Fiance’s Friend Has Shown Himself To Be a Cheater
DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a wonderful man. We are incredibly happy, and I cannot wait for our life together to begin. There’s just one problem — his best friend, “Joey.” Joey is wonderful to my fiance and a nice person overall, but he’s a serial cheater.
In the five years I’ve known him, Joey has dated and cheated on multiple women, some of whom I befriended before recognizing the pattern. It’s always the same — Joey meets a woman, quickly gets into something deep and monogamous, and then, after six months, he starts sleeping with other people.
Six weeks into meeting his most recent woman, they got married in a courthouse wedding. I’m having trouble bringing myself to meet his bride. I know the pattern. I know Joey will cheat after their honeymoon period ends. She certainly won’t be around very long.
I feel myself getting angry, and I’m nervous about actually being in a room with them. His friends have accepted what he’s like and are used to the revolving door. I want to be respectful to my fiance and meet his best friend’s new wife, and I realize this is something I am going to have to deal with our entire lives, if they remain friends.
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