Woman, Who Only Wants To Chill On Wedding Days, Refuses To Be Her Sister's Bridesmaid And Is Being Told That She's A Jerk By The Women In Her Family
Her sister ultimately decides to uninvite her.
Some weddings bring out the best in families, and some bring out every last bit of drama. In this Reddit story, one woman says she just wants to relax and enjoy wedding days, but her younger sister expects her to step into a bridesmaid role she does not want.
That refusal quickly turns into a family argument, with the sister uninviting her and other women in the family calling her a jerk. The whole thing gets even messier because this is not the only wedding in the family, and the original poster says she is tired of the pressure that comes with them.
Now the comments are split, and the family tension is only getting louder. Read on.
A woman only wants to enjoy herself whenever she attends a wedding ceremony.
supposed_golddiggerShe doesn't expect people to give her special treatment on her wedding day.
supposed_golddiggerThe problem is with her younger sister, who also happens to be a bridezilla.
supposed_golddigger
Family dynamics can get messy fast when a wedding brings old expectations to the surface.
That is exactly what seems to be happening here.
This bridezilla has high expectations. And since the original poster refuses to be her bridesmaid, the sister decides to uninvite her.
The woman turns to Reddit and wonders if she's wrong for refusing to go through all the things to make her sister's wedding day perfect.
supposed_golddigger
As always, bridezillas are in the wrong because of how terribly unreasonable they are.
BeepBlipBlapBloop, DarkStar0915
If there are so many weddings in that family, it's only natural that the original poster wants to chill and enjoy those days.
Valkrhae
The sister's reaction takes the conflict from awkward to openly hostile.
Now the family is picking sides.
Some redditors think that being uninvited is a blessing in disguise.
Embarrassed-Sweet905, OkieLady1952
Others encouraged her to make other plans on her sister's wedding day.
jmccorky
Then there are people who predict that the sister will get divorced because of her extreme entitlement.
EmmaPemmaPooBear, Due_Cat_161
Reddit did not hold back on this one.
Wedding Day: Hunger Games version
Reasonable_racoon, YoFrom540, AhniJetal
Some people don't want to attend weddings because of how brides want to make it perfect at the expense of being inconvenient for everyone.
Accomplished-Group60
This is how simple weddings were. No complicated requirements at all.
NorbearWrangler
For her, the issue seems less about the wedding itself and more about being pushed into a role she never wanted.
That is where the real tension sits.
Wedding drama alert, the woman refusing to attend after family drama, plus accusations of jealousy and getting disinvited.
Short answer, simple solution.
PFyre
People will probably start getting uninvited because of her extreme entitlement.
redpatoot, Apotak
If she's too entitled, at some point, it'll just be her mom and aunts who attend the wedding.
redpatoot, Apotak
The family fallout is starting to look bigger than the wedding itself.
Some redditors are complaining about how inconvenient weddings are these days.
DistributionOk4169
This has a point.
Prudent_Border5060
Nowadays, a lot of brides no longer know the true meaning of the word "invitation."
Prudent_Border5060
Plenty of readers seem to think the sister is making the whole thing harder than it needs to be.
A redditor with a different opinion than most.
While this user agrees that she isn't in the wrong, they think that the original poster still needs to try and talk to her sister. They are family, after all.
YeouPink
Her decision will either destroy or maintain the relationship.
YeouPink, Nekunumeritos
Maybe it's for the best that she doesn't attend the wedding.
Kaylek82, NeLaX44
Not everyone in the comments is on the same page, though.
Not all sisters need to be one's bridesmaid.
In the end, it's the person who decides whether she wants to be a bridesmaid or not.
Fun_Onion5582
Just like one user has pointed out, she needs to consider how the relationship with her sibling will turn out in the future. She is still family.
The original poster can try to talk some sense into her entitled sister. If she listens, then maybe there's a chance for her sister to stop being such a bridezilla.
The situation leaves one simple question hanging in the air, was she wrong to refuse the bridesmaid role?
Wait, what happens when a sister excludes you from her bridal party, then you skip anyway? Read the AITA about being excluded from the bridal party and feeling like the “lesser sibling”.