Bridezilla Pushes To Get Sister-In-Law Booted Off Wedding Guest List For Refusing To Throw Her Bridal Shower
Ah, wedding season—a time of love, joy, and, let’s face it, a generous helping of drama! Jay and Debbie, the star-crossed lovers set to tie the knot in July, extended the honor of bridesmaids to our narrator (Original Poster) and her sister, Christina.
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Unfortunately, they regretfully declined due to the chaos of life—Christina was a full-time student in a distant city, and OP was juggling a startup and house construction. There was also the teeny issue of not being close to the bride.
There OP was, thinking they’d successfully dodged the wedding demands, but Debbie was back at it again. This time, she insisted OP and Christina throw her a bridal shower.
OP’s first emotion was confusion. Wasn’t this right reserved for the maid of honor? It was an obvious hard pass, and this led to a bridal showdown of epic proportions.
Debbie furiously threatened to uninvite both of them from the wedding and dragged poor Jay into it. He begged OP to reconsider and promised to pay for everything, but OP wouldn’t budge—and so, the battle lines were drawn.
Jay's mother saw this as the perfect opportunity to revisit her longstanding disapproval of Debbie—a not-so-subtle ‘I told you so.’ While in the other corner, Jay’s dad and best man were giving him hell for letting Debbie mouth off to OP and Christina that way.
Everything seemed to be falling apart, and Jay waved an accusing finger in OP’s direction. Was she really to blame for ‘ruining his wedding planning experience’ as he claimed?
The story in detail
For context
Debbie insisted that OP and Christina would throw her a bridal shower to make up for not being her bridesmaids
OP’s brother asked them to reconsider and even offered to foot the bill for the bridal shower
This has caused a lot of drama within the family
Important edit
We gathered some reactions from the Reddit community:
“NTA. You cannot be ordered to have a shower for someone.”
She probably doesn’t have friends due to her behavior
“It's baffling to me the weird entitlement that seems to come over people when they get engaged.”
“This is refreshing. You declined both requests for legit reasons, and stood by it.”
“Where does all this entitlement come from? And no, I'm not a old Gen x blaming the youth.”
“The recipient should never demand or ask someone throw them a shower.”
“Debbie is trying to assert dominance and y'all continually declining her demands has her in s tailspin.”
After seeking advice on Reddit, it's clear that OP wasn’t the villain in this tale. The overwhelming majority agreed that Debbie's actions was a bizarre power play.
The fact that she asked people who weren’t even on her bridal party to throw her a shower raised eyebrows. According to the Redditors' verdict, she was simply seeking out drama.
They applauded OP for refusing to be steamrolled into hosting a shower. As for Jay? He might want to take a long hard look at his bride-to-be.
Do you agree with this verdict? Let us know in the comments.