Reddit Stories - BETRAYER in the Closet_ UNVEILING the Sinister Secrets of a Covert Co-Living ARRANGEMENT_

Episode Date: August 13, 2025

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I hope you enjoy this story. Spouse's mistreated acquaintance relocated in with us and caught me in the act of altering my attire. Presently, she is developing an overly familiar bond, such as initiating physical contact by planting a peck on my cheek to express gratitude, all while my spouse is nearby. Says it's fine. Hello, everyone. I, 33M, have been married to my wife, 31F, for six years, and we have a three-year-old. year old kid. We are very happy together and I am lucky to be married to a very kind and smart woman. My wife's best friend Anna, fake name for anonymity, has been living with us for the last

six months. I wanted to talk about Anna to give a full context of why I am making my decision. Anna is my wife's best friend since school days. Anna was living in the city with her boyfriend, and we live in the suburbs of that city. They seemed happy together and were in relationship. for two years. However, my wife noticed bruises on Anna's hand last year and asked her about it. Initially, Anna dismissed it as work-related injuries. My wife kept on probing, and we learned that Anna was in an extremely toxic and abusive relationship. Her boyfriend lost his job last year and became extremely controlling and abusive towards her. He constantly accused her of cheating, Anna denies it, made her link her phone messenger to his computer and started micromanaging finances.

There was an incident of domestic violence that was the final straw on my wife, and I had to rush to the hospital to look after Anna. Since Anna's parents are mostly absent from her life, my wife asked me if Anna can stay with us for a few days. We are three people living in a four-bedroom house and have two spare guest rooms. I of course agreed to it and told her that Anna can stay with us as long as she wants. I think the incident completely broke Anna and she would just start crying randomly and completely shut down. It was really sad to see Anna in that state. She had to leave her job due to mental issues and stayed at home in the room all day. My wife is very kind and took care of Anna like she was family and made sure she felt loved. Anna is also thankful to my

wife and I to help her in her worst time and helps around the house and with our kid, though we never leave him alone with Anna. Anna, now is coming back to normal, smiles sometimes and has started looking for job again. Now on to the incident. Last Friday, my wife and I went to work as normal and dropped our son at daycare. I had a doctor's appointment at noon and came straight home from there as I did not have a lot of work in office. I made some lunch and then went to my room to in my bed and reply to all the emails. Anna was in her room, and I did not talk to her after I came home. Around 2 p.m., I heard Anna's room door open and her walking in the hallway. Suddenly, our bedroom door opened, and Anna walked in topless and just in her underwear. I was

shocked and not sure how long I was staring at her. But after a few seconds, I blurted out I am sorry, and she quickly covered herself with her hands. She was a poliolid. She was a pollioling. and started explaining herself. She said she just wanted to borrow my wife's clothes because her laundry was unwashed. It was super embarrassing to have conversation with her in that state and I looked away. She again apologized and then went out of the bedroom. The incident lasted less than two minutes. After a while, she again came back into our bedroom, fully dressed, and apologized for the incident. She said it was really embarrassing and she did not know anyone will be home. I said it's okay and I should have told her I am back early from office when I came home. She asked me to not

mention about the incident to my wife. She said she feels embarrassed she walked around the hallway without clothes and that I saw her in that state. I said it's okay and let's forget about it. I have not told my wife about the incident and it's been five days. It was just a benign incident. It was just a benign incident, but I somehow feel guilty about the whole thing. I feel more guilty that I am lying to my wife by omission of the truth. However, I feel that if my wife takes it the wrong way, it may strain her relationship with Anna, and I really feel bad for Anna what she had to go through. I also do not want to make Anna uncomfortable in our house by telling my wife about her barging into our bedroom in that state. Am I the eye in this case for not talking about this incident to my

wife. I am afraid that if Anna tells it to her first, it will make me look really bad and guilty. However, if I tell her, I do not want her to blame Anna for any of this and not help her in time of her need. Can someone please help me on how I can tell my wife about this? Comments. I see Dr. 23, Yoda if you do not tell your wife. Never keep secrets as a team with your house guest against your wife. Machines, tell her gently. Just as you say, I would tell her before she tells your wife. Make sure you tell her you truly believe it was an accident. As the conversation may just end up telling her to at least keep a shirt on when out of her room, if the friend is vindictive or thinks she wants to try and break up you and your wife, she may be the first to tell her and the story

may change to you coming to her room while she was sleeping topless. And you creeping her. And you creeping her. The first stories are always the one to believe. But it wasn't malicious what she did. You aren't trying to kick her out, and could have been an honest mistake. And it doesn't have to be anything more than that. Falling in top polka dots. If she really was just walking in to get an item of clothing, assuming she and your wife have that kind of close sharing friendship, and she was truly not aware that you were home, then this really doesn't sound like a big deal at all. It's a bit concerning that Anna is so worried about it, granted she is coming out of an abusive relationship. It really shouldn't have needed to be kept secret, and it's clearly bothering you to do so.

Hey, sweetie, I had an awkward moment with Anna the other day that she felt really embarrassed about and didn't want to tell you, and I tried to honor that, but I feel weird about keeping such a benign snafu quiet. I came home from work early that one day and went straight to the bedroom to hang out. I knew Anna was home, but I hadn't said anything to her to let her know I was home too. I was minding my own. When she came in to borrow an item of your clothing and she was topless because she didn't know I was home or in our bedroom. She was extremely embarrassed, I averted my eyes immediately, she explained about the clothes and apologized, it was awkward all around, and then she exited and got dressed. Do you have any questions or concerns?

Thanks. This is really helpful. Maybe I am overthinking this, but I have read that in these situations, the victim's trust in men is very fragile. Would it be horrible if I tell my wife after I told Anna I would not mention about this incident? Should I talk about this with Anna first? Master Maintenance 672 She tried to talk to you for nearly two minutes while topless. Sounds like she wanted to see what kind of time you were on. You need to tell your wife, she deserves better.

Flynn underscore J.M. Udi, you are prioritizing another woman's wishes over your wife's right to know her husband has seen another wishwoman nude in her home, no less. Are you sure she didn't know you were in there? You state you were cooking in the kitchen and home for an hour. Surely you were making noise. It's not uncommon for people with trauma to seek out comfort especially with someone they may see as a savior. and no bra seems really sous. Are they even the same size?

If this were me, I would probably have a laugh with my friend. Not ask you to lie. Update 1, I wrote a post yesterday about an embarrassing situation that happened between my wife's best friend who is currently staying at our house. I was not sure how to bring it up to my wife and you guys really helped me a lot in understanding the urgency of telling my wife. I also got some cool ideas on how to bring up the subject without making it awkward for anyone. For everyone saying Anna was doing it on purpose, I did not agree with it as I am an extremely average looking person and woman don't chase me. However, things since last night have been just crazy and I think I am spiraling a bit. Sorry for the long post.

So, I decided to tell my wife last night as soon as she came home about the incident. I like the idea of jokingly bringing up casually so that we both can laugh about it and then forget it. Last night, when my wife came home, I made sure I stayed in our bedroom. I asked Anna if she could stay with my kid downstairs. As my wife was changing, I asked her if Anna still borrow her clothes. Anna had to borrow them regularly when she first moved, long story. My wife told me yes and she has told Anna she can take anything from her closet if she's she needs it. I asked my wife if Anna told her about the funny incident from Friday.

My wife said no, and I told her the whole story about how I came home early, and Anna came in the room almost naked to get her clothes, and how embarrassing it was for both of us. As my wife was listening to this, she completely froze and turned pale. She started murmuring in Spanish, which is her and Anna's native language. I don't understand Spanish really well, but I understood the words Ombré Casado and Ordevez. I asked her if she is okay, and she sat next to me and asked me to explain everything in detail. I just told her it was nothing and she must have not heard me coming in. I was trying to laugh it off, but my wife had water in her eyes.

I kept on telling her it was not a big deal, but she kept on asking me for more details. She asked me how Anna talks to me. I told her that Anna barely talks to me since, she moved and accept few words here and there. My wife then asked me about three weeks ago when my wife had gone to visit her parents for four days. Anna did not want to go with her and stay back. I told her that Anna was just acting normal.

She or I would cook dinner after I got home from work while the other took care of the kid. The only thing different was Anna generally spending her evening in her room. However, when I was sitting in the living room watching TV after the kid slept, Anna came and sat on the sofa next to me but did not talk to me. I asked her if she wants me to change the channel or stream something she likes, and she just said she wanted to get out of her room. However, she did not flirt with me or do anything unusual. I kept on telling my wife that it was just an accident,

and I really did not understand why she reacted so emotionally to it. My wife refused to answer and just said okay and agreed with me. However, she told me I should have told her about the incident sooner and should not keep any secrets from her and gave me a big lecture. I told her that I did not think it was a big deal and thought Anna would tell her, but glad I brought it up. After dinner, my wife messaged Anna to join us, and she came out. While talking, my wife brought up the incident and told Anna that I mentioned about the incident, and she does not need to feel embarrassed. Such things happen when we are all in the same house and is not a big

deal. Anna was firstly taken by surprise, but then told my wife she was just scared to tell her because she thought my wife would judge her because of her past. My wife gave her a stare, and she quickly changed the topic. At night, I asked my wife what the hell was going on. I told her to please not keep any secrets from me, and if she does not tell me, I will directly ask Anna about what her past has got to do with anything. My first guess was Anna might have had a thing for me before we got married or something. But my wife was very reluctant to answer and kept on trying to change the subject and cuddle. However, I kept being persistent, and she finally spilled the beans. Apparently, when Anna was in her early 20s, she was in relationship with a

married co-worker who was twice her age. It was a kind of sugar-dady relationship, and he told her that he was in an open relationship, or that's what Anna told my wife, and he would leave his wife in few years once the kids go to college. This makes sense now, because Anna is very pretty, like Miss USA level, and I never understood why she was single for most of the time I knew her. She eventually ended that relationship and started dating her boyfriend Jim, who turned out to be an abusive asshole. My wife said she suspects Anna was still involved with the older guy while in relationship with Jim, which explains why he kept on accusing her of cheating. That is why my wife became emotional when I told her what Anna did because she was worried Anna has no boundaries

regarding married men. My wife said that Anna always looks up to us and praises me for being such a loyal partner and how lucky my wife is. My wife was a worried initially when she brought Anna home, but her actions from the time when my wife was away clearly show that she respects the boundaries, and it must have been an accident. My wife told me she is grateful I let Anna live in our house and observe what a healthy and happy marriage looks like. Today morning was even more weird. I got up early as I could not sleep well and went down for a cup of coffee. After five minutes Anna walked into the kitchen and told me she was relieved my wife did not

overreact to Friday incident. She said I am a good husband and gave me a hug and peck on the cheeks. She has never hugged me in the last six months. She seemed to be in a happy mood and was making small talk with me while having coffee. I cannot believe my wife did not tell me such a huge detail about Anna for all these years. It's completely possible she cheated all through the relationship with Jim, and my wife is just covering for her all along. She even kept it a secret from me, after giving me a lecture about how we should never have secrets, and I don't know what else she is hiding. Everything just seems very

confusing at this point. I feel angry at my wife for lying to me all these years for Anna. I also now see Anna differently. I am also worried that me trivializing the incident to my wife might have sent wrong signals to Anna. Comments Tundra Queen 8812 Anna needs to go before her own messed up issues lead her to further mess with your marriage. She was testing OP again with a hug and kiss on the cheek and I didn't see OP writing that he told his wife about that new development. She's got to go before she pushes to the next level.

Yes. I am also a bit mad at myself for trying to casually describe the event as some of the redditors advised and not talk about the fact that she was in the room for a lot longer. I was worried that my wife would be pissed at me. Now I wish I told her all the details and did not make it sound trivial. My wife now trusts Anna and I am getting more uncomfortable. Salty interview 5,311. It's clearly time for Anna to move out. I suggest you talk it over with your wife to set a date. Then both of you sit her down and let her know. She needs to know that this is coming from both of you. Then be very careful to not be since with Anna. If that's not possible, have video cameras recording in your bedroom in the living room. That should help a lot in case of any incidents or accusations. Ah, I have not told my wife yet. Things were a bit icy between us since yesterday as I am still upset at her. for keeping secrets from me for all these years. I know it's Anna's personal life,

but I feel a bit betrayed that for all these years, she knew Anna was with a married man and never even mention it to me. We had a talk in the evening, and she apologized, but then we both dropped the subject and took our son to the playground as the weather was finally nice and had an amazing time. However, I planned to tell her as soon as we both are alone at night. As I said in the comments, I do not think she will mind since it's not uncommon for her friends to give a quick peck on cheeks when saying hello.

In fact, I was not comfortable with it at the start, and now I'm used to it. Her mom, cousins, friends, everyone kisses me. There are also weird rules where married women like my wife just hug, but non-married friends give a kiss, unless you family. Also, only girls give a kiss, but men don't kiss girls on cheeks, I learned that the hard way. I am not Latino, Colombian to be exact, and maybe someone who is familiar can explain the rules here so people who don't know the tradition won't misinterpret it as anything sexual. Also, I never keep anything from my wife, and hence I felt so guilty about my actions over the last week. I am sure I will mention it to her before the end of the day. Update 2, I wrote a few posts a month ago, regarding my wife's friend Anna accidentally walking into our bedroom topless to get my wife's school.

clothes while I was in the room. We addressed the issue the next day, but I learned more about Anna's past and why my wife was uncomfortable due to the situation. My wife and I talked to Anna and told her it was not a big deal and we all decided to move on from the incident. After I posted the update, a lot of you advised me to tell my wife about Anna hugging and kissing me on the cheek the following morning. I felt uncomfortable with the situation and the comments really made me nervous. Most of you were reading my post as a telenovela or a start of a porn movie and the comments were really not helping calm me down. You may not like this part, but I just decided to get off Reddit for a while and try to think through the situation on how to tell my wife.

I felt that my wife treats Anna as family and just like her sisters. I have known my wife's sisters since they were in their early teens. I have had similar incidents happen with them all the time, and I never made a big deal out of it. There were so many times we had to tell them to keep their tops on when sitting in our backyard pool area when they were younger, and God knows how allergic they are to wearing pants around the house. However, I just treat them as they are my sisters. I decided I need to do the same with Anna and treat her like my wife's sisters. I also wanted to communicate that clearly to both Anna and my wife so that we don't get in such uncomfortable situations anymore. That night, I was talking to my wife and decided to put a positive spin on the incident that

happened early morning. I asked my wife if she noticed anything different with Anna. I told her that she woke up early with me today and greeted me with a hug and kiss and also helped me make breakfast. I told her that I am glad she finally looks happy and is returning back to her old self and how proud I am of my wife that she is such a kind-hearted person who helped a friend in need. My wife seemed happy with my comment and started saying that she also noticed Anna was chattier in the morning and was cleaning her room and talking about applying for jobs again.

I told my wife that I feel Anna is like one of her sisters and I am happy she also considers us as family and is comfortable around us. The next few weeks were great. Anna started waking up early in the morning around the time I woke up, 5 a.m. We always had coffee together and had nice chats. She also helped me with breakfast and getting lunch boxes ready. She asked me if she can join my gym and if I can teach her some resistance training exercises. Her therapist told her it would be good for her to work out. So, we started going to gym three to four times a week in the evening before picking my son from daycare.

It's nice to have a regular gym partner and someone to geek out about the daily protein intake. I also told her when we were cooking that she is so much less annoying. than my seals and I wish she was my sill. She just smiled at the comment. Anna has already had a few interviews and also contacted her old job who seem interested in hiring her back. She told us two weeks ago that she will be looking for apartments. We already saw two apartments in our suburb and hopefully should finalize that soon. My wife jokingly told her that her dating prospects are going to be bleak if she stays in our suburb, but Anna told us that she is going to stay away from relationships at least for a while now and work on herself.

Plus, she enjoys our gym and love spending time with our son. About the hugging and kissing, I think I have decoded it. A hug from Anna is normal and I get one every morning. However, I think she kisses people on cheeks as a way to say, thank you. Things are really looking positive for Anna and we are very happy that she was able to get through a bad patch in her life. She had isolated herself from everyone after the incident seven months ago. However, she plans to join my wife and son on her summer trip to my in-laws in few weeks, unless there are any updates on the employment front. I just hope the best for her and I'm glad

that I did not make a big deal out of the situation. I am also glad to have such a kind and understanding wife who was there for her friend in need.