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TIFU by blowing up my cousin's graduation party because I couldn't keep my mouth shut about my uncle cheating

My cousin graduated nursing school and my aunt threw a backyard party for her. Family, neighbors, our friends, random extras.

While I was helping with the drinks, I saw my uncle outside with some woman I didn't know. They were standing way too close, but I told myself maybe I was reading into it.

Than later I went inside to use the bathroom and cought him kissing her in the laundry room.

I felt sick and after told my mum quietly because I didn't want to wreck my cousin's day. My mom told me to shut up for now and deal with it later. She was right and that's what I actually tried to do.

But then my uncle spent the next hour acting normal as hell. Smiling for pictures, touching my aunt, handing people drinks, like he wasn’t just making out with another woman in his daughter’s graduation party.

The woman hung around awkwardly for a while and then left. When she did, my aunt casually asked who she was because she didn’t recognize her.

My uncle goes, oh, just somebody from work.

And I snapped (I still don’t know my, I just couldn’t hold my emotions).

I said no she isn’t, I just saw you kissing her in the laundry room.

Everything went to shit immediately.

My uncle started calling me a liar. My mom looked like she wanted to bury me under the patio. My aunt just stared at me for a second and then walked into the house. My cousin started silently crying once she realized this wasn’t some random argument.

Now half my family thinks I did the right thing because my aunt deserved to know. The other half thinks I’m an idiot (who I’m unfortunately am) because I couldn’t wait one more day and now my cousin's graduation will be always tied to her dad cheating.

My uncle is a piece of shit though. But I also detonated the party in one sentance because I lost patience over that crap which he was saying.

TL;DR: caught my uncle cheating during my cousin's graduation party, tried to keep quiet, then exposed him in front of everyone when he lied about who the woman was.

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