She Forced Her Estranged Aunt To Leave Her Wedding After She Brought Other Family Members Against Her Wishes
If you have a large family, you sometimes feel obligated to invite certain relatives you aren’t close to or don’t have a relationship with to important events like weddings, even if you don’t want to.
One woman and her new husband recently got married in an exclusive location and only wanted close friends and family to be there. When her estranged aunt showed up with her family in tow, she made her leave early.
She’s 26 and married her husband three weeks ago. She’s from France, and her husband is from South Africa, so they decided to host an intimate wedding at a beautiful lodge where guests could see exotic wildlife.
They rented the lodge for two days, one for the wedding ceremony and the second for a post-wedding pool party. They did this to give a special treat to her relatives who had to travel a long way to make her wedding.
“We only invited 30 people, the people we love,” she explained.
“I had a huge argument with my aunt eight years ago, and we’ve cut ties ever since. But [while] doing the invitations, I thought about how close we used to be [and] I decided to invite her. There was no plus-one for anyone, so I only invited my aunt, not her partner or her kid, since I barely knew their names.”
Her aunt was very happy to be invited but quickly insisted that her partner and kid be allowed to attend the wedding. Soon enough, her mom took her aunt’s side and pressured her to allow her aunt’s entire family to come.
She did her best to stand her ground, but her aunt became more persistent. Eventually, her aunt told her she’d buy her entire family tickets to South Africa for a family vacation during the wedding. Then, once her aunt had heard that some of her guests couldn’t make it anymore, she suggested that those spots be used for her family instead.
After more back and forth, she gave in and told her aunt that her partner and kid couldn’t attend the wedding but were allowed to join her for the pool party the next day.
Miramiska – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“On the big day, after the ceremony, my husband and I left for an hour in the Savannah with the photographers to take a few photos,” she recalled.
“As soon as we came back to the lodge, my aunt came to me, smirking. She was holding her kid [and] her partner was behind her. I’m not the scandal type [and] I didn’t know how to react. In my disbelief, I kissed the kid hello and shook hands with her partner. I immediately felt sad for not defending myself.”
Her mom got right to work trying to pull together extra chairs and place settings for her aunt’s family, and she gradually became more upset that her aunt didn’t respect her wishes. Her sister decided to lie to her aunt, telling her there were no extra chairs, and her aunt said she’d leave with her family for the night and return for the pool party.
“I was shocked,” she said.
“I replied that I had a change of plans and that she and her family could not come the next day anymore. My mom, usually lovely, lost it and told me I had no right to cancel my aunt’s invitation to the pool party. I reminded her that we paid for the wedding ourselves and that she has no say in who I host.”
Her mother continued to scream at her as she walked away, resulting in a ton of drama following her wedding. Regardless, she still barred her aunt from joining her family in the pool party festivities the next day.
Should she feel bad for making her aunt leave her wedding early, or was her aunt wrong to bring extra people without her permission?
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