Man Seeks Help With Family's Rumors After He Married Dead Brother's Fiancée

And as he explained in a Reddit post, it wasn't long after this that he met his brother's fiancée Mia at a friend's birthday party. They became fast friends, but within months of their meeting, both came to realize they had more romantic feelings for each other than expected.

Although they initially kept this secret, they would reveal their love after another six months passed.

His sister was particularly vicious and publicly accused Mia of cheating on the brother with the man before his passing.

As the man said, "None of it was true obviously. I never would’ve done something that awful to my own brother. There’s also the fact that we didn’t even live in the same state."

Nonetheless, both the man and Mia's families turned on them and his mother declared she had no son.

However, recent times have seen the family attempt to make amends with the couple as his mom and sister apologized for what their grief led them to do.

Although the man understood, he said that reconciling would depend on them publicly admitting they had lied about they rumors they spread as the perception of Mia as a cheater would still persist in their town.

Both said they are too ashamed and embarrassed to do this and the family is on their side.

In the man's words, "My dad keeps asking how heartless am I to want to make them humiliate themselves to all the people."

For the most part, people agree that the family shouldn't have lied (especially not publicly), but commenters seem split on whether the man and Mia deserve such an apology.

For those who accept that he and Mia simply bonded over shared trauma, it seemed like the family is unwilling to truly accept the consequences of their actions.

As one user put it, "They made the mess by spreading lies, they need to clarify what the truth is. If they slandered you publicly, they apologize publicly."

As far as many of these commenters are concerned, they should feel lucky that the family wants to speak to them at all.

As one person in this camp said, "There’s 7.9 billion human beings on this earth, and you chose your deceased brother’s fiancé??? No wonder your family reacted the way they did."

That said, those who think the family should publicly apologize and set the record straight seem to outnumber the man's detractors.

h/t: Reddit | stillunsureabout