Her Family Is Furious That She Agreed To Be Her Sister’s Maid Of Honor Because Her Sister Is Not Interested In Forging A Relationship With Her Stepsiblings Or Stepmom
This past Christmas, a young woman went to spend the holiday with her older sister and her sister’s partner.
Then, on December 25, her sister was proposed to. She also got asked to be her sister’s maid of honor that same day, and she happily accepted the responsibility.
But, she claims that as soon as her dad and stepmother found out she accepted the role, they were furious.
Apparently, this all stems back to how she and her sister lost their mother when they were very young. In fact, she was just six-years-old, and her sister was nine.
Then, one year later, her father met another woman and ended up getting remarried. Along with a new stepmom, though, she also gained three stepsiblings.
Her stepmom shared custody of her two sons– who were thirteen and eleven at the time. Her stepmom also had sole custody of her seven-year-old daughter, who had no father.
Now, she claims to love her stepmom and stepsister. And even though she does not know her stepbrothers that well, she still considers them family anyway.
Her sister, on the other hand, reportedly felt differently and never really cared for any of them.
“She was distant with them and favored her relationship with me,” she said.
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Plus, after her sister turned eighteen, she immediately moved out. And that same year, when her sister came home for Christmas, they spent two straight days together– which really angered her father.
Apparently, her father claimed that her sister would no longer be welcome at home “if she continued to show favoritism” since her sister had five siblings– not just one.
Her father also told her sister that she needed to spend time with her stepmom, too– since her sister had just invited her father out to lunch one day and excluded their stepmom.
At that point, though, her sister kind of called their dad’s bluff and claimed that she would just leave. Obviously, though, that was not really what her father wanted.
So, her dad told her sister that she needed to start treating all of their siblings the same. And ever since her sister claimed that would never happen, her dad and sister have not spoken.
“My sister told him she would never see his wife or her kids the same as she saw him, mom, or me, and that she was not going to go out of her way to spend time with people she is indifferent toward,” she recalled.
Now, her stepsister took that really hard and reportedly hated not being able to see her sister. Apparently, her stepbrothers did not have as strong of a relationship with her stepsister as they did with each other. So, her stepsister wanted to make up for that with sisterhood since they obviously lived together.
However, she also claims that her stepsister did struggle to accept the fact that she and her sister have a much different relationship than she has with her stepsister.
“[Yet], at the same time, my stepsister wanted my sister around, so my sister could hopefully come around to being her sister in time,” she added.
Anyway, it appears that her dad had been lurking on her sister’s Facebook page recently– because he found the announcement post about her being her sister’s maid of honor.
Then, he spilled the beans to her stepsister– who was upset and asked why she did not get to be a bridesmaid.
For whatever reason, though, her family has taken this upset out on her. In fact, they are really angry that she would accept the role of maid of honor or even want to be her sister’s bridesmaid; meanwhile, they will likely not even be invited to the event.
Her dad even accused her of being really insensitive and inconsiderate and claimed that she should not be “going along” with someone who “rejects” their family.
So now, with basically her entire family against her decision, she has been left wondering if agreeing to be her sister’s maid of honor actually makes her a real jerk or not.
Do you think it is reasonable for her sister not to want to be forced into a sibling relationship? Why do you believe her father felt like giving her sister an ultimatum was the way to build familial acceptance? Is she in the wrong for wanting to support her sister regardless of any family strife? If you were in her shoes, how would you handle this situation?
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