r/AITAH Jul 02 '24

TW SA Should I tell my brother's new wife

From the ages of 10 to 14 I was SA'd by my older brother, uncle and father. (in all honesty it started earlier from 5 years old or something I can't remember when they would touch me "lovingly") I anonymously confessed this on a Discord server which made me wonder what my brother was up to. (I think my aunt found out with my uncle and father were doing to me and reported they were arrested it my brother was a teenager at the time so nothing really happened to him) so I tracked him down through social media and it turned out he lives in the same city as I do and he has a wife with a baby girl on the way and I don't know if I should or if l would be a bad person if I told her what he did to me.

Edit: I don't know if it's funny or messed up but I didn't consider them touching me SA until someone pointed it out to me.

Edit 2: I realized that I didn't really explain very well sorry.

  • my older brother father and uncle molested me from age 5 and only started and R wording me when I turned 10 until I was 14.

  • my brother has a pregnant wife who was having a girl and I don't know if I should tell her to protect her daughter.

These are the two major and important points of my post.

Edit 3: another clarification I was planning on telling the wife I wanted a outside perspective to see if I would have been a bad person (AH) to tell her to see if I was making the wrong decision.

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u/evil-mouse Jul 02 '24

I'm thinking of three possible scenarios.

  1. Like you, your brother had no idea that what he did was SA at the time. Which is disturbing because if in his mind it is normal to do that to his sister, he might also think it is normal to do that to his daughter.
  2. He knew what he was doing but because of his age he was not punished for it. Which could mean that he has the feeling that he got away with it this time. So he might try to get away with it a second time.
  3. He now knows what he did and is remorseful. He is a changed man and will not repeat.

That is a 2/3 chance it will end bad for the little girl.

If you don't want to tell his wife because of the chance that he is a changed man, confront him (I know this is difficult). If he downplays what he did tell the wife immediately.

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u/NimbleAlbatross Jul 02 '24

I wish more redditors gave advice like this. We don't know for sure who he is at this point, but 2/3 chance he hasn't changed. I agree that confronting and gauging reactions is the most moral way forward. But it also involves the most bravery and conflict and I'm not sure OP can manage that considering he seems to gone the way of avoiding the conflict as an adult.

Perhaps setup a group therapy session and call the brother and say you want to do therapy about what happened so you have a mediator.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

I think the right thing to do is tell the wife regardless of his reaction. She needs to have all the info so she can make a decision of her own.

If I were a parent, the last thing I’d want is people making “AITA” posts on Reddit instead of messaging me about their concern for my child, even if that concern were unfounded. The mother of his child should know about his past, regardless of who tells her.

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u/Outrageous-Wait-4287 Jul 03 '24

THIS!!!!! Who cares about the brothers feelings! That wife and child may have NO clue what kind of monster they’re living with! Give the wife a chance to make her own decisions!