I [34 M] am somebody who inherited a lot of wealth from my parents, which allows me to support my ex’s daughter [10 F, from France and not my daughter]. To deal with the challenges of remote learning, I hired a tutor [19 F] to live in our home and teach her while I’m traveling for work. The tutor seemed a bit boring at first, but the more I got to know her, the more I liked her. We eventually really hit it off and got together after I broke up with my ex - now we’re engaged.
There’s just one problem: we were about to be married when my ex-wife’s brother [38 M] showed up and revealed that I’ve kept my bipolar and/or depressed wife [37 F] locked in a small padded room in my attic for the past 15 years. (Inlaws know all your skeletons. Ugh.) He then called me a bigamist in front of my girlfriend, embarrassing me and her!
Now my gf wants to break off our engagement…all because of a little spousal attic confinement! I tried to compromise - I even said that marriage wasn’t a huge deal and she could still be my mistress, but she won’t hear me out. We’re so in love, I don’t see what the big deal is…AITA here???
Tl;dr: AITA for trying to convince my 16yr younger fiancée to become my mistress after she discovered I kept my depressed wife trapped in a padded attic room for 15 years?
Every time someone mentions Jane Eyre, I think about this post:
um controversial opinion I guess but Edrisa and Dani are both good people and I’m tired of seeing both of them insulted in the service of arguing over ships.
“Malcolm shouldn’t be with Dani, she’s mean to him and disregards his feelings.”
“Malcolm shouldn’t be with Edrisa, it’s so one sided and creepy.”
My name is Eleanor Shellstrop, and I think I might be a monster. I’m rude, I’m selfish, I cyberbullied Ryan Lochte until he quit Instagram, but something happened to me today, and from now on, I’m gonna try to become a better, kinder, more generous person.
