Her Stepsister Wouldn’t Stop Comparing Their Weddings, So She Made Her Cry At A Family Dinner After She Said Nobody Cared About Her Wedding
When this 23-year-old woman was younger, her parents split up and later got remarried.
So, she mainly grew up with her mother and her stepfather. Meanwhile, her father got married to her stepmother, Miranda, and she gained a stepsister named Maggie, who is 27.
However, she did not really see Miranda or Maggie that much while she was a kid.
“Also, Maggie and Miranda have a massive chip on their shoulders about my dad’s extended family, so they stopped coming to most group things, and I spent a lot of time staying with my grandparents during the holidays, so I saw them even less,” she explained.
But over the last couple of years, the majority of her father’s family wound up moving to the same area for a bunch of different reasons. That’s why they see each other more often now.
Anyway, she is engaged and will be tying the knot this summer. But Maggie got married last year. And even though the weddings are not comparable by any means– including size, venue, or aesthetic– her stepsister will not stop comparing the two events.
Apparently, her dad offered to pay for her nuptials, and she refused. And Maggie is upset that her dad didn’t offer the same for her wedding last year.
On top of that, her stepsister is also angry that she is getting to wear family heirloom jewelry on her big day; meanwhile, Maggie didn’t.
“And Maggie has gone so far as to say that she should have married my fiancé since she’s closer in age and that they ‘skipped’ her– because she believes my marriage was arranged,” she said.
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So, her stepsister is essentially just still bitter about not getting the same wedding treatment. And at a family dinner about a week ago, all of this pent-up resentment boiled over.
It all began when she went out to dinner with her fiancé, her grandparents, her father, Miranda, Maggie, and a few other family members. And eventually, the topic of her wedding came up, and they all began discussing how one particular family member was getting accommodations to attend her big day.
At that point, Maggie decided to chime in and claim it was “so nice” that that particular family member would be attending her wedding since, apparently, the same family member was “too busy” to go to Maggie’s wedding.
Now, that comment was obviously awkward, and no one at the dinner even acknowledged it.
But rather than taking the hint and dropping the topic, Maggie just started talking more about the family member– describing the excuse they had used to skip her wedding at a “stupidly loud volume.” In other words, forcing everyone at the table to listen.
So, while she was not usually a confrontational person, she was exhausted by Maggie’s behavior. And after having some wine, she finally had the liquid courage to shut her stepsister down.
“No one cared about your wedding a year ago, and they’re not going to start today, so please spare us,” she told Maggie. Yikes!
After she dropped that bomb, everyone fell silent before eventually moving on. Maggie, however, started crying, left the table, and headed home.
Since then, her dad has claimed that Maggie is now too humiliated to speak with anyone in their family. So, her stepsister probably will not attend her ceremony anymore.
And because of that, her dad has begun pressuring her to apologize– especially since his wife, Miranda, is giving him a tough time.
Her dad pointed out how she knew just how upset Maggie was that all of the “family pomp” was not a part of her wedding day. So, even though Maggie took the drama too far, her dad believes that she “went for the jugular” and did not have to.
After all, Maggie was not directly attacking her; instead, her stepsister was just inappropriately sharing some feelings that had been bottled up.
Still, despite her dad’s perspective, she feels differently.
“To me, I felt like Maggie was using my important life event to draw attention to herself, which felt unfair and mean-spirited,” she vented.
Nonetheless, since Maggie still has not gotten over her remark at dinner, she’s been left wondering whether claiming that no one cared about her stepsister’s wedding was a jerky thing to do.
What do you think about her and her stepsister receiving different treatment for their wedding? Can you understand why Maggie constantly comparing their ceremonies was starting to get on her nerves? Did she have a right to shut down her stepsister? Could she have handled the situation better?
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