Bride’s Brother Walked Out Of The Wedding After He Was Forced To Unexpectedly Babysit For Free

If you grew up in a close-knit family, you’d want to be supportive of their milestones as you grow older. Graduations, birthdays, and weddings—you would want to celebrate it all with them.

Weddings can be tricky, though; the planning is stressful, and as much as you strive for everything to go smoothly, it’s not a wedding without a little hitch. Somehow, there’s always family drama and physical hindrances that take the spotlight away from the bride and groom.

If it’s your special day, you would usually rely heavily on your family to iron out those conflicts, and they would gladly help you if they love you. However, there’s a difference between asking them to assist you in a tight situation and completely pushing them to their limits while riding on your privilege that day. 

A subreddit post by a brother of the bride under r/AITAH ranted about how his family wanted him to apologize after walking out on his sister’s wedding. It wasn’t a rash decision at all; it was a buildup of a whole day of him dealing with babysitting, which made him miss the important parts of the wedding and reception.

His sister and family continued to hound him about how he ruined the day. This begs the question for OP: was he the a**hole in this situation?

This is OP’s story

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The baby wasn’t the happiest baby there is

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OP missed out on the first day of celebrations and agreed to watch the baby before things started; this is also when he found out there wasn’t a sitter.

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He was forced to do what his sister asked despite his wishes.

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When he missed most of the wedding, he confronted his sister, but she just told him to do it.

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He was also forced to miss out on the reception.

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OP ended up slipping away when he didn’t have the baby with him, and that’s when the blame and calls started from his family.

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There was an obvious solution that they could’ve implemented so OP wouldn’t have to suffer alone.

AJSK18

But instead of being the good family members that they are, they decided to put a guilt trip on him before taking care of the baby.

puppyk

If the family that blamed and nagged OP had put their effort into trying to make the baby stop crying, wouldn’t you think that would have been better?

maerican

They knew missing a part of the wedding was bad enough, but they showed no sympathy when OP had to miss almost everything.

noakim1

A Redditor recounted her own tale about dealing with babies that might be similar to...

Kit_starshadow

OP’s sister’s baby, and although it’s tiring, it’s not impossible.

Kit_starshadow

Not considering the needs of your baby is concerning too.

AJSK18

Another possible hidden fact from OP’s sister.

jellycatattack

A Redditor discussed a situation when she was the maid of honor at a wedding but also had a baby to take care of.

katamino

Needless to say, they handled it much better.

katamino

It might not have been as tasteful, but if she really needed help, they could have assisted equally as OP instead of placing all the burden on him.

BigGlassesGirls

It could be that OP’s sister was being entitled.

rhetorical_twix

Again, this situation could've been avoided.

k1k11983

Yes, watching over a baby means you have to be ready, and OP was definitely not prepared in his suit.

gaynazifurry4bernie

A tip on top of this is how they guilted him into doing it.

melodytanner26

OP’s sister must’ve thought it was better to blindside him rather than look for another solution.

TheWagonBaron

If there were that many people at the wedding, then this might have been the case.

GlitterDoomsday

In situations like these, OP might’ve been family, but so were the other guests. The sister could’ve heard him out when he said he wanted to celebrate the milestone that is her wedding. 

There were obvious solutions provided by Redditors, and it seemed like even if the family knew that, they still opted for the petty way. This makes you wonder if OP should really apologize to them.

What do you think OP should do? We’re all ears in the comment section.