The couple set their wedding for the fall.
IΒ am getting married toΒ myΒ fiancΓ© inΒ October this year. WeΒ got engaged inΒ January and couldnβt beΒ more excited. Itβs aΒ very small wedding, and weβre only inviting close family and friends.
The problem isΒ with myΒ sister Lisa. Lisa has aΒ 2-year-old son with her husband. IΒ donβt have aΒ super affectionate relationship with Lisa for multiple reasons thatΒ I canβt fit into this post.
WeΒ sent out the wedding invites last month. Our wedding ceremony starts atΒ 1:30 p.m. and weΒ asked our guests toΒ please arrive atΒ the venue byΒ 1:00. The venue isΒ inΒ our hometown soΒ isΒ close byΒ toΒ the majority ofΒ the people inΒ our guest list, including Lisa.

Lisa told meΒ that the time βwouldnβt workβ because ofΒ her 2-year-oldβs nap schedule. She said heΒ takes aΒ nap atΒ 12Β and that sheβs not forcing him toΒ beΒ awake, soΒ she can get him ready for the event, orΒ heΒ will beΒ aΒ terror. IΒ donβt have kids, butΒ I thought this was aΒ silly reason?
IΒ asked Lisa ifΒ she could find aΒ babysitter, and she said she canβt because everyone she trusts will beΒ atΒ the wedding. IΒ suggested that they atΒ least attend the reception, but she said she wonβt ifΒ she canβt beΒ atΒ the wedding.

She told meΒ she wonβt attend the wedding unless weΒ change the time. IΒ told her weΒ canβt doΒ that. Lisa said sheβs not going then. IΒ was quite hurt byΒ this. IΒ wasnβt sure how toΒ react inΒ the moment, soΒ I just abruptly ended the conversation with anΒ excuse.
AΒ few days later, Lisa asked meΒ ifΒ I thought about her suggestion. IΒ reminded her thereβs noΒ way weΒ can change the time. She told meΒ she hopes Iβm happy that they arenβt attending and said that everyone isΒ going toΒ ask why sheβs not there, and itβs all becauseΒ I canβt accommodate myΒ nephew. IΒ snapped atΒ her and told her the world doesnβt revolve around her and her son. She called meΒ aΒ bridezilla and has blockedΒ me.
MyΒ mom isΒ pestering meΒ toΒ make amends with Lisa, butΒ I just donβt think Iβm inΒ the wrong.
Internet users sided with the bride.
- IΒ get why you donβt have aΒ good relationship with Lisa, the entitlement isΒ through the roof. © BonjourCheriexΒ / Reddit
- Why doesnβt sisterβs husband stay home with the child, sister comes toΒ the wedding and maybe her family joins her for the reception? © drwhogirl_97Β / Reddit
- IΒ rather think that Lisa enjoys the kind ofΒ attention itΒ brings toΒ her how βher sister, her own flesh and blood, purposely excludes her from her wedding byΒ not respecting her toddlerβs nap.β Some people love toΒ complain and play the victim. © AH_RaccoonΒ / Reddit
- IΒ donβt think itβs wrong for her toΒ bow out ofΒ the wedding ifΒ itΒ doesnβt work for her routine, but she was entitled toΒ expect her sister toΒ change the time. © Altruistic_List_7984Β / Reddit
Who isΒ right here, who isΒ toΒ blame? ItΒ seems toΒ us that the wedding inΒ the first place isΒ the day ofΒ the newlyweds, and they have the right toΒ doΒ asΒ they please. But they donβt want toΒ hurt their families either.
True, our heroine isΒ definitely not the only one: weΒ have aΒ wholeΒ selection ofΒ storiesΒ that the wedding never goes smoothly and flawlessly. But itβs definitely fun.