r/Bestofupdates my Dad Forced my Mom into an Open Marriage

0:00 Intro
0:15 Dad gets what he asked for in open marriage
6:03 I want to adopt my sister and my partner is against it
8:25 Guy declares his love for me two days before my wedding
13:57 My boyfriend wants my money to buy a house

[Alex-gxmq]

There was another update in the open marriage post yesterday. Turns out the dad was cheating on his wife long before the open relationship and his secretary just wanted to stop being the side piece.

[Vee-Shan-CC]

The first story actually has another update that was posted yesterday. The mom's lawyer did some digging and found that the dad had been cheating for at least 10 years and used company money to do it. The secretary and the dad had been in a relationship for a long time and they devised a plan to get the company from OP's mom. The father demands an open marriage and they expected the mom to be disgusted and divorce him, thus him getting half of everything. The mom did the opposite and now the dad screwed himself. So the divorce is going to go very well in the mom's favour.

[pharynx]

I have a friend who's husband asked for an open marriage, then got pissed when she started sleeping around.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[pinkdolphin]

Guy: *wants open relationship*
Also guy: How DARE you see other people!

[moonlighthunter]

The father in the first story is a complete hypocrite. He wanted the open marriage in the first place, but he assumed that only he would get to sleep around. But it seems that he forgot that open marriage goes both ways

[tamaradelsohn]

Ahh, yes. Definitely keep this subreddit in the rotation, rSlash. The words "And then OP posted an update" are some of the best among your videos, and this is a subreddit built on them.

[hershy]

For the last story, I'm getting really manipulative vibes. Trying to have her cover his bills for a year for nothing, then trying to sneak a gift clause into the agreement, and then being abusive when she doesn't fall for it. Glad OP was able to see the flag waving ceremony

[CrankyNovelist]

I’m confused about the friend confessing his crush 2 days before OP’s wedding. Dude, it’s too late. She’s NOT into you.

[kupikachu]

I firmly believe that the best gauge of a guy's character is how he reacts to rejection. There have been guys that I was actually kind of into but turned down for various reasons, and some of them turned into different people when I rejected them. Like, telling me I wasn't even that hot, that I was basic, a slut, a bad person, that my looks would fade and I'd wish I'd said yes to them, etc. I wouldn't recommend it as a litmus test for guys you may want to date bc that's just playing games, but damn is it good at exposing men's true colors. Dodged many bullets.

[JustSomeSophie]

I'm going to be honest, that first story made me beyond happy. The dad got what he wanted, and he's absolutely mad she got a lot more attention than him. Go off Mama, live your life and enjoy the freedom without a useless husband and a really great kid! I'm so happy for her though.

[erdschnabeltier]

This best friend declaring his love story is just beyond me. I have been in love with my best friend and got rejected, which, yes, of course, hurt like hell. But we just talked it out respectfully as soon as I realised, I got over it and were still best friends as of today. This guy is so emotionally immature I can't even.

[HaefentheZebra]

I can't blame the woman who was childfree for wanting to remain childfree when she had always been open about it and I understand that it must have hurt like a knife when her husband chose his sister over his wife. But hey it's okay to go separate ways, people and their goals in life change. I can't even blame her for handling it poorly since how rushed it must have all been. She went from being in a happy child-free marriage to single in weeks, it's gotta be rough. But I can't blame her ex-husband because he did the right thing and what was best for his sister. I hope for the best for the both of them.

[sarahyruegas]

The story where the friend confesses their love when their friend was about to get married. Can we just appreciate the fiance for handling the situation so well. Didn't make it about them didn't place blame on anyone who didn't deserve it. Just calmed down and handled it like an adult. Cause let's be honest alot if us would want to deck the guy for doing such a thing. Or just be fuming with anger. I love how things turned out and hope the marriage is happy, loving and forever lasting

[afman]

For the last story, the reason he wanted her money listed as a gift is that you don’t actually have to pay back gifts. You can say you are but legally no gift must be repaid.

[franciscojaviermendezrinco]

Fourth story: He said she turned their relationship into a transaction, but no, HE turned the relationship into a scam, which is worse.

[Flarflenugen]

Story 3: I never understood the nice guy mindsets.

"You're just playing hard to get" do you really want to date someone that would play mind games with you? Someone that would tell you one thing but would mean something else? So even if that no doesn't mean no, would you want that?

"Leave your fiance and run away with me" ya, if she did that that would make her impulsive. And what's the stop her from doing that to you? Same goes with asking if they would cheat on their partner for you, someone's willing to cheat for you they're willing to cheat on you.

TLDR; romcoms are a massive disservice to society, and Nice Guys watch too many of them

[Reuraku]

So when did being in a happy relationship and getting engaged = leading on someone you've shown no romantic interest in. That is some moon man logic right there.

[ashleightompkins]

Considering how many stories you got through, these really feel like closure. I'd love more of these!

[wkkowrld]

I don't think anyone was wrong in the second story. She doesn't have to stick around with children she doesn't want, and he doesn't have to stay married to her and abandon his sister. They did what was best for each other.

[mrgaarus]

I felt like that "are you choosing her over me" was an attempt to guilt trip op into abandoning his sister