When a 22-year-old woman learned her boyfriend had slept with his dying friend, she didn’t know how to process it. The friend — a young woman battling terminal illness — passed away months later, leaving behind a swirl of grief, guilt, and painful secrets.

“He didn’t tell me until after she was gone,” the girlfriend confessed online. “He said it was her dying wish — that she didn’t want to die a virgin.” The couple had been together for three years and hadn’t yet been intimate themselves. “I hate that I’m jealous,” she wrote. “She’s gone, but it still hurts.”

Her boyfriend admitted he regretted it deeply. According to her, he broke down and said it wasn’t romantic — just emotional chaos in a tragic moment. “He said if he’d had time to ask me, he would have,” she added. “But it just happened.”

Still, the betrayal gnawed at her. Every time he mentioned his late friend, a wave of anger and guilt would rise. “He’s grieving her,” she said. “And I’m grieving the trust we lost.”

Thousands online weighed in, with most siding with her. “There’s compassion, and then there’s crossing a line,” one commenter wrote. “You can honor a friend’s memory without betraying someone you love.”

Now, she’s torn between staying with the man she still loves — and walking away from the one who broke her heart. “It’s complicated,” she admitted. “Love always is.”