Her Brother-In-Law And His Fiancée Asked Her To Have A Double Wedding, But She And Her Boyfriend Are Happy As Life Partners And Never Want To Tie The Knot
This 36-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who’s 43, have been together for over seven years now, but they have no interest in tying the knot.
They both agreed early on in their relationship that neither of them ever wanted to get married.
“We have discussed the possibility of a paper marriage, but no wedding, if one of us ever got a job that offered healthcare benefits to spouses,” she explained.
However, not everyone in her and her boyfriend’s life seems to understand that they are perfectly fine with how things are now.
That’s because she was recently asked to actually join her friend’s nuptials for a “double wedding,” and she got treated like a buzzkill after turning down the idea.
For some context, her boyfriend’s youngest brother, her brother-in-law, will be getting married this weekend. She also happens to be close friends with the bride.
So, they recently got together to hang out, and while chatting, she brought up a story about how one of her friends had a triple wedding with their two sisters, meaning three couples all wed on the same day.
She realizes in hindsight that sharing this with the bride was a big mistake.
To be clear, she’d already told the bride numerous times that both she and her boyfriend were content with their current relationship.
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Nonetheless, about two weeks after they met up, the bride proceeded to text her and her boyfriend separately – describing the “numerical meaning” behind her chosen wedding date, claiming it was about “family gathering together.”
Then, the bride asked if she and her boyfriend would like to tie the knot at their wedding, just like her friend did.
“My boyfriend ignored her, and I responded, ‘Not going to happen. My boyfriend and I are happy as life partners,'” she recalled. “I thought the conversation was over.”
Well, it wasn’t, since just last night, her boyfriend’s younger brother, the groom, texted her asking if she was “sure” that she wasn’t interested in having a double wedding this weekend.
She just rolled her eyes and “disliked” his text message. In response, the groom replied, “BOOOO,” and when she tried to reiterate that they were glad to remain life partners, he just wrote back, “Adorable.”
“I can’t help but be offended by not only this pressure to do something that I don’t want but also by the response of his brother,” she admitted.
Not to mention, she knows that the bride and groom had been having a ton of fights throughout their nine-month wedding planning process. At one point, the couple even briefly called off their nuptials.
“Why would you want someone to share a wedding date when you’re barely making it to the altar?” she asked.
Regardless, she’s been left feeling pretty frustrated by the bride and groom’s behavior and isn’t sure if not wanting to have a double wedding is so crazy.
Is it okay if couples don’t want to get married? How should she handle this situation?
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