She Wasn’t Allowed To Bring Her Son To A Family Wedding That Was Supposedly Child-Free, But After She Saw That Her Nieces Were Invited, She Got Upset And Realized Her Son Was Intentionally Excluded
No matter how people feel about it, child-free weddings are extremely popular right now. There are several reasons not to have children at a wedding, but their sometimes unpredictable behavior is a big one.
One woman is upset after she wasn’t allowed to bring her son to a family wedding, but her nieces were able to be in it.
She and her husband have a nine-year-old son together. Her brother’s younger sister has two daughters, an eight-year-old and a six-year-old. They are famously well-behaved.
Her two nieces have been taught to raise their hands, not interrupt adults, and clean up after themselves.
Although most people would find this admirable, she finds it cruel and thinks they don’t have the opportunity to act like kids.
“They even act like that when their parents aren’t around, and I feel sorry for them,” she explained. “They don’t seem to be unhappy, though.”
On the other hand, her son has been known to act up. She admits that he doesn’t behave well in public and is known to have a tantrum or make a mess.
Recently, her husband’s younger brother got married. The wedding invitation specified that it was a child-free wedding.
Therefore, she left her son with a babysitter. Everything seemed fine until she saw her young nieces at the wedding. They were both flower girls.
Artem Zakharov – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
When she confronted the bride about why there were children at what was supposed to be a child-free wedding, she smiled and said that she knew the girls would be well-behaved, “unlike others.”
She took this as a passive-aggressive insult towards her son and started feeling like he was intentionally excluded from the wedding.
When she asked her sister-in-law about it, she said she had no idea the wedding was meant to be child-free since she knew her daughters would be in it.
After some back and forth, her sister-in-law told her that her son wouldn’t have been able to behave at the wedding and that maybe she should teach him how to behave in public. That’s when she fired back, calling her sister-in-law a “dictator mom,” accusing her of abusing her daughters.
After the argument, her sister-in-law took her daughters and left the wedding.
“Others sided with her, calling me jealous because her daughters are well-behaved and sweet while no one can stand my son,” she added. “Everyone agreed, and no one defended me or my son.”
Since that day, she’s received messages from family members who believe she needs to apologize for what she said. Her husband agrees and is ready to teach their son better manners. Yet, she still stands by what she said, thinking it was necessary for her sister-in-law to hear.
Do you think she should apologize? You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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