Some people want to make sure that their wedding photos look absolutely perfect while others just simply want to remember their special day in a positive way.
But one woman was left furious after her mother-in-law told her to ditch her wheelchair so she can ‘look nice’ in wedding photos.
The bride-to-be took to Reddit and explained that she has ‘some mobility’ but she wants to use her wheelchair to save herself any pain on her big day.
“I am getting married in four months. I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user. I have some mobility but it’s not great and I figured I’d save myself hassle and pain the next day and use my wheelchair on the day,” she wrote on Reddit.
“My future mother-in-law is trying to talk me out of this, saying I’d regret it looking back on the pictures and how if I can I should try and be out of my chair for at least part of the day so it’d look nice.”
The bride-to-be was hurt by her future mother-in-law’s remarks so she told her to “mind her own business.”
But now, her fiancé has called her a “bridezilla” for the way she responded.
“I’m pretty upset at this I won’t lie, I felt like she was acting as if my chair was something to hide, or worse, something ugly with how she talked about how it’d be better for pictures and look nicer,” she continued.
“I told her to mind her own f***ing business and that I’d do whatever I feel is best. I told her that as it’s my wedding and I’m paying for the photographer, I’ll decide how I want to look for my pictures.
“My future mother-in-law got very upset with me over this and told me she was just trying to think of me. I disagree on this matter as it doesn’t feel like I’m being thought of at all, just how things will look. [She also said] I’m being way too touchy and unreasonable.”
“She even complained to my partner about this and he has told me that I am being a ‘Bridezilla’ with how aggressive I’ve been to his mother and I need to be less touchy. He has said I can use my chair on the day but I can’t jump down his mother’s throat like that,” she added.
“I am sensitive about my chair as I grew up with issues about my appearance and how it tied into that, so when she suggested I’d look better without it, it got to me.”
People on Reddit defended the bride, with one person writing: “Your wheelchair is an extension of your body and for her to ask you to leave it at home and go without it is ignorant and unkind. Shame on your future spouse for not telling his mother to keep her shitty opinions to herself.”
Another wrote: “People with disabilities get married, some of them even use wheelchairs, walkers and crutches. Years ago we decorated the father of the bride’s crutches, everyone loved it. Her dad was such a good sport. He told us his crutches never looked better.”
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