Her Brother Wants Her To Take Down A Wedding Photo In Her Home That Includes His Ex-Girlfriend, But She Really Doesn’t Want To And Is Not Sure What To Do
This woman and her husband got married six years ago, back in 2016. But recently, everyone in her family– including her mom, brother, and sister– has all been urging her to either remove or photoshop one large group photo from her wedding day.
‘Why?’ you might be wondering. Well, apparently, the photo features her brother and his ex-girlfriend.
More specifically, her brother’s arm is around his ex, and her brother claims that they are toward the front and center of the photo.
And if you could not have guessed by the title “ex,” her brother and his last girlfriend obviously broke up. And to be honest, their breakup was as messy and tumultuous as their relationship.
Since breaking up, though, her boyfriend has entered a new relationship. In fact, he is actually now engaged.
This does not really make the situation any better, however, because her brother’s new fiancée apparently knew his ex from childhood.
And spoiler alert: the two women did not get along back then. So, having the same ex/present partner only fuels the fire of hatred toward that photo.
In her opinion, though, her brother is being completely ridiculous and totally overreacting about the photo.
First of all, she claims that the photo has about one hundred people in it– many of whom she does not even talk to anymore.
pikselstock – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Plus, the picture is not displayed in a very prominent or popular area of the house– meaning that if someone did not want to constantly be reminded of it, they could simply avoid looking at it.
On top of that, she kind of ties her brother’s hatred toward the photo to his relationship with his new fiancée.
“My brother and his new fiancée’s relationship has been plagued with insecurities, especially in the earlier stages of dating,” she revealed.
And in the past, when her brother’s breakup was more “fresh,” she did try to oblige and make both him and his fiancée happy.
For instance, last Christmas, she did take the photo down temporarily while she hosted a holiday celebration.
Additionally, this past summer, she hosted an outdoor barbecue– meaning that there was no need for anyone to go inside, and she did not have to move the picture.
Even still, though, she noticed that her sister put a post-it note over her brother’s ex-girlfriend’s face without her permission.
And now, her brother is acting pretty strange about their upcoming Christmas celebration plans– more specifically, his attendance– and she believes it has to do with the picture.
“My brother is starting to act weird about coming to my house this Christmas. [He is] not answering texts, and hinting that ‘he doesn’t know if he can make it,” she said.
“And I suspect it’s because of the freaking photo.”
Honestly, though, she does not think it is unreasonable to leave the photo up. First of all, it is very large, and she spent a lot of time and money getting it properly formatted and framed– something she does not think her brother realizes.
And more importantly, she just thinks it is incredibly rude of anyone to waltz into someone else’s house and ask them to change something.
“If it was a photo of just me, my husband, and my siblings with their significant others, I would gladly take it down. But it has so many people in it, and it was “the” photo that I always wanted to be displayed in my house from my wedding day,” she vented.
But despite her own perspective, she is just totally torn about what to do– especially because she does not want to offend her future sister-in-law or have the Christmas celebration be impacted.
So, she is not sure if she should take down the photo in hopes of keeping the peace and moving on from this madness or if she should stand her ground, leave the photo up, and risk being a jerk.
Does it make sense why her brother does not like the picture? Can you dislike something in someone else’s house without making them change it, or does the fact that he is her brother change the situation? Do you think her brother’s new relationship that is “plagued with insecurities” could be to blame or not? Would you be annoyed if your sibling asked you to take down a similar photo, or would you just oblige?
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