmail but lets not act like this was something she wanted to do and not something that was offered to her. See way to many comments about the blackmail and not about the 4 years of mistreatment from her brother and others the cheating the lies from her family to everyone to put all the blame on her. Yall got the same mindset as her family in these comments ignore everything and focus on this one small part of a huge situation and make her the AH for it smh. That 6k was a deserved payment at this point for all the bullshit she had to deal with just for her family to appear perfect all for her family's sake she finally got to be selfish wont hold that against her.

[@BlueAversion]

Your brother sounds like a jerk but if you think it isn’t blackmail money then you are wrong.

[@btbarr16]

Kinda sounds like an all-around awful family, including the OP.

[@zachary6425]

Karma's a bitch. Who came for everyone and took no prisoners

[@CJ-BZ]

lol they all suck

[@FranciscoGarcia-nz5xc]

Op is an awful sister frfr

[@JuanSanchez-rv9xy]

Just like the rest of her family

[@thousandyardgavri2785]

I mean Id be awful to people who're awful to me

[@idoonotkno894]

AY LISTEN .... it's a W 😂😂😂😂 f em

[@joshuarees2354]

Glad the comments all seem to have sense op is defo an AH blaming everyone else for there actions😂

[@saf242ou]

I want an update on the latest shit show so baaad

[@peeonthe3rdrail414]

Of course the HR rep blackmails someone. Don't EVER trust anyone in HR. Edit: Yup leave it to HR to not understand what blackmail is.

[@btbarr16]

I know right.

[@chicks417]

This is a weird situation cause its both blackmail but not. OP is right, the SIL bribed her to keep her quiet. It became that gray area, i think when OP did ask for money. Don't get me wrong, OP probably shouldn't have asked for money but considering the SIL was gonna do what she could to keep OP quiet, it could have easily turned into extortion. Which look like it was gonna head that way anyway with the AP of SIL coming to her house. Anyway my point is this a weird situation.

[@peeonthe3rdrail414]

@@chicks417 That's a lot of words to say nothing.

[@chicks417]

@peeonthe3rdrail414 my point was calling this a pure blackmailing case is not totally accurate. Don't get me wrong, she is totally in the wrong but there truly was probably no way of getting out of that business. I guarantee if she just left, she would have been pursued by her Sil or her AP to make sure she kept quiet. Know what I am getting from how OP talks, they would have kept quiet as a middle finger to their brother anyway, just asked for money to make it worse on him. OP needs therapy. That was my point. 😂

[@WhoEustace]

found the brother everyone

[@grim_reapepper]

Beforw 1 hour 👇

[@Ranbo_dog]

Yup

[@Dust796]

can you link the parkour map this shit look crazy

[@r0bot404]

That's still black mail - "I won't tell x this if you give me Z". Also 2 wrongs don't make a right. Overall a match made in heaven 😂

[@rubenguitron4825]

Just going to say she made lot of terrible decisions, especially the blackmail because that can and will ruin her entire career if her job times out. And I think she needs a lot of psychological help because their was a lot of blame shifting especially about how blackmailing was okay. That's not okay and especially because of her job she should know that it was especially not okay. I don't know how the parents treated her in HS bc it wasnt explained but it just sounds like she instead of talking to her brother about it not being okay to cheat or speaking to her parents about what he was doing "in house" she ousted him and got him humiliated though it was his own actions that caused it she could have handled it better. Also she made remarks about her being uncool to hang around with but ignoring the fact he was a senior and she was a freshmen that is pretty typical. And she says he only had "one bad day" while she had 4 yrs she doesn't know if that really true bc I know my family doesn't know all my bad days that was just get own biased from the situation. And I get her parents not wanting to intervene in it since she handled her brother situation quite terribly though if it really got so bad I don't believe her parents would have not steped up. Through our the story their was a lot of inconsistency that sounded like she pushed her parents away and blames them for not taking her side. And instead asking for help when she felt super isolated she started blaming them for it. She then pushes terrible decisions she makes about the brothers marriage and blackmail as if those were okay choices. I think her parents were right to be appalled to hide her brother cheating wife affair plus using money bc in their mind (bc she might not have told or opened up to them) that it was just a petty and simple HS drama that she should have got over. But as a adult she used that as a excuse. She needs help bc like I said she is most likely going to lose her job and career for it. Don't get me wrong brother is a bad guy but she made horrible decision that she'll have to live with

[@lg2m480]

Everybody sucks... First, there's such a thing called framing, and it would be very interesting to have the story from other people less involved. First things first, OP still compactuated with cheating. She may had have her reasons but also, if this had came out before, then there wouldn't be an innocent child that'll be in the crosshairs now. Secone, she just demanded money to buy her silence, but that's not blackmail, of course not. And that's not a one time thing, but a monthly payment instead with threats of exposure covertly and overtly made. The thing she herself says when making the "deal" that her SIL wasn't that into it but OP basically said this was the price for her silence, this screams bm independent if the other party offered something or not prior. If you keep the thing and keeps using it overtime to get money, that's pretty clear cut. Now for the brother, being cheated on was karma. But also let's not act like a highschool relationship is equal to marriage. If the last update is true, then he's like the wife and they deserve each other. No sympathy here but also, feels like things may be missing here. There's basically nothing of him after hs for we to know what happened later on in his life. Parents seem like they favored the brother over her... If this is true or only her perception of things we can't know, but of course knowing the info from their POV is clear why they would be mad. Since they have neglected OP tho (at least by her account), that's what they have sown.

[@Skorge789]

"Pay me or I'll tell" that is objectively blackmail. Is it understandable given the context and history of everything? Sure. But to say its not blackmail is just silly.

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

"It's not blackmail....it's just an arrangement so I won't tell her secret...." The hell you think blackmail is.......

[@hedgehog7775]

Everyone pretty much sucks here, besides OP. She got that bag that she didn't ask for, and her entirely family is actual traah and owes her more than that lol. Would highly suggest a therapist for her own long term happiness though 🎉

[@dragonmaster48141]

Honestly this is just a whole family of assholes. I suppose OP won for now but this cluld backfire on her badly. For example if she does get a partner the brother could mention what she did and create some tension there. Hell its even worse if you realize something, she works in HR and this could ruin her job. I know people here are trying to defend this by saying its not blackmail since the sister in law offered to do anything. But first of all a one off lump sum would have been an agreement, a monthly payment is when it crosses into blackmail. At best she was taking a bribe. Now if the higher ups at her company find out she may end up losing her job and potentially be blacklisted. Someone from HR taking bribes is a very big liability for a company and can end very badly.

[@reillycurran8508]

OP is an example of "just because you're not doing anything wrong or unjustified, doesn't mean you're doing anything right either.

[@sanddagger36]

OP did nothing I wouldn't have done, but she is lying to herself if she thinks she wasn't blackmailing someone.

[@haydenknight3700]

So his brother spread a rumor about him his senior year in hs so he extorted 6k from his sister in law after finding out she was cheating on him. That’s not even petty revenge that’s just being an ass hole. Then he’s self righteous about it and goes no contact even though it probably was his family cutting him out

[@musehassan1784]

Idk why Chloe sent Marcus, if she waited till she gave birth to the brothers baby she could have had child support after then divorced him.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

The op is hundred percent in the right but yes thats blackmail. Its all because of the parents and how they raised them.

[@ethanperez4774]

I mean it was definitely black mail lmao. I don't think there's any denying that aspect. Doesn't make her family not horrible

[@alext9320]

Reddit always suggests to the OP that they should get therapy in stories like this one, to the point of almost being comedic, but wow does the OP here need therapy. At least if she goes to therapy she might actually understand what blackmail actually is. Also a rumor going around that you're a klepto doesn't seem like something that would genuinely ruin your entire highschool experience, it kind of just seems like OP was a social outcast and used their brother as a comfortable scapegoat.

[@lunarhalo9155]

Are you saying the rumors HER OWN BROTHER spread would not make things worse? That no matter what OP did, she would be bullied anyway?

[@LuisDiaz-wv4xr]

​@@lunarhalo9155nah man they are right, bullying is wrong but that rumor like that wouldn't make you an outcast for all four years of highschool, especially once the brother graduated. OP is probably not a very nice person and that's why people didn't like them. Also, it was definitely blackmail.

[@alext9320]

​@@lunarhalo9155 It would potentially make things worse, for a little while. But it's a minor rumor, not the kind of thing that'd genuinely ruin four years of your life by itself. Heck, where I went to school a rumor going around that you were a thief would have actually made you a few friends if you played it right. Also use your own brain and realize that it's possible to disagree with someone on the internet without coming across like a condescending, confrontational child.

[@lunarhalo9155]

@@alext9320 I'm too heated after the video Sorry I have been ostracized just because my mother's a teacher there That fact probably protects me from bullies but hearing what they said behind my back It's not pleasant Sorry

[@lunarhalo9155]

@@LuisDiaz-wv4xr It would surprise you what a rumors could do Especially if you do not have a good support system

[@artemislove2941]

you know at first read, it sounds bad that he hid the affair and took the money but OP’s brother sounds like a piece of work so my petty ass would do the same 💀

[@someoneontheinternet4518]

Everyone's the asshole, OP has some healing to do and should see a psychiatrist but they're probably the least bad of the bunch

[@brianarnold8666]

Misleading title. "She offered hush money" in reality its more like "i extorted her so id stay quiet"

[@Nepafarius]

"It's not blackmail" The moment the cheater said no and OP threatened to out her, it became blackmail.

[@DrEtzor]

OP didn't make their brother's wife to cheat on him. So the one who ruined the brother's life was his wife.

[@holyek7892]

I love this story. Chef kiss. Chloe got too greedy.

[@ronniesmith3369]

But technically she did not blackmail her sister-in-law they made a bargain

[@therealneutrxl]

Is it bad if I say that as soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew the OP had was a woman?

[@nimamoradi2779]

Stay away from hr ladies

[@millenialfragrancenerd94]

This family sucks so bad Dyson's got nothing on 'em.

[@entezami777]

OP is selfish wimp. Get over your past and move on

[@prudencek7087]

Sooooo... Everybody in this post is toxic, including op.

[@thetruth1223]

KZbin failed to post KZbin failed to post..KZbin failed to post KZbin failed to post..KZbin failed to post KZbin failed to post....

[@karlwittenburg5868]

To spin the Princess Bride quote a bit: “you keep not using that word. I think it means what you don’t think it means”

[@lunarhalo9155]

Blackmail vs. Bribery What a conundrum

[@Thaddius0]

as soon as you hear they are in HR, you know they are also a bad person.

[@justinerhowiefuaso5154]

Before 1 Hour👋

[@Lethargic320]

1 grand a month is kinda crazy tho…

[@meemzing]

Reparations. 😂 FAFO

[@razgrizraven]

Even then, Chloe fucked up.

[@lunarhalo9155]

I would have asked at least 3

[@susioeandno1else]

Op just lobbed a fat grenade and walked away

[@scorpioyami3873]

I listened to this thing twice and everyone is just garbage including op like how do you not think what you did is blackmail and trying to justify it is ridiculous her brother is terrible but op is wrong in her own way