A bride has asked the internet for advice after being slammed by her fiancé and his family for banning a pregnant teenager from her wedding.
As the anonymous 25-year-old bride-to-be revealed, she and her husband are getting married two weeks before her fiancé’s 17-year-old sister is due to give birth.
Concerned that the teenager would be the focal point of her ceremony, the bride decided to ban her sister-in-law from attending her wedding without the groom’s permission.
“My fiancé has a 17-year-old little sister who he is close to and whom I really do like. I’m very excited to be her older sister-in-law,” the woman revealed.
“She was going to be a guest at our wedding, however, a few days ago we found out she is pregnant and plans on having the baby. Now I’m not going to sit here and shame her for her irresponsible actions or anything, but I felt like this was a very big deal.”
Speaking of her concerns, the bride-to-be added:
“She is apparently due two weeks after the wedding. My worry is this: pregnant women require a lot of care and extra accommodation.
“There’s also the risk of her water breaking at my ceremony and taking all the attention off me on my day. Call me selfish but I feel that I and my husband to be should be the focal point.
“I don’t want to risk her giving birth and needing even more attention that should be placed on me. So I think she shouldn’t be there.”
As the woman explained, she told her fiancé she didn’t want his sister at her wedding which resulted in the 26-year-old getting angry at her and accusing her of being selfish.
“I told my fiancé and he got unbelievably p***ed off at me. He told me I was being a complete a**hole by not inviting her since she’s his little sister,” she explained.
“I get that they are very close, but it’s not a good idea. Attention aside, I don’t think a nine-month pregnant teen should be on her feet at a wedding so close to her due date. He told me I was backpedaling and I should be ashamed of myself. He then told his whole family and they all are mad at me for suggesting this.”
After asking Reddit for advice, the woman was quickly told she was in the wrong for trying to exclude the struggling teenager from such an important event.
“This is a girl who is likely to face a lot of ostracism and challenges already and you seem eager to be first in line to make things harder for her. Be careful, because you are showing some true (and unsettling) colors to your future husband and in-laws,” someone wrote.
“This is someone who is very important to your fiancé. It’s his day too and I’m sure he wants her to be there,” another said.
The third warned: “You will ruin your relationship with her forever by not inviting her. By extension, you will damage your relationship with your future husband since they are close. Get over yourself.”
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