1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Welcome to another episode of the crazy Reddit Stories podcast. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,500 It's been a while since the last episode of season one. 3 00:00:06,500 --> 00:00:08,500 Starting this season off with a banger. 4 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:13,000 This story is about a person finding out their partner is cheating on them with their best friend. 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,500 Let's get into the episode. 6 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:19,500 So yeah, I accidentally slept with my best friend and that's how I found out my girlfriend was cheating on me. 7 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,500 No, not sleeping. This was a total accident. 8 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:26,500 But it's one of those things I still can't wrap my head around even months later. 9 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:27,500 Here's what went down. 10 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:32,500 It was a Friday night and my girlfriend Emily was supposedly out of town for a work retreat. 11 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,500 She does these trips fairly often because of her job. 12 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:40,500 So I didn't think much of it when she packed her bag that morning and said she'd be back late Sunday night. 13 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,500 That left me with an open weekend. 14 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:45,500 So I hit up my best friend Jake to hang out. 15 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:47,500 Jake's been my ride or die since high school. 16 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:52,500 He's the kind of guy who always knows how to have a good time but also doesn't take life too seriously. 17 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,500 Sometimes to a fault. 18 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:57,500 Anyway, Jake comes over around 8pm. 19 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,500 We grab some takeout, crack open a bottle of whiskey and just hang out. 20 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:04,500 We played some video games, made fun of each other for how bad we were 21 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:09,500 and eventually started one of those deep drunken conversations where you solve all of life's problems 22 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,500 or at least think you do. 23 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:16,500 By the time we looked at the clock, it was past 2am and we were absolutely hammered. 24 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:22,500 Jake wasn't in any condition to drive and I wasn't about to call him an Uber when I had a perfectly good couch right there. 25 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:24,500 Just crash here, I told him. 26 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:27,500 He shrugged and grabbed a blanket while I stumbled off to bed. 27 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:31,500 I remember falling into my own bed and thinking I was done for the night. 28 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,500 But apparently my body had other plans. 29 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:38,500 At some point in the middle of the night, I woke up groggy and in desperate need of the bathroom. 30 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:42,500 The whiskey was still hitting me hard and I could barely walk straight. 31 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:46,500 After relieving myself, I somehow ended up walking into the wrong room. 32 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:52,500 Instead of going back to my bedroom, I stumbled into the guest room where Jake was already passed out. 33 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:56,500 But in my half asleep, drunk in haze, all I registered was bed. 34 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:59,500 So I flopped down, curled up and knocked out again. 35 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:02,500 Morning rolls around and that's when things got weird. 36 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:04,500 I wake up feeling cozy. 37 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:05,500 Like really cozy. 38 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,500 There's an arm wrapped around me and someone spooning me. 39 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,500 My first thought was, Emily must have come home early. 40 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:14,500 I didn't even open my eyes. 41 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:18,500 I just mumbled, morning babe, and shifted a little closer. 42 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:19,500 That's when I heard it. 43 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:22,500 A very groggy, very not Emily voice. 44 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:24,500 A dude froze. 45 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:26,500 My brain short circuited. 46 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:30,500 I opened my eyes, turned my head and came face to face with Jake. 47 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,500 He looked just as freaked out as I felt. 48 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:36,500 For a solid five seconds, neither of us said anything. 49 00:02:36,500 --> 00:02:39,500 We just stared at each other like deer caught in headlights. 50 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:41,500 Finally, I yelled, what the hell? 51 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:44,500 And rolled off the bed so fast I almost fell over. 52 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:47,500 Jake sat up, rubbing his face like he was trying to figure out 53 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,500 if this was real life or a bad dream. 54 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:53,500 And then, because Jake is Jake, he started laughing. 55 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:54,500 Not just chuckling either. 56 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,500 He was full on dying. 57 00:02:56,500 --> 00:02:59,500 Meanwhile, I was standing there mortified and yelling. 58 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:00,500 Why are you laughing? 59 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,500 This isn't funny. 60 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,500 Through his stupid laugh, he managed to choke out, 61 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:08,500 you're mad at this, but you should really be mad at Emily. 62 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:10,500 That stopped me in my tracks. 63 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,500 He was like, what the hell are you talking about? 64 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,500 And that's when he dropped the bombshell. 65 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:15,500 She's cheating on you, dude. 66 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,500 Thought he was messing with me. 67 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:21,500 Like this was some twisted way to deflect how awkward the situation was. 68 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:25,500 But then Jake sat up, dead serious, and started explaining. 69 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,500 He told me he'd seen Emily out with some guy a few times 70 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:31,500 when she was supposedly working late or out of town. 71 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:33,500 At first, he didn't think much of it. 72 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:35,500 He figured it might have been a co-worker or a friend. 73 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:39,500 But then he saw them at a bar one night, full on, making out in a booth. 74 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,500 And again at a restaurant, holding hands like they were a couple. 75 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:44,500 When were you going to tell me this? 76 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:45,500 I yelled. 77 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:47,500 Jake looked guilty for a second and said, 78 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:49,500 I didn't know if I should. 79 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:53,500 I didn't want to blow up your relationship unless I was 100% sure. 80 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,500 But now seemed like a good time. 81 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:56,500 Didn't know what to do. 82 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:59,500 Part of me wanted to believe Jake was wrong. 83 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:01,500 That there was some innocent explanation. 84 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:02,500 But deep down I knew. 85 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,500 I'd had this weird feeling for weeks. 86 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,500 Emily had been acting distant, always glued to her phone, 87 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:11,500 and coming up with excuses for why we couldn't hang out. 88 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:12,500 I just didn't want to admit it. 89 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:15,500 Right there in the guest room, I texted Emily. 90 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:16,500 I didn't even try to play it cool. 91 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:18,500 I just wrote, when are you coming home? 92 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:19,500 We need to talk. 93 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:23,500 She responded almost immediately, saying still at the retreat why. 94 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:24,500 What's up? 95 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:26,500 That's when I hit her with, cool. 96 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:28,500 So who's the guy you've been sneaking around with? 97 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:29,500 No response. 98 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,500 Nothing for a solid 10 minutes. 99 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:33,500 Then my phone rang and it was her. 100 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:36,500 I picked up and all I heard was her breathing. 101 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:38,500 Like she was trying to figure out what to say. 102 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:41,500 Finally she whispered, how did you find out? 103 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:42,500 And just like that it was over. 104 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,500 She admitted to everything. 105 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:48,500 Apparently she'd been seeing this guy from her office for months. 106 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,500 I didn't mean for it to happen, she said. 107 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,500 I was going to tell you, but I didn't know how. 108 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,500 Hung up without another word. 109 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:56,500 I couldn't even process it. 110 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:59,500 Jake sat there awkwardly, probably wondering if he should leave 111 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,500 or stay to make sure I didn't lose it. 112 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,500 Eventually he said, hey man, for what it's worth I'm sorry. 113 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:08,500 But look on the bright side, at least you didn't find out in some dramatic way. 114 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,500 Just glared at him. 115 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:13,500 Jake, I woke up in bed with you and found out my girlfriend was cheating. 116 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:15,500 How is this not dramatic? 117 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,500 We ended up laughing about it later. 118 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:19,500 While mostly Jake laughed. 119 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:23,500 It was the dumbest, weirdest, most surreal way to discover my relationship was a lie. 120 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:25,500 But in a way I'm glad it happened. 121 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:29,500 If Jake hadn't told me, I probably would have kept ignoring all the signs. 122 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:33,500 So yeah, I accidentally slept with my best friend, platonically, 123 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,500 and woke up to find out my girlfriend was cheating on me. 124 00:05:36,500 --> 00:06:05,500 10 out of 10 would not recommend, but at least I've got one hell of a story now.