Bride’s Family Lashes Out On Her After She Refused To Sacrifice Her Wedding Date For Her Brother’s Emergency Wedding

Weddings talks never fails to create a bit of drama...

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• April 6, 2022

The stress and challenges of preparing for a marriage ceremony can be mentally and physically draining. Venues have to be secured; marriage planners will be working hard to meet up, and those special friends and families invited will be preparing for D-Day.

But what is heartbreaking is having to postpone your marriage after months of preparation and spending. No one would love to find him or herself in this situation, especially if the reasons for the postponement aren’t tangible.

This is exactly what happened to a Redditor, u/Date2021, after she had been engaged for two years and had set a wedding date only for her brother to fix his shotgun wedding on the same day as hers. The entire situation sparked a family feud, but instead of the OP’s parents taking her side, they supported her brother.

Well, it happened that the OP's brother's girlfriend is pregnant, and their parents want them to marry as soon as possible. Furthermore, the Redditor and his brother had not been on friendly terms since childhood.

That's why he didn't hesitate to schedule his wedding on the same day his sister chose. The Redditor attempted to explain to her mother how difficult it would be to postpone the wedding after all of the preparations and expenses had been made.

However, OP’s parents were unwavering in their stand, saying she should be the one to postpone her wedding.

More info: Reddit

Bride’s Family Turns Against Her After She Refuses To Give Up Her Wedding Date For Brother’s Shotgun Wedding

Her parents went on to say that if she refuses to change the date, she should not expect them to attend her wedding. This prompted the OP to share her story, in which she asked the AITA subreddit community if she was wrong to not postpone her wedding after her brother chose the same date for his own wedding.

Here’s the story in full:

I uninvited him to my brother to my wedding

We set a date for our wedding

Got a call from my uncle

You take care of it and get back to me

He made a face and said...

He said it's not his problem...

I explained how much I would loose

Tim chose the date to spite me

I said this wasn't the case

It's totally illogical

Weddings are one of the few occasions when family members and friends can gather to celebrate. This situation, however, triggered some interesting responses from commenters.

Many commenters empathized with the OP and agreed that she wasn’t wrong for refusing to postpone her wedding.

They are showing you your rank

What the problem actually is...

Spread the good word before the wedding

It's about you and Adam only

This will filter out your real family

Cut them out of your life

Keep your date and make it clear

Weddings are an expensive way of filtering people

Everyone's showing their true colors

When planning a major event, it’s always difficult to find a perfect date that suits all of the important personalities. It is even much more difficult when two siblings are trying to fix their wedding dates within the same time frame.

As we saw above, it can result in family issues, especially if the parents don’t play their neutral roles well. What are your thoughts on this pulsating story?

Share them below!

Maryjane