A woman was left in tears after her fiancé and his family suggested that she was flawed because of her facial scar.
As an anonymous lady revealed in her Reddit post, she and her fiancé were done planning their wedding and ready to tie the knot when her boyfriend’s request began tearing their relationship apart.
According to the woman, she’s had a scar on her face ever since her early 20s. While her boyfriend, Aaron, never minded this, he suggested they should edit all of their upcoming wedding photos to make it appear as if she didn’t have the scar.
“Me and my fiancé Aaron are getting married soon. We’re done with wedding planning, although my future mother-in-law basically disagreed with every arrangement we had,” she said.
“Aaron and I were discussing the wedding photos and the facial scar that I got in my early 20s came up, and Aaron suggested that we have this area of my face photoshopped. I laughed, thinking he was joking, but he said it was for real.”
Defending his decision, Aaron then suggested that he wants their photos to be “flawless” and that this is the purpose of photoshopping wedding pictures.
“I looked at him and asked if he sees my face as a flaw, he immediately apologized and said absolutely not, but it’s just that all couples point out what should and should not be photoshopped to get the best wedding photos,” the bride-to-be added.
“He then admitted it was his mum’s suggestion and he saw that she had a point this time.”
While the boyfriend argued that he simply wants all of their wedding photos to look perfect, his fiancée turned down his suggestion in anger, prompting the man to accuse her of being too sensitive.
“I refused and we began fighting, Aaron said that I was being a huge overreactor and that it’s not about the scar itself, but the overall look of the photos and I was being too sensitive for no reason,” the woman explained.
“I had an argument with my future mother-in-law after she nicely tried to talk me into considering it, most of the women in the family agreed with her and Aaron and said this is what photoshopping is for, and lots of people do it because they’re not happy with a certain area in their appearance.
“I told them I’m different because I’m not bothered by my appearance nor do I want to change it for any reason or occasion for that matter. They went on to say I need therapy for me to cope with my past trauma but I don’t think my refusal has anything to do with it.
“Aaron is visibly upset with my response.point 150 | He said he loves me no matter what and it was ridiculous of me to be so hung up on this non-issue and holding it against him and his family who want what’s best for me.point 285 |
I don’t know if this is just my past insecurities popping up and I’m not sure if I’m overreacting and getting offended for no reason.point 115 | ”point 118 | 1
After asking Reddit for advice on the matter, people were quick to take the bride’s side saying both her fiancé and his family had crossed the line.
“I have massive scars in various places on my body and many of them are openly visible in my wedding photos,” someone wrote.
“One of my in-laws made the same awful suggestion about photoshop and my husband shut her down by pointing out we wanted the photos to be of us not some perfect, unrealistic image of us.
“I’m so sorry your fiancé and his family are shallow enough to think that photos of you as you are aren’t good enough.”
Another said: “I can’t believe they thought that was appropriate to suggest. I’m sure it took you years to accept your scars and to suggest you ‘photoshop’ them is so unbelievably tone-deaf.”
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