Members of a popular internet forum were disgusted after one woman revealed the secret meaning behind a necklace she received as a gift from her fiancé.

In a viral Reddit post serving as an update to a separate thread covered by Newsweek last year, Redditor u/BlueRoses95 (otherwise referred to as the original poster) said that after refusing to remove the necklace at her friend's wedding in 2021, she was informed of the unsavory history attached to the piece.

Published on r/AmITheA**hole, the since-deleted post has received nearly 15,000 upvotes and 2,000 comments in the last day.

Writing that her friend "Mary" was adamant that she remove the necklace at her wedding, the original poster said she refused at the moment, losing all contact with Mary for almost an entire year as a result.

However, after a recent tragedy, the original poster also said she made amends with Mary and discovered why the necklace was so controversial in the first place.

"In September, [Mary's father] passed away," OP wrote. "I decided to visit her at home the next night, unprompted with some cooked food...Mary was excited to see me, gave me a hug and told me to sit with her.

"Mary told me she needed to talk to me about her wedding...she said she recognized [the necklace] from years ago," OP continued. "When my fiancé and [her sister] were in high school, he asked her out as a joke...[she] used to be very overweight...and later when he was supposed to pick her up, he left at their door a bouquet of bacon and fries and a stuffed animal pig that was wearing the necklace.

"I pressed [my fiancé] and eventually he did tell me it was true, but it was only a high school prank," OP added. "I asked him if he gave me that necklace so [Mary's sister] would see it. He said yes, but he thought she would understand the joke."

Coming to terms with a romantic partner's past is rarely easy.

From their dating history, to their financial decisions and education level, the skeletons in a partner's metaphorical closet can be scary and, in some cases, an automatic dealbreaker.

However, previous malfeasance is often to be expected because, as the adage goes: everybody makes mistakes.

When couples believe in their relationship, honest communication is almost always the answer to reconciling with each other's pasts. If both partners are able—and willing—to lay out the stories of their lives without omitting key moments that hold the potential to become problematic, there is a much greater chance of moving beyond events of the past.

It is when one, or both, partners are dishonest that issues arise.

"If you are with someone and they have given you no reason not to trust them, their past is likely not an issue that will negatively affect your relationship," Marriage.com expert Rachael Pace asserts. "But you must know your partner's past to feel comfortable building a future together."

To conclude her viral Reddit post, the original poster said she was shocked by her fiancé's adolescent actions, and even more disturbed by the fact that he encouraged her to wear a necklace to a wedding where he knew it would upset both the bride and her sister.

The original poster also said she is having second thoughts about their impending marriage, and that the couple has not been in communication since she discovered the necklace's true meaning.

"I'm still unsure at this point what will happen," OP told Newsweek. "I haven't spoken to him since."

Throughout the viral post's comment section, many Redditors were just as appalled as the original poster and agreed that OP should seriously reevaluate her relationship.

"Yikes," Redditor u/pjpotter14 wrote in the post's top comment, which has received nearly 20,000 upvotes. "What a terrible thing to do to someone.

"And then to purposefully bring it back up at her sister's wedding[?]" they questioned. "That's just so messed up. I would call off the engagement [because] it sounds like he finally showed his true colors."

Redditor u/Schulle2105, whose comment has received nearly 5,000 upvotes, echoed that sentiment.

"It's bad enough what he did in high school but he seemingly didn't change one bit," they wrote. "Instead of apologizing he confronts the sister even after that time and tries to play innocent.

"For now I would take a step back in that relationship and ask myself where this will go if you just accept it without consequence," they continued.

"Seriously, to deny it and THEN gaslight you that it 'wasn't a big deal,' eff that," Redditor u/Ponceludonmalavoix chimed in, receiving nearly 8,000 upvotes. "This guy sucks. When the honeymoon is over, you bet he's going to be a total s**t."

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