Bride-To-Be Is Less Than Thrilled After Her Future Sister-In-Law Asks To Share Her Wedding Day

Jun 29, 2021 by apost team

Weddings bring a lot of light, love and happiness to not only the happy couple but also to their family, friends and other guests who are lucky enough to get an invite to the big day. A lot of planning and decision-making goes into making this one day truly magical and enchanting. Whether it’s choosing a band or a DJ to play music, picking one color or nine colors for the theatrical decoration, or opting for the ceremony to take place inside out outside, the decisions are completely up to the couple. 

However, what happens when the couple is asked to share their wedding? Double weddings, as well as group weddings, are not unheard of, but generally, the weddings are planned and executed together by all the parties involved. When a person comes to you and asks to part of a wedding that is already planned according to your tastes and with your money, however, it is an entirely different story.

A woman who faced this dilemma turned to Reddit for advice and found a lot of support for her cause. She was approached by her future sister-in-law, who wanted to have a joint wedding. After all, both women shared a large chunk of the guest list and were engaged to be married. However, it became very clear right away that the sister-in-law only wanted to edge into the woman's wedding because she couldn't afford the luxuries. The woman had saved up to have a beautiful wedding for years and didn't want to share the day with her future SIL, but was called selfish by her brother. 

In her Reddit post, the woman wrote, "My (27F) fiancée (28M) and I have been dating for about 6 years now, and he proposed last year. We started planning a wedding almost immediately because we want to start our family soon, we’re both stable in our jobs, we’ve found a house and are working on a down payment, etc. Basically, we didn’t see a reason to wait." Around the same time, "My brother (25M) and his fiancée (24F) recently got engaged and have also started wedding planning," she continued. 

However, when her future sister-in-law asked for help with wedding planning, "She basically asked me if I could get married in the afternoon and she could get married an hour or two later and then we share the reception. She pitched the idea as a great way to become “sisters” and that she knows how close my brother and I are and that 'this would mean the world to him.'" 

However, it was clear that the woman's brother and SIL couldn't afford an elaborate wedding and were attempting to have "the fancy wedding without the fancy wedding price tag." When she refused to accommodate them, she was called selfish and heartless and was cut off by both of them. She turned to Reddit for some perspective and was fully supported by commenters, who told her that her SIL was certainly looking for someone else to pay for her wedding. 

One person wrote, "It's your and your fiance's wedding day. It's normal that you want it to be about you two and only you two. Little bridezilla needs to get over herself." 

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