Bride Forgets Her Inherited Wedding Veil, Sister Goes Back To Fetch It But Refuses Bringing It To Her

"Just get it here before then so mom, grandma, and I can take pictures."

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• May 10, 2023

The main purpose of a wedding ceremony is to give the bride and groom a chance to make vows to one another. These commitments serve as the cornerstone of their union and grant the celebrant clergy the authority to pronounce the couple husband and wife.

Due to the fact that your big day will be as individual as your relationship, there is no "right" way to organize it. So there might be a bit of forgetfulness, especially when the wedding venue is in another location.

The OP's older sister, Odette, is getting married at a venue that is about two hours and fifteen minutes away if there's no traffic. OP's sister planned to wear her great-great-grandma's veil, which has a distinct lace pattern and is passed to only the eldest daughter.

In the OP's family, it is considered good luck and heavily sentimental, and they have multiple bridal pictures of their eldest daughters wearing the veil while standing with their mom and grandma. But there was a problem—the veil was left behind while they were packing up.

The OP's sister realized the veil was missing and ran to the OP in a panic, insisting that she needed to be the one to go find it since everyone was busy. OP agreed, but along the way, she discovered she was needed and decided not to give the veil to her sister anymore. 

And here's the story's title

The wedding veil has a distinct lace pattern and is passed to only the eldest daughter in the OP's family

OP's sister realized the veil was missing and ran to her in panic, insisting she needed to be the one to go get it

OP texted her sister that if she didn't turn around now, she wasn't going to make it to her wedding ceremony

The OP realized that her sister didn't care about her being there, which upset the OP enough to turn around

The Reddit thread went viral with over 10k upvotes and more than 700 comments in only two days of being posted

She can have pictures taken with the veil at another time

There's going to be a divorce if this is how the OP's sister treats people

The OP explains how her great grandma started it all as a tradition to give the eldest daughter the veil

So younger siblings are just expected to just be a servant for this special veil event

The veil should have been with the wedding dress if it was so important

The OP described better when she decided to turn and just head home

If the veil was that important to OP's sister, she should have made sure she had it because she is an adult. Yes, it's easy to overlook stuff like that, but the OP is not accountable for taking care of this.

Poor planning on her part doesn’t constitute an emergency for OP. The OP was declared not the AH in the end.

Maryjane