"My sister "Diona" and her husband "Jack" hosted our entire family for Thanksgiving this year, plus the whole the holiday weekend. The evening before Thanksgiving, I was helping with food prep and stepped away to use the bathroom. As I came out, my 4-year-old son, "Cody" came to me very upset and said that his aunt and uncle were fighting. So I followed him upstairs."
"I recognize that you have been put in a most uncomfortable position, but you have a duty to your brother and sister to tell them what you saw. They both deserve to have this information available to make decisions about their respective futures. Their spouses are engaging in harmful behavior that could have even further devastating consequences, and you should not feel it is your responsibility to protect your in-laws from their own actions-even if that means"
A family member discovered a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law in a compromising situation during a Thanksgiving visit after a young child alerted them. The witness removed the child, minimized the situation to avoid upsetting him, and agreed to keep quiet so the holiday would not be ruined. Both parties involved begged for secrecy, and the witness worries about the impact on a pregnant sibling. The witness has a duty to inform each sibling separately. Both siblings deserve full information to make decisions, and protecting spouses from their actions is not the witness's responsibility.
Read at Slate Magazine
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