A young bride asked for advice after taking the hard decision to ban her own sister from her upcoming wedding.
As the soon-to-be-married lady – whom we shall call Lena – revealed in her viral Reddit post, her religious family has long objected to her relationship with her same-sex partner.
While the entire family was hard on her from the beginning, Lena admitted they “eventually grew supportive once realizing I wouldn’t change.”
Nevertheless, the young woman was forced to cut several toxic cousins and aunts out of her life after they repeatedly objected to her sexual orientation.
As Lena’s relationship progressed, she and her partner decided to tie the knot, and Lena asked her sister – whom we shall call Karen – to be her maid of honor. The sister agreed and the family rejoiced.
The joy, however, didn’t last long. Just weeks before her wedding, Lena was approached by her other sister who told her that Karen had been talking about her to her friends behind her back.
“My Maid of Honor had been chatting between her group chat saying this wedding concept was stupid. The messages started off as plain jokes but eventually got worse calling me and my partner ‘sinners,’” the bride explained.
“She said jokes like ‘This generation’s become too accepting’ or (quoted) ‘I’m the only one in my family who knows what’s right anymore.’”
After seeing the horrific comments made by her sister and maid of honor, Lena immediately called Karen and banned her from her wedding.
“She was saying I overreacted because what happened in HER group chat is HER business only, and she never even said anything to me,” Lena continued.
The bride went on to reveal that the decision left her family split, whereas her other sister and her father are on her side while her mother believes that she overreacted.
Lena has since asked the internet for advice on how to deal with her situation before her late-September wedding.
Soon enough, the bride received loads of support from people who suggested she should cut her toxic sister out of her circle for good.
“Why would anyone want someone at their wedding who you knew was not only against it, but was against it to the extent that they also wished eternal damnation on the people getting married! My guess is that her presence will not be missed,” someone wrote.
“Gay woman here with sisters. If one of my sisters did this, I would immediately go no contact. I would say something to the effect of, ‘It is clear that this is what you really think of me, and I have no room for that in my life,’” another said.
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