If your spouse’s ex showed up to crash your wedding, what would you do? Would you personally kick them out, or have someone else handle them?
It was three weeks ago that this woman got married, and she’s still having a hard time wrapping her brain around what actually went down.
She tied the knot with her husband following two years together, and her husband had an ex named Reese, who dated him for four years, and obviously before she met him.
Her husband said that he and Reese came to a mutual decision to split up, and they ended somewhat amicably. It wasn’t like she didn’t know about Reese’s existence; she did, and she didn’t take issue with it.
Now, Reese was not invited to attend her wedding, and it’s not because she and her husband were afraid of any drama; it’s just that they wanted a smaller guest list.
Also, Reese is not involved with their lives at all, so why invite a random ex to your wedding? Her husband was on board with Reese not getting an invite.
Well, guess who showed up unannounced on her wedding day? Reese!
“About an hour into the reception, she walked in. Dressed up, confident, acting like she had been invited. A few of my husband’s friends clearly knew her and greeted her warmly, which made it worse,” she explained.
“My husband looked genuinely shocked to see her. I kept it together for about twenty minutes. Then I pulled her aside quietly and told her as calmly as I could that she hadn’t been invited, and I [would] appreciate it if she left.”
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“She got a little teary, said she thought it would be fine since they were still friends, and she just wanted to wish him well. She left. But the energy in the room shifted after that, and a couple of my husband’s friends gave me looks for the rest of the night.”
She just doesn’t think someone shows up uninvited to a wedding unless they have some kind of nefarious intent. She knows Reese had to make a big effort to get all dressed up and then walk in in front of everyone, knowing she wasn’t asked to be there.
Her mother-in-law actually told her she should have let Reese stay. Her husband was on her side, but now she’s wondering if she was wrong, because it’s not like she wanted to be the one to cause drama at her own wedding.
She doesn’t think she was truly the one who made the scene; that was Reese.
Wow, it takes a lot of nerve to show up at your ex’s wedding without an invitation! Reese was rude, and she knew it, too. She should have asked one of her bridesmaids to deal with Reese and not acknowledged her existence.
Reese actually crashed her wedding, and I am willing to bet her mother-in-law may have put her up to it since she didn’t find it problematic.
What do you think?
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