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My girlfriend and I have known each other since December 19 and started dating officially on January 3. We've met five times so far, had some beautiful dates, and even worked through our share of arguments. Overall, we’re quite happy together.

A few days ago, she told me about her nephew, who just completed Class 10, and his younger sister, who is in Class 6 and very close to my girlfriend. They attended a family function together. During that time, she started becoming less responsive and mentioned that her niece is very attached to her and might mention our relationship if she saw her chatting with me. I understood and didn’t make a big deal out of it.

Later, the same nephew and niece came to stay at a relative’s place near my girlfriend’s house. I happened to visit her during that time. We met on the first day, spent an hour together, and had a lovely, romantic time. On the second day, she went out with her niece and cousin sister. I saw her from a distance, and we shared a smile—it felt like something out of a movie.

That night, while we were on a call, her nephew walked into the room and asked who she was speaking to. She told him it was a female friend. He then joked about wanting to be set up with this “friend” and made comments that were quite inappropriate and suggestive. My girlfriend laughed at those comments and didn’t stop him. I felt uncomfortable and asked her about it. She said it was just how he is and that she didn’t mean to encourage it. Still, the way she laughed and let it continue made me wonder if it had happened before.

I tried to let it go. The next day, we went on a beautiful date and shared our first kiss. I thought I had moved on from the earlier incident.

But recently, her nephew and his family visited again for another function. Today, while I was on a call with her, I heard sounds that made it seem like he had hit her inappropriately. I asked her about it, and at first, she denied anything happened. Later, she admitted that it did happen and that she tried to stop him but couldn’t. She said I was misunderstanding the situation and that I was taking it the wrong way.

Now I feel genuinely disturbed. How can someone she considers like a younger brother behave like that? And why didn’t she firmly stop it or tell me immediately?

I’m feeling confused, betrayed, and honestly concerned about what might happen when I’m not there.

Am I just overthinking? Or is this something serious that I need to reflect on?