Her Sister-In-Law Gave Her A Role In Her Wedding, But After Learning It Meant Babysitting Kids, She Backed Out
A woman asked her sister-in-law to be her bridesmaid for her wedding in November 2022. Then her sister-in-law gave her a present, and inside, it had a request; “Will you be my wedding attendant?”
Though some folks might be unfamiliar with this wedding role, the woman understood the typically involved responsibilities.
She wrote, “Having been to about 50+ weddings, I know this role is a relatively uncommon unnecessary one but an easy one, handing out programs, helping people to seats, etc.”
Thinking the position would be no big deal, she accepted. However, her sister-in-law replied, “Awesome! Yeah, there are just going to be a lot of kids, and we are going to need someone to help with that.”
This was a completely unexpected response, so she asked her husband to check in with his mom on what his sister had in mind.
Unfortunately, his mom confirmed that the role would be that of a babysitter for the duration of the ceremony.
She refused to get involved beyond talking to him about these expectations.
Of course, attending your sister-in-law’s wedding only to be saddled with babysitting was not her idea of an ideal family event.
Especially since she has a five-year-old son and her other sister-in-law has three kids under four, plus there will be other toddlers in attendance.
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She’s also been to weddings that benefited from a hired babysitter on-site, so asking her makes next to no sense.
To make matters even clearer, she is expecting a baby just before the wedding date, so she would have her hands full enough just attending the wedding while caring for a newborn.
Still, she struggled with what to say to her sister-in-law after agreeing to the wedding attendant role.
A commenter on Reddit gave some helpful advice on how she could broach the topic; “Just say, Oh, I assumed I would be keeping the guest book, or handing out programs, not babysitting 12 toddlers. I’m afraid that will be too much for me, and I will have to back out.”
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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