My long-term boyfriend is cheating on me – I’m going to expose him on Christmas Day in front of his family
- A Redditer wanted to know if it would be wrong to carry out a Christmas revenge plan
- The idea would be to expose the friend as an impostor in front of his family
- Most agreed it wouldn't be worth it – and labeled her an 'asshole'
A scorned lover has candidly revealed her plan to get revenge on her unfaithful long-term boyfriend.
“Would I be the asshole if I exposed my boyfriend for cheating on Christmas?” user u/tthheoo posted on Reddit's r/AITAH forum, where users ask for other users' opinions on whether they are the “a**hole” in a given situation.
“Me and my boyfriend have been dating for about four years and out of those four we have been living together for a year,” the US-based woman wrote.
“I recently found out he was cheating on me,” she continued.
“Would I be the asshole if I exposed my boyfriend for cheating on Christmas?” user u/tthheoo mentioned a post on Reddit'sr/AITAH forum (stock image)
The individual's idea for revenge was to expose the friend as an impostor while he was unwrapping presents in his family's home
The post explained that even though the friend had cheated “before in the past,” he “swore up and down that it would never happen again.”
“But here we are in the same situation,” she complained.
The woman then described that her boyfriend had been “really adamant” about celebrating Christmas at his family's house this year, so that was their plan for how they would spend the holidays.
As a Christmas gift, the user bought his friend “concert tickets for an artist I don't really like, but I wanted us to spend time as a couple doing something he really likes.”
However, she felt a little less enthusiastic about the loving gesture after hearing about his latest bout of infidelity.
“I wanted to surprise him with the cards for Christmas, but now that I know he is cheating on me, I was planning to add screenshots of him cheating on me as a gift as well so he can open it in front of his family,” she described her big revenge plan.
“Would I be the asshole if I showed him off to his family at Christmas while the family opened presents?” she concluded.
Thousands took to the comments to share their thoughts on the situation – with most telling the person 'YWBTA' – short for 'you'd be the asshole.'
Most agreed that the individual would be to blame for carrying out the revenge plan – with many suggesting it would be better to end the relationship and spend Christmas with their own family.
“Um…YWBTA (for yourself and both of your families),” read one comment with the most votes.
'Don't waste twelve days of your life missing Christmas with your family. Break up with him, send his parents a text letting them know why you're not coming for Christmas.
“Keep your tickets and sell them or invite someone else and send ex a 10 second video of the concert if you want,” the comment continued before reassuringly concluding: “Merry Christmas. Next year will be better.'
“Leave him,” someone else agreed, while another replied: “Before Christmas and spend it with your family.”
“YWBTA if you went through those problems and ruined not only their Christmas but your own. Even without him, you can still have a nice Christmas with your parents. Resell the tickets and treat yourself after you've been extricated from the impostor's entanglement.”
To this, one commenter expressed his agreement: “While it's fun and rewarding to think about ruining his Christmas in a big way, this is the answer.
And a third added: 'I was given some advice once: don't be an asshole unless it benefits you. It almost always costs something, so use that power wisely.”