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Finding Fiancé And Cousin Together In Bathroom, Woman Draws A Line To Keep Them Apart
Game nights are supposed to be all about laughter, cheap wine, and yelling at your partner for being the traitor in Among Us. But sometimes, the biggest plot twist doesn’t come from the game; it just might come from your own bathroom.
Well, that’s exactly what happened to today’s Original Poster (OP), who just wanted a chill night with friends and family. Instead, she ended up walking into what might’ve been a bathroom betrayal involving her fiancé and her cousin, with her pants quite literally down.
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Realistically speaking, some parties end with cake, while others end with suspicion and broken trust
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During a game night with friends and family, the author noticed her boyfriend and cousin were missing
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After waiting five minutes, she found her cousin on the toilet with her pants down and her boyfriend exiting the same bathroom
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When confronted, both claimed nothing happened, but their evasiveness and her boyfriend’s over-the-top affection raised suspicions
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Unconvinced and uncomfortable, she set firm boundaries and later decided to end the relationship
It all started out harmlessly. Just a regular night of drinks, smoke, and games between the OP, her boyfriend, her two cousins, and another couple. However, the energy in the room shifted when she realized her boyfriend and her 22-year-old cousin had disappeared. After waiting about five minutes, she went to check, and what she found made her stomach turn.
When she opened the bathroom door, her cousin was on the toilet with her pants down and quickly slammed the door shut. Right behind her, the OP’s boyfriend exited the bathroom. After pulling herself together, she confronted him, asking him how he’d feel if she were in the bathroom with his friend in the same situation.
His response was evasive at best, blaming the cousin’s drunkenness and claiming that he was just leaving. To make things worse, he started acting overly affectionate; however, instead of reassuring her, it overwhelmed her. She ended up retreating to the bedroom, where she felt relieved to be away.
Later, once the party haze had lifted a bit, she confronted both her cousin and her boyfriend. They both denied that anything inappropriate had happened, insisting it was a misunderstanding. While she couldn’t accuse them without evidence, she told them there would now be boundaries. Period. Her cousin and boyfriend would never be allowed in a room together again.
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Psychology Today has a term to describe the actions of the OP’s boyfriend: micro-cheating. They explain that this involves seemingly minor actions that subtly violate relationship boundaries, even if they don’t escalate into a physical affair. These behaviors often include secrecy, flirtation, or emotional closeness with someone outside the relationship.
It’s not uncommon for partners to evade questioning after being caught in a compromising position. Mindset Therapy explains that behaviors like evasiveness and overcompensating affection can sometimes signal gaslighting, even though they don’t always automatically qualify as such.
Evasiveness, including dodging questions, giving vague answers, or changing topics, often stems from a desire to avoid accountability rather than a calculated attempt to manipulate reality. Similarly, overcompensating affection, such as excessive attention or gifts after questionable behavior, might be an effort to patch things up or, in some cases, a tactic to deflect attention from real issues.
HelpGuide emphasizes the importance of establishing boundaries with family members for protecting the integrity of romantic relationships. Clear and healthy boundaries help reduce conflict and create more respectful and balanced dynamics, both with family and within the couple.
Without these boundaries, issues like misunderstandings, resentment, or feeling controlled can spill over and damage the romantic bond.
Netizens were strongly convinced and had zero doubts that something inappropriate happened in that bathroom. They expressed frustration at the idea of giving the boyfriend or cousin the benefit of the doubt, insisting that the scene spoke for itself.
In an update, the OP stated that she ended things with the boyfriend. Do you think the OP made the right call by ending the relationship, even without hard proof? We would love to know your thoughts!
Netizens affirmed that leaving the relationship was the best thing for the author to do because the boyfriend and cousin most definitely lied to her
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Janelle Collard 5 months ago
Better to catch them now than at the wedding. OP dodged a bullet. Glad she's cutting skanky cousin out.
SpiderWoman13 5 months ago (edited)
What more does she have to see????????????????? How naive can she get? If they couldn't control themselves at her home, does she imagine that she can somehow prevent them from meeting elsewhere? Break up with the boyfriend; tell the entire family. She doesn't have to leave her home (yet) if she cannot afford to. At least, that way, the two cheaters will feel the weight of shame even if they continue. I once broke up with a fiance and we split the house for nine months until he could afford to pay me my half. We got along great once I decided to leave and I was no longer second-guessing my instincts, yet all I had were emails - not even something as conclusive as what OP saw.
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Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
With some people, the only way they'll be convinced partner is cheating is to actually watch them have s*x with someone else. There was one girl who refused to believe a VIDEO of her boyfriend doing the dirty because "videos can be doctored"!
WonderWoman 5 months ago
And even then they'll find a reason why it wasn't their fault.
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Kate Johnson 5 months ago
Sorry, there's simply no legitimate reason for this to happen other than they were screwing around. It's literally the ONLY explanation that makes any sense.
Janelle Collard 5 months ago
Better to catch them now than at the wedding. OP dodged a bullet. Glad she's cutting skanky cousin out.
SpiderWoman13 5 months ago (edited)
What more does she have to see????????????????? How naive can she get? If they couldn't control themselves at her home, does she imagine that she can somehow prevent them from meeting elsewhere? Break up with the boyfriend; tell the entire family. She doesn't have to leave her home (yet) if she cannot afford to. At least, that way, the two cheaters will feel the weight of shame even if they continue. I once broke up with a fiance and we split the house for nine months until he could afford to pay me my half. We got along great once I decided to leave and I was no longer second-guessing my instincts, yet all I had were emails - not even something as conclusive as what OP saw.
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
With some people, the only way they'll be convinced partner is cheating is to actually watch them have s*x with someone else. There was one girl who refused to believe a VIDEO of her boyfriend doing the dirty because "videos can be doctored"!
WonderWoman 5 months ago
And even then they'll find a reason why it wasn't their fault.
Load More Replies... Kate Johnson 5 months ago
Sorry, there's simply no legitimate reason for this to happen other than they were screwing around. It's literally the ONLY explanation that makes any sense.
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