203: Is Eloping Underrated?..

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Shane Company, your friend and jeweler. You know, we got engaged quite some time ago now, September of 2023, and it is now February of 2025, and we are getting into wedding planning.
Yeah, probably a little late, probably a little procrastinating. Definitely that, yes.
I haven't tried on dresses yet. So I don't know how this is going to go, but we've really started planning and looking into this and it's got us rethinking everything.
I feel like that must be a common experience. It has to be.
Like I know people are like, die hard, yes, we're going to have a wedding. But even though you know you're still going to have it, you have to hit that moment where you're like- What are we doing all this for? Yeah.
I'm there before getting there, I think. I always talked about those videos I would see with that interstellar sound and they're like no screaming outside the window watching them like do something right and a lot of the ones I've seen are just like wedding planning where they're like wedding planning together and then the couple is standing outside screaming like no just a lobe that's funny and I'm starting to question like you know i wanted all of these

things i wanted the camel i wanted a ferris wheel i wanted all these things but when you start really like planning and looking into it and making your guest list and i'm i'm to the point now where i'm like i don't know if i want any of it and i'm getting to a point where i really need to decide we need to decide um unfortunately for me you're kind of very go with the flow and you just want to make sure I'm happy while you have your opinions and preferences I think you would prefer to elope I've always had this idea of a wedding so I'm like I don't know I don't know and I think this is a place a lot of people are in.

Especially in this economy.

Oh, my God.

Wait till we get into this, you guys.

But like, I just want a tent.

I want a nice tent, right?

Glass looking, clear, nice tent with walls in case it rains.

Because you want it at the farm.

I want it at my farm.

I still want to get married at my farm.

And the wedding venue there is just not ready.

It's probably not going to be ready for, I don't know, five years.

I don't know.

Just a tent, you guys.

A nice tent.

What did the wedding planner tell us?

More than most people's whole entire wedding is what the tent is.

$70,000 for a tent.

Just to rent the tent. To rent it.
And not the inside stuff. I'm literally going to go on Alibaba and order a freaking tent myself.
I'm literally, I'm just like, I'm like, what? And I see these videos of people doing, you know, the Chinese, like you order direct from China off Alibaba and like it gets sent in a crate. And I think it's going to be me if we do

this thing. But weddings are crazy, you guys.
So we're getting into all wedding stuff today.

I think this is going to be a theme that kind of comes up a few times this year. But the theme

is eloping underrated because eloping is looking pretty good right

about now, but we shall see.

Yes.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Okay, let we go. up first this is coming from am i the asshole it is posted five months ago titled am i the asshole for starting my wedding ceremony before my mom showed up was she late the day of the wedding started out as they normally do.

I, bride, was inside getting ready and final touches were being made outside.

After I was almost ready by noon, my mom had to run back to the hotel 20 minutes away to change and come back with my grandma and family friend.

The invitation says ceremony at 2. As per usual, we were a little late starting, but nothing crazy.
Next thing I know, I'm walking myself down the aisle with no mom, grandma, or family friend in sight. The ceremony continues, and it's over before we know it.
Still nothing. After 45 minutes, finally, they pull up.
Then I proceed to go and tell them it's over and that they missed it and that two meant two. My mother immediately became hostile and proceeded to blame the bakery for not having the buns ready, then said they were stopped by a train.
And my personal favorite was, quote, it's your fault you didn't call or text to see where we are. Excuse me? Again, the invitation said to.
Also note, the officiant also had another wedding to get to after mine, so it was a tight schedule. So am I the asshole for not holding up my ceremony? Side note, I found out the real reason why they were late.
She wasn't done getting herself ready, therefore holding up everyone. But she is mad at me because it's my fault.
Am I the asshole? Wow. Okay.
Well, I get that we had a time crunch based on, you know, the next wedding that they're obliged to. As the couple getting married, I think you have all power over anything to do with that night.
If you want to, I don't know, flip, this is weird, but flip the reception and the ceremony. Yeah.
You could theoretically do that. You can kind of do whatever you want and mess with times and do whatever.
So I really am wanting more context as to, is this a pattern that she has dealt with forever with her mom, where I can't count on her to get anywhere on time.

I tell her I've started to try and tell her the time is 10 a.m. when it's really noon.
Somehow she's still late. Is this kind of something where, like, I need more info on the mom-daughter relationship here because it seems that it would not be really that difficult or that out of the question to reach out and say, hey, it's 10 minutes to two.
Do you think you guys are going to get here? So there's something happening that we don't know. And I just, I don't know.
it feels weird to not hold it at least for a second get in touch and if they're like yeah I'm still not ready and you're really pushing it the show must go on I mean just the there's clearly some tension there or a history of this behavior because I know for me, my mom is notoriously late. She almost missed our engagement.
Granted, she didn't know what it was, but my mom is always late. We know this.
Our wedding, I'm going to tell her 1 p.m. if it's 3 p.m.
because I know. But if this were me and I know my mom's a late a late person and my mom would, my mom was like this.
My mom would find excuses. There was a train.
I got caught up. I had to let the dogs out.
Your horses needed water. Like shit happens, but not on this day, but not on this day, but in the same breath.
And maybe this is a me problem and I should work on this, but I would still call her and be like, Hey, are

you, are you going to be here soon?

Like I would have communicated granted it is her wedding day.

She's busy.

She shouldn't have to herd cats and tell people when and where to get there.

It's like you're an adult get there.

But I know for me personally, I would have given them a heads up and been like, Hey,

we got to start soon.

If you're not here.

Well, but the thing knowing you too, and it, it takes, it makes it really personal, but

Thank you. I would have given them a heads up and been like, hey, we got to start soon.
If you're not here. Well, but the thing knowing you two and it it takes it makes it really personal.

But you in no way would do that without your mom and grandma there.

And I there's no there's no chance.

Hell no.

That that would possibly even happen.

But is OP the asshole for doing this?

No, no.

The invitation said to invitation said to mom was there helping, you know, OP get ready, said, Hey, I'll be right back. I got to go change.
So that was noon, 20 minutes each way. Mom had what an hour and a half hour and 20 minutes to get ready.
And still like, it wasn't even close to two. And they were running behind on top of that.
So she had more time. So it really is on the mom.
And this is a tough lesson to learn. I'm sad that grandma got caught in the crossfire.
Yes. But it is one of those tough love lessons.
And I don't think OP is the asshole. Yeah, it's just, it's tough.
It sucks that it felt that it had to come to a point on this day. Miss the bride, be late to the bridal shower, be late to anything else, be late to my birthday party.
I know. Where I can make a, you know, make a point, but it really sucks that it had to do this because yeah, you do have the ultimate power on your wedding day, but also there were certain constraints in place.
There were. And also you can't have all your people show up and, hey, guys, we're going to have you sit here for 50 minutes and then we'll start.
You know, I mean, it gets to a point where it's like. You have to move on.
My hands are tied. So overall vote on this one.
What do you think it is? Not the asshole. Correct.
It is not the asshole. Top comment.
Definitely not the asshole. If she could receive a text, she could send a text.
It's not up to the bride or groom to keep track of family on their wedding day. That's true.
That said, it is curious that no one, no other family members, no other member of the wedding party, no wedding planner, et cetera, made an attempt to find out where the mother of the bride was when she didn't show up. Was it a tiny ceremony? And that's what I kind of mean.
Like for me, I would have just called because I think even if someone does this routinely, I would be worried they got in a car accident. I would be worried they're in a ditch somewhere.
Like my head jumps there. And if you did just, God forbid, go on with your ceremony and then find out after that they got seriously hurt or needed help or, you know, something really like a really good reason actually did hold them up.
Yeah. You'd feel bad.
Yeah. So I don't know.
It is interesting. It is pretty obvious when a parent of, you know, one of the partners is not there.
Yeah. Like in the wedding, I was just in my friend, Mike, if his dad wasn't around, we would have all been like, well, cause his dad's also named Mike.
We'd also been like, where's Mike? We got to go find Mike right now. We now we you know we would have all been on it like a mission so yeah you just i don't know i'm so curious of the dynamic yeah well we do have a couple comments from op a lot of people are accusing her of being ai and she's like i promise you i'm human uh mother grandma and family friend are from another province they were staying

in a hotel she planned that not me the buns were not needed until 5 p.m they were at a bakery 15 minutes away so you know mom could have skipped the buns gone to the ceremony and then you know it's not about here nor there also maybe someone else should have planned to get the buns and not mom like Again, there's strategic ways to out-plan for the worst case scenarios. But again, she's an adult.
She should have gotten her ass there. Still haven't spoken to her since she left to go back home.
I stopped caring for her after my wedding. See, that just doesn't happen out of the blue.
This has been building up. Yeah, it is peculiar because there's one last comment from OP.
Haven't spoken to my mom since then. She reached out once to remind me the anniversary of the death of my dog.
Nothing else. So it sounds like mom's not really apologizing.
OP shouldn't have to apologize. They're at this awkward stalemate and it's just a bad situation it just sucks the whole thing sucks like ah it nobody wants to be in that position no with a parent i mean just i don't know it makes you sad yeah it is interesting but moving along this one is coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled,

Am I the Asshole for refusing to label my wedding cake as vegan because a guest felt tricked?

My husband, 32 male, and I, 30 female, had a vegan wedding because we're both vegan.

We made it clear in advance that the food and cake would be plant-based and no one complained until the reception. The cake was gorgeous.
Three tiers decorated with edible flowers. Towards the end of the night, one of my husband's aunts, Linda, came up to me looking visibly upset.
She said it was disrespectful to have a vegan cake on display because it felt like I was, quote, pushing my lifestyle on everyone. I told her the cake wasn't meant to make a statement.
It was just the dessert we chose for our wedding. She insisted I either move the cake off the main table or add a sign saying it was vegan so people weren't tricked into eating it.
I refused because 1. it was my wedding, 2.
it's a cake, not propaganda, and 3. no one else seemed to care.
Linda ended up storming out and now my in-laws are saying I should have compromised to avoid drama. I think Linda's reaction was ridiculous, but my husband thinks I could have just put up a sign to keep the peace.
Am I the asshole? No. Linda's crazy.
What happened to Linda? Did Linda fall on the dance floor and hit her head? Linda has lost the plot. From what I hear, we heard reasons one, two, and three.
I have a number four. What is it? We clearly told everyone, here's exactly what we're serving and it's all vegan because we are vegan and it's our wedding and why would we have anything at our wedding that we cannot eat? Wait, I wonder if Linda thinks the cake was the only vegan thing.

Because why isn't she also bitching

about the food? Right, exactly. That's

why she hit her head on the dance floor.

This is so embarrassing. I just talked about it

on an episode I just recorded with Lauren.

I ordered from

this one place called like Veggie

Grill, not realizing it was

vegan, and I ordered a chicken wrap.

It wasn't chicken. So I honestly think Linda could have gotten like a bean patty slider and been like, oh my God, it's a burger.
Like Linda probably doesn't know. I mean, I don't see how that is offensive because vegan is very safe.
I don't know anyone who can't eat something vegan, but I do know people who can't have dairy, don't eat certain meats or whatever, can't eat fish. Who knows what it is? I could see how the problem would be flipped.
Like, oh, it was supposed to be dairy-free or supposed to be meat-free and it was filled with X, Y, Z because I can't eat that. No, all of a sudden we're offended because the sky is blue and i'm not the one being married i don't know what the issue is what's the real problem because it certainly ain't the cake and then and then also now newly husband what do you mean keep the peace Well, I think that's like the in-laws, which like also Linda's an aunt.
I mean, it's not, you know, your mother-in-law or father-in-law. I don't get why they're not like, oh, that's just Linda.
Like, let Linda stomp around and be dramatic. Like, who cares? Why? Why is she still in the thunder? I don't know.
It's super strange. And

we've had a bunch of vegan stories. People lose their minds over eating vegan food when they're not vegan.
We've had a few stories and there was another one about a wedding. But it's like, I don't know.
I understand how it could like be tough if like you're so hungry and that's the only meal of the day you're having like and then the food is like inedible to you but it was probably really good

food it was talked about beforehand and well the thing is it's like if it tastes good why do you

care if it's vegan or not like it's well if you knew ahead of time why is it a problem now and

bring some goddamn cheese it's in your pocket well and i think everyone has their preferences

right?

Like,

Thank you. Well, and if you knew ahead of time, why is it a problem now and bring some goddamn cheese?

It's in your pocket. Well, and I think everyone has their preferences, right? Like it's

It's kind of hard like what i'm trying to explain in my head

She could have ate before she could have accommodated herself

But again, it's kind of a wedding you shouldn't have to like there should be things that your guests can eat

but at the same time like this is

having your guests eat vegan

versus forcing vegan people to eat burgers like

Thank you. your guests can eat.
But at the same time, like this is having your guests eat vegan versus forcing vegan people to eat burgers. Like a veganism is like, it's so different than like eating meats and all this stuff.
You know what I mean? Like it's, it feels like for people to eat vegan for one night out of one wedding, like that's fine versus having other people like turn into carnivores when they're not.

Yeah.

I mean, Linda's acting like she's sitting down in the reverse. Okay.
We're flipping it. Okay.
She's, she eats vegan and she's sitting down in a vegan restaurant enjoying her meal in a very safe space because it's all vegan food. Okay.
I walk in with a giant burger, double, triple stacked, juices everywhere. It's basically just raw meat, right? And I'm sitting right next to her, just enjoying my burger that's clearly not from there.
That I could see being very insensitive and also just being, it would kind of be like, yeah, what the F is this shit? But when you flip it all, it's like, it doesn't make any sense. She's acting like there was such injustice and it's, Oh, you're being so mischievous and you're trying to trick everybody.
Trick everybody into what? Into what? Like, it's like you put laxatives in the cake and you just found out and everyone's going to go home and be on the toilet all night. I just don't, I don't get the reaction.
It's super weird. Not the asshole.
No. In my take, Linda's got to grow up.
Linda has to get back on planet earth. She's got to grow up.
Top comment. Not the asshole.
The whole thing was vegan. It was your wedding, your choice.
I wouldn't feel tricked by eating a vegan cake at all. She has some issues.
Let her seethe and be upset. You don't owe her anything.
Put up a sign. Would have rewarded her bad entitled behavior.
You had no reason to do it. And where are you going to find the sign? You know, print one real quick.
Cake is vegan. Everyone else would be like, duh.
Also, if people have allergies, like that's on them to monitor their allergies, like an ask. I don't think anyone's going to give a fuck besides Linda.
Goofy, just goofy. It's a cake.
It probably tastes better than the one with dairy in it.

There's so many cakes here in LA because LA is like notorious. Like, oh my God, oat milk, almond milk.
Like, oh my God, we don't eat dairy, whatever. It's honestly great.
It's great because Justin is dairy free. He's intolerant.
And I feel better. You don't have so much bloating inflammation like None.
Zero. It's so good.
And most of the cakes that are out here taste better than cakes with dairy in them. I don't know how they do it.
It is crazy. Chalk it up as a new experience and just move on.
It's not that serious. It's a cake.
Don't eat it. It's like you're desperately searching for something to be upset about.
Anything. What can I be upset about? That's what it feels like.
It looks, it was like she was looking for something. Yeah.
I'm going to attack that cake and I'm going to try and ruin her night. You want to see someone else that's about to try to ruin a night? Yeah.
This next one. I'm done with Linda.
This next one. I don't want to hear any more about Linda.
People are goofy, but this is like, again, like, is it easier to to elope because I think about the weddings I've gone to and like I've sat at a table with people and they're like there's not enough food here like I'm still hungry that sucked like people are going to complain and that's just a frustrating part of it it's like but you can people go to weddings to judge weddings that's fine but at least they're coming up with half, you know, they half make sense with what they're saying. Not this completely just pulled out.
I don't know. She's nuts.
She's nuts. And so is this next one.
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It is coming from r slash bridezillas. Nice.
This has been the most fascinating subreddit for me to dive into lately. Don't usually spend a lot of time here.
It honestly, the subreddit made me start feeling crazy. Crazy.
There was one bride writing in and she shared a picture of like a seating chart, right? And it was like a mirror with like tables grouped up and on different like pieces of paper on the mirror and she goes am i a bridezilla if i want a seating chart do people not have seating charts at their wedding then it's like southwest how do you know where people like sit and if you're having a plated dinner how do the servers know who has allergies and who ordered what like you're a bridezilla because you want a seating chart typically when people make seating charts they preference the tables based on who's going to get along and who knows each other like i feel like that's just considerate yeah there was so there was so much on this subreddit like i started to lose my mind i'm like i'm. Again, like people have lost the plot.
Like what? People, the stuff people were questioning. There was another girl, literally, it doesn't fit our theme because she's not getting married, but there was another girl, girl, whose friend, I'm so flabbergasted, whose friend said, hey, you can pick whatever bridesmaids dress you want.
It just has to be this color. She sent her friend 40 different options and her friend turned down every single one.

Then like, do you just not want to be in the wedding?

Dude, at that point, I would bow out. I would bow out.
It's becoming a part-time job to look

for a bridesmaids dress. I can't handle this.
I'm out. Just time to elope.

That other person should. People in the comments were like, maybe she's colorblind.
I don't think this other person in this next story, though, is colorblind. And you'll see why very soon.
Okay, so this is a month old. It's titled, Am I the Asshole for Not Letting My Brother's Fiancee Wear White to My Wedding? Classic.
Okay, so I, 28 female, just got married to my amazing husband, Jake, 30 male. The planning was stressful, but everything turned out beautiful.
Or at least it would have, if not for the drama my brother's fiancée, Erica, 26 female, caused.

Erica.

Erica is one bold, loud woman.

She's the type who loves pushing the envelope as far as it would go,

and which, typically, is rather fun until she pushes it to your detriment.

A month before my wedding, Erica sent me a text stating to give a heads up that she wanted to wear a white gown on my wedding day. According to her, she considered it a modern trend and added that since she would not attract more attention than the bride herself, it did not matter.
I was shocked. I told her tactfully but firmly that going to someone else's wedding in white is a serious faux pas.
Erica shrugged off the comment and said, quote, it's just a color. You are not even in pure white.
You're wearing ivory, which was true, but not relevant in my mind. I tried to let it go, thinking perhaps she was playing a game with me.

But then, a week before the wedding, my mom sent me a photo of Erica's dress. It wasn't just white.
It was floor-length, lacy, and absolutely bridal. I called Erica immediately and told her she needed to find something else to wear or she wouldn't be allowed in.
She said I was being insecure and that it's 2024, women should be able to wear what they want. Later, my brother called me, Chris, 29 male, begging to let it go.
He said Erica thought she was targeted and that she was in an uproar because I was ruining her experience. He said she has already spent a lot on the dress and that by now it's too late to get another one.
In this case, I just stood firm and said, if she shows up in that dress, she does not come in. Erica came out on the wedding day, dressed in white.
My stomach was sinking at that point, but I had already warned my wedding coordinator of the potential situation. The wedding coordinator caught Erica at the door and said that either she changes out of that or get gone.
Erica had a total fit in front of my guests, screaming that she is a bridezilla and jealous of her confidence. Chris stepped in, and that is how they both bailed.
Now my family is literally torn apart. My parents feel that Erica had overreached, but my brother says I humiliated them in public.
Many of my other relatives go so far as to state that I overreacted and that I should have kept quiet for Harmony's sake. It has been two weeks and Chris is not talking to me.
Erica has made passive-aggressive comments everywhere on social media about insecure brides and toxic wedding culture. Sometimes I think I must have been an idiot for even thinking twice about this, and I should have just let her have the stupid dress.
So am I the bridezilla? No, this is, this is so dumb. I just hate it.
Because you handled it perfectly

from start to finish.

So good.

And I'm so over the shit about,

oh, you should just let these people

walk all over you for harmony's sake.

What the fuck do you mean?

For whose harmony's sake?

And I don't,

why do we have to say it so much? It's not day is this that it's not her wedding she could have saved that dress for her wedding it's white floor length floral lace and the brother is just like all locked in it's just oh well that's very clearly like that's someone who is with a partner that cannot stand up to them and we see it all the time. He's an enabler, whether or not he thinks it's a big deal or not, or maybe he's scared to rock the boat with her.
But he's clearly outmatched. He doesn't have the confidence to communicate with her.
He's scared of her backlash. Either way, she's kind of walking all over him,

which is not right.

And he's choosing her over you.

He's enabling.

On your wedding day.

Enabling.

That shit I would not forget.

I mean,

here's the thing.

I would have been very curious

if at any point

OP said to her,

you can wear white to my wedding.

Totally cool. Totally cool.
Fine. Fine.
Just so you know, I'm going to wear white to your wedding then too. I think it'd be really cool if you wore white to mine and then I wore white to yours because you wouldn't have an issue with that, right? I can wear white to yours, right? Do you think someone like this would be okay with someone else wearing white? No, but the problem with that game is she'll show up to yours, be all happy and whatever.
And then by the time she ends up getting married, it's going to be a huge problem. It's just- Oh, it'd just be so funny though.
It'd be so satisfying. There's no other way to play this than the way she did.
It's the most professional. It's the most clear.
It's every part about it was exactly how we would say to do it. I know.
That's a mature adult way to do it. You're just dealing with someone who is impossible.
I would just be waiting for the day that my brother realized what this, just look at what is in front of you. You know, and I, listen, I've learned that in life, you just kind of control your deal.
You watch everyone else around you go through their stories and their lives. You don't control anybody.
You just kind of watch what they do, offer advice here and there. You know, maybe pull someone out of the way of a bus that's about to hit them, you know, metaphorically.
Yeah. But you can't really get involved and say, hey, brother, I think she's horrible for you and you're going to end up in a miserable ball.
You can't play that because you'll end up being the one that's ostracized. And so it sucks, but I think you played everything perfectly.
You're definitely not a bridezilla. No.
You're far from it. I am shocked that your family is split and divided on this because it couldn't be more clear what is right and what is wrong.
Yeah. I mean, are people swooping in and like the brother's defense? Why are we split child why are we split and if you are split on this then you go off on an island with those two and you know what maybe we'll figure out if this can all we can repair this at some point but i just can't deal maybe we can reconvene and compare notes i'm going on my honeymoon and i and as far as as far as all you people that are saying I'm in the wrong, I'm on an extended honeymoon.
I'm on a long ass honeymoon until you can come around to your senses. Yeah.
Don't talk to me. I'm on do not disturb.
Yeah. No, don't give them any more airtime.
Don't acknowledge this anymore. It's to the point where people have said what they want to say,

and it was your wedding day. Let them just whip themselves in circles over something so stupid.
And that's kind of where the comments are going. Top comment.
Oh, honey, let them bitch and moan and make even greater fools of themselves. What a bunch of weirdos.
Next comment. And when they get married, wear a beautiful white dress, but don't tell them before.
Let's see a real bridezilla in action. She will lose her shit.
Next comment down. AKA, wear your wedding dress again.
I'm not going to their wedding. I'm sorry.
I don't know if I would want to. Unless brother comes around at some point and really apologizes and is like listen you know blah blah got the best of me and this and that other than that i'm not interested right now because it was so easy for you to walk away on some bullshit ass shit about a white dress come on i know i mean look at the upside he supported his partner and her and her wrongs when we do say you don't have your partners back you're a team but not when it this is not when it pulls you away from shit no and having having your partners back is being able to have conversations with them even tough ones he should have said you know what i get it you might be right you might be right, you know maybe it is a new trend and we're going to talk about this new trend in a second maybe it is a new trend but hey you know my sister said no let's just respect it let's respect it you know yeah she's a bridezilla but come on that is a good partner sometimes we love.
Yeah. But let's talk about this new trend, this new trend of wearing white to people's weddings.
I thought that was a joke in the post. You know what? Based on this other post coming from Bridezilla, r slash Bridezilla, I don't know if it's a joke.
And maybe'm just missing this maybe maybe i haven't seen the tiktok videos that you know weddings and white wearing white as a guest is new thing i get it if the bride instructs it where it's like hey it's our reception our rehearsal dinner everyone else wears white i'm wearing blue get it those instructions were not scent in this case. Let's get into this next one.
Oh, just like that. Just like that.
You know what we need? We need a scoreboard up here. One side, traditional wedding.
Other side, elope. And then we keep score.
Eloping is looking real good right about now. You know, you know we're going to get someone in white.
You just know it. I know it.
We are getting people in white. I don't know who it would be though.
I don't know. I don't foresee anyone like that showing up and being like adamant even after they've been clear about I'm wearing white.
We're like, no, you're not going to get let in. They still show up.
I really don't foresee that. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know if I'll get to it because we've got so many other good ones.
Maybe I'll put it in the hopper, but there is someone that had a good solution for- Throw it in the hopper. wearing white yeah what red wine that was one

of our og takes one of our og things i mean that might have been the the wind under the two hot takes sails am i the asshole for throwing wine on my mom at my brother's wedding yeah classic Classic. But okay, on to this one.
So this one is titled, Is it normal to just wear white to weddings now? Had multiple people wear white to my wedding. Hi all, we had our wedding this summer and all caps, so many people wore white.
My mother-in-law wore an entire white gown with just a small flower pattern down the one side. We did a mother-son and daughter-father dance at the same time.
And in those photos, the flower pattern isn't showing at all. And she also looks like she was just in a wedding dress.
What is the point?

She wanted to look like she was marrying her son.

I had one of our friends also wear a cream dress with no pattern on it at all.

A friend's date wore a white dress with no pattern on it at all.

And my dad's friend's wife also wore a white dress with flower embroidery.

Very bridal. Almost the same flowers as mine, lol.
My grandmother also wore a white dress with some multicolored flowers on it and a pink cardigan. Not nearly as bad, but not something I would ever wear to someone's wedding on my own.
I didn't really notice this, except my mother-in-law's

outfit, until I got my photos back, because the only thing I was looking at that day was my husband, lol. Is this just the new normal now? Are traditions fading? I don't know if this should bother me or not.
Our dress code was just a suggested copy-paste on our website. It stated it was formal, and had a phrase at the bottom that said please no white but i'm sure nobody read the dress code it doesn't matter if you have a goddamn dress code oh my god the fact she did is it not is it not just common sense did I grow up in a different world than everyone else? I don't know if it's because we are tapped into Reddit and it's just like so on the front of our brains.
I don't know if people think like- Reddit has nothing to do with this for me. I honestly, like I knew don't wear white to a wedding before Reddit and like getting into into the stories on the podcast but I feel like the average bear doesn't think it's that serious I think we or at least I feel like it's so serious and I'm traumatized by it because of reddit I mean it feels just so basic to me why and also why would you want that i mean i guess attention they want the attention i guess they need attention but that's just so people just need to get more hugs that isn't the attention i would want no at all no because it just makes you look ridiculous like what are you you doing? Conceited, entitled.

I mean, I would- It's not a great look.

It honestly, for me, would be on like the top 10 common sense things.

Top 10.

Yeah.

You know, you put clothes on before you go outside.

I think most would think that's common sense.

Oh, the word common sense is killing me lately, though. Because it's not so common.
It's not so common. And what some people think is common sense genuinely isn't common sense.
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know what is happening. I don't know what the wedding trends are.
This is. But no matter what, what it comes down to is you have two people that this day is about.
Yeah. And no matter what, unless it's completely ridiculous, what they say and what they want for their day goes.
Yeah. Yeah.
And that's the bottom line. I mean, the fact they had this dress code in writing is crazy to me.
But, you know, I don't know. I've talked about this at a live show.
I don't know if we've talked about it on my pod. Maybe we have learned together at this point.
But we might have talked it about on Matt and Amy's podcast, Midwest Married. But my mom wore a, I swear to God, you guys, it was yellow.
My mom wore a yellow dress. But if you look back at their pictures.
They didn't yellow, dude. It looks fucking white so i'm like my mom would like i was there in the hotel like getting her ready doing her hair after like i got you know ready with the bridesmaids and whatever and she had a meltdown because the blue dress she had made her look fat and she was just really unhappy with what she was wearing and this yellow dress whatever um but i think when it comes to people's weddings you unfortunately might have to pick an option you don't feel as comfortable in as long as it's not white do they not make that same one that looks really good in white in another color or is it because it's white makes it look good? I don't know.
It's like there are so many dresses out there. There are so many options out there for any piece of clothing that are not white.
It's hard though. Like I have this bachelorette trip.
I'm leaving tomorrow. And in the group chat with all the girls, like all of us are going through this where we're like, oh my God, this dress has a white base undertone, right? Can't wear it.
And I think a lot of us are very conscious of that. So I don't get why some people aren't.
Like I even in the thing like deliberate me and lauren were talking because i thought i was gonna have white nails and then i did these i let the nail lady go crazy i'm like they're the wildest nails i've ever had they're awesome they're really cute but i i texted in the group chat and i was like is it okay if i have white nails because i was like some people might not be okay with their people having white nails. And like, I'm not even a bridesmaid.
I'm just a friend that got invited on the trip, but like, I just want to make sure she's happy as the bride. And I just, I don't know, maybe other people having like common courtesy for others or consideration for others in terms of this wedding stuff,

like isn't, it just slips their mind.

Well, it just feels deliberate.

I mean, it feels like the last story where, no, you've told me no.

Message received, but I'm still showing up in this.

That's true.

Top comment on this one.

You just know a lot of tacky people.

Sorry about that.

Yeah.

I love the burn tacky. You're so tacky.
So tacky people. Sorry about that.
Yeah. I love the burn tacky.

You're so tacky.

So tacky.

I feel like I can have a little tack.

Yeah.

Tacked or tacky?

No, tacky.

I'm a little tacky.

I think we all have tacky moments.

We all have goofy moments.

Tacky.

We all have crazy moments.

I is tacky.

You're tacky? And I embrace it. Yes.
What's the definition of tacky? Tacky. Showing poor taste and quality.
Oh. I don't think we're tacky.
In quality? Poor taste in quality? And quality. And, oh, it's a double.
Yeah. Yeah.
That may not be me. Everyone has their moments.
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It's coming from AITAH and it's titled, Am I the asshole for canceling ouring Our Wedding After My Fiance Said Something Disgusting About My Brother? Hi Reddit, I'm in a tough spot at the moment. My fiance, let's call her Karen, 32 female, and me, 31 male, were about to get married in a bit more than six months.
Everything started to go bad when we started to talk about the guest list. Karen had been saying for a while that she didn't want my little brother, Chad, 26 male, at our wedding for a while, but she wouldn't give me a real explanation.
I've told her many times my brother's presence was absolutely non-negotiable though. For some background, Chad and me have always been super close.
Our parents weren't

abusive or anything, but they weren't really that serious as parents. They would often drop us off at grandma's to go party, and as soon as I was old enough to take care of both of us, they just left the house for me and bro to handle.
This is a trash way to treat your kids, but at least it allowed us to bond super, super, super close. I'm not exaggerating when I say he is my favorite person in the whole world.
I would take a bullet for him, and I think the only people who could brag about being as loved as I love him are my future kids. So yeah, my baby brother's presence at my wedding is not something I'm willing to sacrifice at all.
Now, a few days ago, the topic of the guests came back on the table and Karen said one more time that she doesn't want Chad there. I was really getting pissed at this point and told her there wouldn't be a wedding at all if he isn't there, so she better either drop it or leave.
Then I asked, why the hell doesn't she want him there in the first place? So that bitch tells me she doesn't want a F-slur at her wedding and that her family doesn't approve of his lifestyle. I was like, did she really just say that? I knew she wasn't exactly the progressive type, but it never got that far.
Like my brother is the sweetest, kindest, purest soul on earth. I couldn't believe she would hate him so much for something so trivial.
And yeah, chat is bi. He came out to me when he was 20 and he looked so damn scared.
I told him I loved him no matter what, of course, and I promised myself I wouldn't let anyone else make him feel that scared or hurt ever again. And I couldn't even imagine that woman in the same room as him after what she just said.
I don't know, protective big bro instincts kicked in, and I told her we're fucking done. I asked for the ring back.
She reluctantly gave it back, before telling her she had 10 minutes to pack her things and get the fuck out of my house before I called the cops. Obviously, I canceled everything and told everyone who would ask the exact reason why Karen and I were done.
Sweet Chad obviously heard of it and saw the proportion this drama was gaining. He even told me it's not a big deal if he's not there.
He just wants me to be happy. I told him my big day is meant to be the happiest in my life, and it wouldn't fucking be without him there.
And I certainly can't be happy with someone like Karen, given who she really is. Well, now she's back to her parents' house, and some of our mutual friends have really distanced themselves from her.
They got a lot of texts from her family, all more hateful than the previous one, and ended up blocking all of them. Karen, on the other hand, hasn't been really aggressive or anything, just alternating between guilt-tripping and cries, saying how I ruined her life, news spreads like wildfire apparently, and that she can't believe I ruined our four years relationship over a word.
But not once, not once has she apologized for what she told about Chad. So I know even more, I don't want anything to do with her anymore.
So yeah, maybe I'm the asshole. But I don't know.
I don't think so. And honestly, I think she deserves every part of the backlash she's getting.
She has to face the consequences of her hatred. And it's great her true self has been revealed to the world, in my opinion.
Who even says that in Seattle anyways, LOL?

Well, you are definitely not the asshole.

I can't even believe that's a question.

But no, it wasn't over a word.

Thank God this person revealed who they truly are before we got any further.

Now, let's go. over a word.
Thank God this person revealed who they truly are before we got any further. That's my first thought when any of these stories happen.
Thank God it happened now and not a second later. It has nothing.
This whole story has nothing to do with Chad. Nothing.
This whole story has everything to do with someone revealing their true self to you and doing it in a way where it's irrefutable. Okay.
You said one sentence, you claim one word. And based off of that, I can paint a whole picture.
It is, I mean, it made it so clear. It's not a, oh, well, I could be, you know, manipulated into thinking that blah, blah, blah.
There's no talking your way out of this. It makes it so clear and obvious.
and I'm just glad it happened now does like yes we can talk about how terrible it all is but for op this is the best thing that could have happened well and so here's the thing right if they would have just eloped op probably wouldn't have found out they're four years into a relationship and this has not come out.

Isn't that crazy? How has she interacted with Chad the whole four years? I don't know. It feels like it just came out of nowhere.
It feels like something happened where Karen has changed. so literally, if they would have just eloped, this would have been swept under the rug and he would have no idea.
Oh yeah, this goes, this is on the scoreboard, this goes in the marriage category. Marriage category.
And I think what's really interesting, and there's a movie with Kate Hudson and Anneudson and uh anne hathaway bride wars bridal wars and there is a quote in there that another actor reads and it was like something about like sometimes weddings bring good couples closer together and sometimes they tear the bad couples that probably shouldn't be together apart. And I think that is something that's really interesting because it's like, it's a high stress situation.
You have to make a lot of compromises. Yes.
It's one of the big three. And so it is kind of one of those interesting things where it's like eloping is obviously kind of an easy way out.
It's more affordable, less stress, less compromising, but weddings do highlight flaws in a sense. Like maybe it's just recently, but you and TikTok sharing information, but like I've seen a lot of weddings fall apart really close.
So I've had a revelation throughout this story here. Are you team wedding now uh well here maybe this will answer that question okay okay not a bad strategy to lead with all right we're gonna get married we're gonna have a big wedding well a small whatever whatever size wedding doesn't matter we're gonna get married we're gonna have the ceremony, do the reception.
We're going to do the whole thing. Everyone's going to be there, whatever.
Because it exposes so much, not only between the couple themselves, but between the girlfriend of your brother, of a different family member, of your aunt. Yeah.
It exposes so much, although those came out really on the wedding day. At the wedding.
So I'm thinking, what if you, and it reminds me of when it's fourth down and the quarterback goes out and they try to go, hut, hut, hut, hut, and they try to get the team to jump. Oh yeah.
Even though they have no- Going forward on fourth down. They have no intention of ever- They want a false start.
Of ever actually spiking the ball. They want that automatic first down by a penalty.
There's no intention of ever actually spiking the ball.

They want that automatic first down by a penalty.

There's no intention of even starting that play ever.

It's just to try and get them.

It's trickery. So why don't we go down the path of let's get married.

We're, we're, God damn it.

We're getting married.

We're having a big wedding.

And then all of a sudden, you know what?

We changed our minds.

We're actually going to save our money and elope but we've exposed all the craziness i know but think about how mad people would be like it's about the couple no it's about the couple it's what the couple wants i know so that's a win you just can't have that's a win for the hybrid we have weddings we have eloping in the a hybrid, like a hybrid vehicle. Yeah, the trickery.
You can use some gas, but you can also use some electric. Yeah, yeah.
None of that made any sense. No, I get it.
Obviously, I think it's very clear that OP here is not the asshole. anyone that's going to use that type of language should not be in your life when you have a brother in general, but especially so when you have a brother who

identifies as a part of the LGBTQ plus community. This is another theme I'm kind of working on,

and it's something that keeps coming up in my head today, but it's have we lost the plot? Because there's been a lot of like anti-LGBTQ plus messaging out there, attacking of trans people, which trans people account for like the most minuscule percent of our population. And it's like, we're focusing so much energy on attacking them.
Like let people live their lives. Like we're focusing on, you know, attacking diversity when we should be embracing it because we all are so different and beautiful.
And it's, it just feels like we're fighting against each other when we, when we shouldn't be like it, feels like people have lost the plot and it's like with this like did you love this guy did you love him because if you love him you kind of love all of him and who he loves and yes you know like unless the family's toxic but like did you love him or did you just want a wedding and you wanted something cool for optics right because you're giving a crazy person that is just about the optics yes well and at the core of it it's truly loving someone and respecting just people for who they are we're all just out here trying to figure out what this is. We're all this like humans we call ourselves walking around on this planet in the middle of nowhere.
Dude, we're floating on a rock in like the middle of like 20 billion other galaxies. Our biggest enemy is probably out there somewhere.
It's not ourselves. No, it's an alien for sure.
And so it's just like people are so small minded when it's just like, look up and realize, well, you know. You need a big ass telescope.
Yeah. But at the core of it, it's just really love people for who they are, especially if they're close.
You know, they're what what OP said, they're your partner's favorite person. they grew up they're close, you know, they're what, what OP said, they're your partner's favorite person.
They grew up there. They're like, it's almost inconceivable to say, no, they're not going to, I don't want them at our wedding.
Like, are you even connected as a team? Because I mean, it could be anything. It could be race, religion, gender.
I mean, anything you can name that people attack about each other. At the core of it, it's really about just respect who people are and let them live their lives.
And then also, I guess if you're going to get married, do you really love your partner? Because your partner is not just themselves. Your partner is their circumstances, their family.
It's where they come from. It's their friends.
Your partner is a whole group. It's not just them.
You don't marry. Well, you physically marry one person, but you're entering a life not in with just them, but with a whole set.
Typically, you get a village. And so it's like- The village is what makes them them.
Right. And if you have problems with that village, it's- You really got to analyze.
You really got to analyze. Some people have a bad village with in-laws, and they're still willing to look past it and marry their partner because they love them some people yeah like i know people that will not seriously consider someone if the in-laws suck they've been four months in met the in-laws and dipped out because they were terrible yeah like teach their own but this this is not a teacher.
This is a different category.

Yeah.

And it's just like.

Let people live.

Let people live.

Bottom line, let people live.

And this is fucking crazy.

It's harder to not.

It's harder to always be fighting and causing all this shit.

I don't, I don't have enough time in my life right now.

I don't even talk to like as many family and friends as I want. How do people find the time? Genuinely, how do people find the time? Top comment on this one.
Not the asshole. Her showing you she didn't want him at the wedding was just the start of her trying to make you choose between him or her.
Highly doubt she would have allowed him at your house if you got married. And can you imagine what she would do if y'all had kids? Make sure your brother couldn't get near them and probably kick them out if they were gay.
True. Yeah, OP replies to that.
Hadn't thought about it. Damn.
Yeah, I dodged a nuke right there. 100%.
That's another big piece to all these is going into marriage. You have to consider the future because if you guys want kids, well, now you really got to look at the bigger picture about who's in these villages because that plays a big role.
As soon as kids come, it's a little late to start having those battles. And if you do, then you're looking at a really complicated situation.
I know. Oh, okay.
So eloping is still on the table, but don't do it just, hey, you know what? I know we met three weeks ago, but I think we go over here and we get a same day marriage real quick. Like, no.
Honestly, here's the thing. Like I would actually, I would like elope privately, but now I don't like any of the other dates.
Like if we eloped and then had a wedding ceremony in September, the date we're thinking, cool. But like, I don't like any of the dates between.
And just push another year. It's already been a couple.
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It is coming from Am I the Asshole, titled, Am I the Asshole for kicking my mother out of my wedding after she brought my ex as her plus one? Nice move. I, male 30, started seeing June, female 29, about three years ago.
My mother has never really liked June for a couple of reasons. The main one being the fact that June didn't let my mom push her around.
She kept firm boundaries, which I really admired, and she even helped me to do the same. My mom hated this, calling June controlling and wishing I hadn't broke up with my previous girlfriend, Margo, who my mom loved.
I was with Margo for five years and it was horrible. Margo was very controlling and manipulative and always guilted me into things I wasn't comfortable with.
But thanks to support from friends and my sister, I was able to leave her. It was hard, but I had help and my life has improved since.
My mom was very upset with this, but relationships didn't last, so she eventually let it go until I started dating June about a year later. When June and I announced our engagement, my mom didn't freak out, which was weird considering my mom hates June.
She was very calm, but I just took it as she was finally accepting this, and so I didn't think much of it. Everything was fine and smooth up until the wedding.
I gave both of my parents plus ones to the wedding since they're both

remarried after I graduated college. So I'm not close to their spouses, but gave them the option of inviting them.
We had a very small ceremony, just immediate family and close friends. After the ceremony, me and June went to take pictures and then met back with everyone we invited to the reception, which was pretty big.
When we got there, my sister and June's best friend slash maid of honor ran up to us in a panic. Before they even said anything, I spotted it.
My mom was at the table with my dad, my dad's wife, and Margo. I wanted to freak, but June kept me calm.
I walked over, pulled them both aside, and simply told them to leave. My mom tried to explain that Margo and I are soulmates, and June is just in the way of true love, but I wasn't hearing it.
I didn't care. Just got my best friends to escort them out and I returned to the party where luckily, after a few moments, I was able to relax and enjoy it.
I really didn't think this would all turn into something huge, but June and I just got back from our honeymoon where we didn't have our phones and seeing mine, I saw hundreds of texts from multiple family members. They all think I was an asshole for kicking my mom out of her only son's wedding.
For the record, she was there for the ceremony, but apparently was really upset she was kicked from the reception. Here's a summary of my family's thoughts.
Some think I could have just ignored Margo and didn't have to freak out. A few others, including my dad, think I should have just kicked Margo out and let my mom stay.
But after that stunt my mom pulled, I didn't want either of them there. I'm starting to second guess myself since everyone is really mad.
June and my sister are on my side, but I fear my dad may be right and I should have just let my mom stay and made Margo leave. So I've come to Reddit.
Am I the asshole? No. Not the asshole.
You already had your ceremony. She was there for your wedding.
It's fine. She pulled this stunt, okay? Mm-hmm.
But she didn't just invite Margo. She didn't just stop there.
She went so far as to then, at this reception, after OP is already married, to say, hey, Sonny boy, you just fucked up. This is your soulmate,'s like it's like it's out of a movie what did she want him to do say you're right you're right mom god annulment let me go let me go tell june real quick hey hey june it's off babe does anyone have an annulment uh document here that i can fill out oh that wedding license that everyone signed rip that up in the back room where's the shredder or the fire let's burn it what did she think would come of this and why the wedding day when it's kind of too late last stand she was being crazy calculated with that like like de deviously calm, like after the engagement.
Where like he even thought she's just getting used to it. She's coming around.
People like that scare the shit out of me. This is really wild.
Really wild. Oh my God.
If my mom showed up to our wedding with an ex, I would push her in Lake Superior. I mean, at that point, I don't even know if we define it as a boundary.
We start defining it as like a, you know, 30 mile thick concrete wall. Not long, thick, thick.
Yeah. Thick, thick, thick, thick.
And I get like, I'm like trying to think like with all these wedding stories, why does it seem that weddings brings out more flying monkeys than usual? Weddings are the culmination of just years and years and years. and honestly, generations of certain issues or certain blah, blah, blah, or this or that, it all comes to a head with a wedding because these people, right? If you think about holiday gatherings or birthdays, you often find as you get older, you start having to go to multiple different ones because people split up or there's drama or there's whatever.
But guess what? That's not possible on a wedding day. Everyone has to come together to one event.
They cannot avoid each other anymore. And it's good to put in place like, hey, maybe have wedding security, have your coordinator involved.
Security is crucial. All the stories have demonstrated that.
You can keep certain people separate. Definitely use a seating chart.
I don't know where that whole thing came from. Isn't that weird? But you make it very calculated so that you can pull the stay off and hope, just have a little bit of hope that people will realize what they're there for and who they're there for.
Well, I'm almost wondering if people's families, and especially if they're paying, but that they feel entitled to weddings. I've raised this person.
I've supported them. This wedding is just as much for me.
I want to party. Like, I wonder if that's a thought process behind some of these people.
I know graduations can kind of get that way. But I don't know.
I don't know either. It's, it's very often forgotten what weddings are about and who they are for.
Like that, even that's kind of contentious because there's a lot of hot takes that say, okay, the wedding is just about the bride and the groom. But then there's some people that say, no, a wedding realistically is also for your guests.
You need to entertain your guests. You're throwing a party.
You're throwing a party. So it's not just your day.
You have to provide sustenance as well. Quality.
Here's the thing. I think weddings overall, in my experience, are a huge, I think gamble's the wrong word, but it's a huge risk reward.
Okay. A wedding can be, and I've heard people audibly say this, can be the best day of your life.
For a lot of people it is. Right.
It can be. It's possible.
But at the risk of all of these dynamics, everything you're bringing in and that comes together for that day is, I think unfortunately for the vast majority, risky. In the sense that not like, oh, the flowers weren't perfect or the buns didn't show up on time, but more for the risk of things going wrong between people and dynamics and that ruining your day.
I think that's so present and so common that, yeah, if you want a wedding, 100% go for it. And I hope at the end of the day, you're saying that was the best day of my life.
But you got to understand there are certain risks and you got to do everything you can to mitigate, like we were just talking about the security or having the wedding coordinator involved to say, hey, if this girl shows up in the white dress, she can't come in. Those were very smart, calculated moves.
So that's definitely part of the process. I mean, even us, I think that's been like a big thing for us is like, we've got a lot of people on both sides and bringing everyone together.
And like, we have even worried about that where we're like, what drama are we going to encounter on our day? Is it worth it having a wedding and having all these people

in the same room? My brother, when he and his wife got married, we all have talked about this.

We have a very crazy family dynamic. Me and my brothers, at least, we all have the same mom,

different dads. And then I have a little sister who we have the same dad, but different moms.

And at my brother's wedding, my dad, our our dad, Jerry, who kind of like took us all on, gave a speech. And Matt's bio dad was like ready to get up and like fight him.
And then my uncle Chuck had to like step in. It was there was drama, like even the best days, the most planned days.
It's like you get a little alcohol in people and some people can't handle it. And one thing triggers the next and you have a domino of crazy.
And so, you know, getting back to this one, one, weddings are tough, right? They're tough. A lot of people, a lot of dynamics, history, context, whatever.
With this one, I think this was obviously not the asshole, but this was also the safest decision because you don't know what Margo is capable of. Obviously, she's got to go, but you also don't know what your mom is capable of because of the fact that she thought it was a good idea to bring Margo as her plus one.
What else, even if you kick Margo out and let her stay, what else is she going to do to ruin that night?

Exactly.

Right.

At that point, she's shown her intentions.

She does not believe in this.

She's clearly trying to sabotage.

Yeah.

And, you know, I never really, as we were going through this, thought of Margo as a threat.

No.

I pictured just some, you know, yeah, she was controlling.

She had all these things.

But Margo demonstrated how cuckoo she is because she showed up. Exactly.
To their wedding, Margot! Exactly. So Margot's got screws loose too.
It's the best move because then you can guarantee, and it had happened, you can guarantee that you'll go forward without worry, without stress, and enjoy the rest of your wedding day. Yeah.
It was the best move. I know.
So with this one, eloping would have been easier. But I do think their wedding sounds like it was great.
And they did it really cool where the ceremony was small and intimate. And then the reception was the rager, which I like that idea.
But obviously if they would have eloped, they would have avoided it. But hey, you learned you can't trust your mom and you set boundaries and now you move forward.
From what I've experienced, I think people are either in one or two categories. They're like, oh yeah, we're just eloping.
That's just who we are. Then you have others that are like, are like nope we're 100 doing the full wedding and then maybe there's some like us on the fence but it's it's really choose your own adventure and just deal with what comes but don't get pushed into one of those categories because of other people make it the choice that you want but man like with this last one crazy thing to go through but a hell of a story to tell the rest of your life guess what happened at our wedding and you can say my mom showed up with my ex and said this like you can't make that up like you can tell that's what i think about some of the worst things you can experience in life is the stories you can tell dude well and we're i've talked about this so much we're re-watching how i met your mother and i literally last night like i just was like ted is so crazy for telling this story one ted's annoying but you have to realize like he's telling this story from his point of view which is like the best point of view can you imagine how bad it would be if it's not from his point of view ted's goofy but when you said telling your kids or someone this story someday all i could think about is ted i'm like yeah yeah don't be a ted don't be a ted have you heard that new song that someone made on tiktok about ted no oh my god it's so funny it was like i went on a date and she said i reminded her of ted mosby is is how i met your mother like in the forefront again is it like in the prime time for some reason and honestly maybe it's just my phone being creepy but i feel feel like a lot of people are rewatching it right now.

Okay. Yeah, I've never seen it and I'm into it now.
It's funny. And it's my Minnesota people.
I think it's really interesting. You can tell we have made progress as a society when you watch old shows like this.
Oh, 100%. Because some of the shit they say on this show, or even like we're rewatching Impractical Jokers.

Yeah.

Some of the stuff they say on this show or even like we're re-watching Impractical Jokers. Yeah.
Some of the stuff they do on that show, I don't think it would fly nowadays. And that's less than 10 years ago.
I know. And there was, God, there was an actor who came out and he even said this about a bunch of movies he did.
He goes, we wouldn't be able to make those movies now. So, you know, there's hope.
There's hope. We got this, guys.
We got this. The pendulum shall swing.
It's always swinging. It's always swinging.
Do your chain hang low. Do it wobble to the flow.
Nope. Okay.
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It is titled, my brother-in-law confessed feelings for me after I went wedding dress shopping with his fiance. This just happened today and I'm using a throwaway because I promote my small business on my main and I want to be anonymous with this.
Okay, I'm pretty overwhelmed, so I'll start with some background. I have been with my husband for five years.
We've been married for two. Since early on in our relationship, I've been great friends with his older brother, partially because I always wanted one.
When he started dating a girl about two years ago, I went out of my way to make sure she knew

she had a friend in me, if she wanted, since we're the only girls in the family.

We're great friends now, and since they got engaged three months ago,

I've been helping with wedding planning and was asked to be a bridesmaid.

We went dress shopping today and had a blast. We went to brunch, had some mimosas,

Thank you. wedding planning and was asked to be a bridesmaid.
We went dress shopping today and had a blast. We went to brunch, had some mimosas, found the dress, and went back to their house to celebrate.
I ended up alone in the kitchen with my brother-in-law a bit after being there, and he said he just had to tell me something before it kept eating at him. I was a little buzzed and confused, but not at all expecting him to say what he did.
Quote, I think I've had feelings for you for a few years, and I've never been able to tell you, and I just needed to know if you ever felt the same. I completely froze and just shook my head.
I told him that no, I have never thought about him in any way other than a friend and a brother, and I never would. Before he said anything else, I bolted back to his fiance and the other girls there and very discreetly told her I got my period and wasn't feeling well and would have someone come and get me and then come by soon for some more wedding planning.
She thought nothing of it and I called my best friend to come get me. She dropped me off at home.
My husband is working right now and there is no question that I'm going to tell him as soon as he gets home, but I just have no idea where to go from there. Do I tell his fiance? say? Do I make him tell her? Do I leave it? Do I have my husband talk to him? Has anyone ever had something like this happen or have any advice? Anything is appreciated.
I'm sitting here like ready to hear the advice. I don't, I don't, I, I think if this were me, I think you tell your husband and you kind of go from there.
He knows his brother best. You have the conversation.
I mean, you hope their relationship is good. They have a lot of trust and they can communicate well.
But like, I think really like you don't know how to proceed until you start there. I think the fiance definitely deserves to know.
But I think you kind of let your husband guide the reaction because it is his brother, unless his way to handle it is never saying anything because I don't think that's necessarily right. Oh, well, this is this is certainly not the, you know, just tell them confess your feelings type of situation we usually talk about on these shows.
And again, it's the wedding. It's the, which is so interesting because it's always perceived as like, oh, you're going to lock them down.
Like once you're married, you're locked in forever, which is totally just not the reality these days.

It's, you know, it's not. It's not as easy as like a breakup, but it's the same.
No, no one's truly locked in. Right.
But it's just interesting how that sense of commitment brings out these like these last ditch you know it forces people to really do the something that they never thought they would or confess things that they never so well that's what's interesting because it's like he engaged he got engaged a couple months ago but like if you're in love with your brother's wife, why are you proposing?

Because I think they think it's never going to ever be a reality. So just shoot the shot.
And then something about, you know, we talk about ring clarity and that kind of thing. That's a big one.
Yeah. It's something about it pushes them to the limit where they get, they almost ignore intuition and they just do.
They don't even think. The problem with this, and it just is so sad for her because, you know, we started this with, I've always wanted an older brother.
I've always been envious of people with that. And I thought I'd finally found that.
And I had this, this awesome friend and then he meets someone amazing and we become very close. Like it's the perfect, it's like the, just what everyone hopes for.
Literally the dream to have a good relationship with your brother-in-law. And then he picks a great girl, follows in love with like a really good one, and you become really good friends to the

point you get asked to be a bridesmaid, that's the dream. Well, and it could be, like, if it had stayed that dynamic, like, if he didn't have these feelings, we're looking at such a fun runway for life.
I know. But now the shitty thing about it is the dynamic has changed forever.
Well, and even if she chooses to stay with brother-in-law, the trust, how is she going to trust him to be in a room with just sister-in-law? I mean, moving forward for her, that would be really, really tough. But again, it's something she needed to know.
It's something that's got to be worked through one way or another. And I don't think it would have come out if they would have just eloped.

well eventually maybe down the road after marriage maybe after marriage maybe but then then it feels even worse because sister-in-law, that woman did not know before marrying him. She went into it thinking everything was perfect.
And then poof, it can all disappear. That's why you always, you know, even if you're sneaky about it, just lean towards the wedding.
And if you really want to elope, then you just U-turn right at the end. But I don't know.
Tell me what the people said. Oh, the people.
Top comment. Talk to your husband first.
Because what if you tell her and he tries to flip it saying you said those things? Oh, fuck. Yeah.
OP replies, my comfort in this thought is that I believe my husband and I have a really strong and trusting relationship, and I don't think he would even believe that. Ever believe that, sorry.
As soon as he gets home, I will tell him, I'm just not going to do the, we need to talk about something when you get home, because I know that would put a pit in his stomach, and I don't want to do that to him. Anybody's stomach don't ever get, no, come on.
No. Well, we have an update.
Good. Which I'm so sorry, OP.
It looks like OP tried to like post the update on this post or something and, or like another post in the sub and it got taken down, which our auto mod like reddit's made a lot of changes on their back end like way back machine doesn't work rare like a lot has changed i barely know how to use reddit nowadays to be honest you guys like i i literally barely know how to use reddit um so a lot of stuff has been taken down when it shouldn't if you have an update for me, please post it on your account. But if you're ever in a position trying to post something or whatever, like reach out to the mod team on the 2HotTake subreddit and we can try to help you because sometimes the auto mod...
So there's no update? What do you mean? Oh, no, I have the update. Oh.
But I'm just saying, like, as a PSA, just reach out to us. Like, we want to make sure your posts get up there.
But you're pulling a bait and switch. Auto mod.
Auto mod sometimes. You know, I don't.
It just be doing us all dirty. And be nice to our moderators on the 2OutTakes sub.
They all do the moderating out of the kindness of their heart. Moderators on Reddit don't get paid.
I'm personally trying to reach out to all of them and do something. And Reddit's trying to start programs to incentivize subs, but still no payment from Reddit for moderators.
So be nice to them, okay? They're trying to do their best. Okay, I'm sorry, tangent.
Update. Thanks to everyone who helped me calm my panicked mind after my original post.
I didn't want to tell my husband we need to talk while he was at work and make him panic, so having some reassurance from here was really helpful. I also noticed a lot of people asking for an update, so here's one that even I was shocked by as I lived it.
It's not exactly the earth shattering blow up most people thought it would be. My husband came home and he immediately knew I had something on my mind.
I explained the whole thing and he was livid at his brother. Thankfully, he gave me a hug and I broke down crying from the stress.
He assured me I did everything right and it wasn't my fault. After that, he went to call his brother and tell him that he knew what happened and wanted to talk to him one-on-one.
Well, it turns out that his brother and fiance were already on their way to our house to talk about it. Wow.
As soon as the other girls left, not long after me, my brother-in-law confessed everything to her. First, she slapped him, deserved, but after they talked and he promised her that his feelings for her were genuine, She said that he needed to apologize to me and his brother

and that they could go from there.

So they came over and he and my husband went and talked

while I talked with his fiance.

We both cried and talked for about an hour.

I promised her I never had any feelings for him

and had no idea he had any for me.

Apparently, she had caught him gazing at me on a family vacation once and thought maybe he had some attraction to me. So while this sucked, she felt some relief that she wasn't crazy for thinking it.
Yeah. He admitted she was right and thinks his feelings at one point were out of jealousy that his younger brother was further in life than him, and he attributed that to me in some way.
This was new to him as the older brother, and they really hadn't compared to each other much growing up, just because they had vastly different paths. It was a little apples to oranges.
But now there was some perceived competition on a similar playing field. The feelings had faded but when she came home saying she found a dress he felt an urge to come clean and he wished he had said it differently or worked through it with some help before to actually understand what he was feeling before making this whole mess.
I don't know about all that but I guess I could understand it with a more clear head. I mean, if the Oedipus complex can be a thing, then I can see him having some complex feelings that manifested as attraction, but didn't affect his love for his fiance.
This all happened in one night, and he was visibly distressed over it, so I find it hard to believe he could weave a whole story like that. I'm

inclined to believe him. Once my husband and his brother came back into the living room, my brother-in-law looked like a puppy who just got in trouble.
Also looked a little roughed up, but I didn't question it. We all talked and he apologized to me for putting me in this position.
where it landed. Their wedding is on hold privately while they figure out next steps.
Thankfully, there was nothing booked and no dates sent out. We had gone wedding dress shopping just to get an idea and it was just luck that she fell in love with a dress.
They're going to go to couples therapy to decide if and how they can move past this. There is clear love between these two.
Things will be tense, but I think he feels genuine remorse and my potential sister-in-law says she holds no ill will against me and if they move forward, she would still love to have me as a bridesmaid, if I'm willing. Why does that make me emotional?

My husband and his brother have some serious work to do on their relationship,

and my friendship with my brother-in-law will never be the same again,

but we'll see what happens from here.

We've also agreed to keep this between the four of us,

but they will be honest that they're doing some premarital counseling

before setting dates or full-on planning.

I saw a lot of comments telling me to keep my mouth shut and no harm was done. What? While I guess I can see your point, I just couldn't imagine keeping something like this from my husband, especially if it came out later and he found out I withheld it.
Trust is huge in our partnership, and even just a mission feels like a betrayal of that. Sure, I knew this could blow up if I let it out, but it would be my brother-in-law's fault, not mine.
He had all control over telling me what he did. Thanks to everyone who helped me through this scary processing time alone.
That's what I was just gonna say. It is all on him.
And you're just out there doing everything right and this happens to you how are like how are you going to become the one that's like blew it all up why is that a trend through this whole episode oh well you should have just let your mom and your ex hang out at your wedding because keep the peace that's been the trend is all these stories is no just fuck whatever you're feeling shove it deep down inside bury it and you go along with it to keep the peace what are you talking about wait why it's so interesting right because like i don't know i feel like there's times in life where the peace doesn't need to be kept sometimes the boat needs to be rocked that's the only way anything ever changes i don't know uh it's i feel like she did everything right like i can't imagine ever hiding something from you and it's like if she would have to and if she would, it could have seriously hurt their marriage, their whole relationship, the foundation. Like if you don't have trust and respect for your partner, because that's also, it would be disrespectful not to tell him.
Yeah. Then I don't think you have much.
No, it's the classic, you knew. Yeah.
And you didn't tell me. Oh, and that just pit.
No one wants to be the last person to find something out especially between you and your partner that undermines the definition of partner you know it gets interesting when you have family and friends and your partner and and all these dynamics but your truest loyalty really should lie between you and your partner. That's who's back you should have if everything falls apart.
Otherwise, what's the point? I mean, you live your own life. You have your own lives and you're better together, But if you don't have each other's back, then what do you have? Yeah.
Interesting update. I mean, definitely not what I was expecting, especially with them being on their way there.
Oh my God, I know. That's pretty crazy.
I do give him credit. A little bit of respect for that.
For telling her. Because most people would not.
And maybe it was, you know, some people would be like, oh, it was just to save his ass because he knew OP would tell husband. But he didn't necessarily know how husband would handle it.
Husband could have been like, hey, we're not going to address that. Like, he still made the choice before knowing.
I want to hope, I want to believe that he did the right thing for no ulterior motives. Like, he told her because, you know, he felt bad.
And I mean, I think there are some people that get married and they're like, oh, God, what if? What could have been with this other person? And it's not necessarily right, but it's better that those feelings or questions or thoughts come out before a wedding, right? Otherwise they'll perpetuate for 10 years down the line until they ruin your marriage. Exactly.
And like, this is not the way this went down. Like I, you know, it's not great, but like, it is what it is.
Right. And maybe these two people are happier and better for it.
But, um, I went on a friend's birthday trip a couple of years ago. One of the girls on the trip, you know, at the club met a guy she really liked.
Turns out he was on a bachelor trip. He was the groom and him and his fiance at the time had agreed.
They got free passes on their trips. And meeting this friend, this girl I know, he was just like, fuck, I'm only getting married because I have to.
And he went back and called off the wedding. His family was absolutely devastated.
They'd been, you know, together forever. But at the end of the day.
As like have to, as in like, well, this is the next step. This is what people do.
This is. Yeah.
Because it's not like. Their family was.
You're getting married. No.
And their family was really tied. They had dated forever.
It felt like the obligatory, obligatory, whatever, next steps. And they, he felt that way.
And then when they broke up, like, I think it came out, she felt that way. I don't, I don't remember it.
I don't want to, I don't want to speculate too much. I mean, maybe the hall pass was the first sign.
Maybe, but like, I mean, it was bad when she went up there and met the family for the first time. They screamed at her, called her a whore.
Like it wasn't good. Imagine going, imagine going to meet the family.
Wasn wasn't good because they love they love this girl like they saw her grow up but at the end of the day was that really bad yeah would i recommend people find out they don't want to marry someone that way no but she didn't deserve to be with someone who didn't truly love her and likely would have cheated down the line if he was so unhappy.

So at least she found out pre-marriage versus married kids. Like, it's best to find out before the wedding.
Before the wedding. And now these two get a chance to work on it.
And I don't think, you know, some people do, but I don't think most

people propose because they feel like they need to. Like, I do think he's got feelings for her.
And it's not just like, I gotta, you know, be at this stage in my life. My little brother got married.
I should get married too. No, it's not hard to kick the can down the road.
No, There is another final update from OP on this one.

It's a little long and it it just kind of goes into details about how um brother-in-law has since you know explained some of his feelings as he understood so far thanks to a lot of introspection and therapy so he's going to therapy he's in the work. The silver lining in all of this is that he's spending some much needed time working through his feelings and coping mechanisms.
He group texted my husband and me and asked if we could talk together. It was mostly to talk to me, but he didn't want there to be any gray area going forward.
Respectful. To sum it up, he very sincerely apologized to me for the position he put us both in and the betrayal of our relationship.
After a couple of therapy sessions, talking through the root of his feelings, he realized how terrified of change he was, even when it was good. And frankly, his fear of a failed marriage.
He was older and understood so much more of his parents' divorce than my husband, and he didn't realize how much that had impacted him because he pushed it down. See, that's all wonderful, right? That's great.
But for me, that still doesn't satisfy the, oh, I'm going to confess my love to my brother's wife. It is weird.
We get there a little. We do get there a little a little.
I thought you were done. No, no, no.
Sorry. We do get there.
I know. I was pausing to read.
It goes on to say, when he found his fiance, he truly fell in love with her. And we all knew it by the way he acted.
I mean, this guy is usually stubborn and stoic, but he just melted for her. He changed so many habits for the better, for his sake, and for his future.
Nobody questioned if he loved her, and he was so excited to propose, albeit he knew he was nervous for the life change. When we went out dress shopping and came back a little tipsy and excited, she gushed to him about wedding details and ideas, and he got overwhelmed.
So he did a couple of shots, and when I came in as a person he had come to for comfort or advice on more than one occasion, he just exploded and said what he said. He had so many thoughts running through his head, and I can't say that I'm mad at him for what happened when I got engaged, no matter how much I love my husband and how great our marriage is now.
I have to admit, I had a few late night musings about what life would be like married because it should not be taken lightly. He was so genuine in his apology and ashamed of his thoughts and actions.
He was damn near in tears. So it goes on a little bit, but it'll be linked if you guys really want to read this and all of OP's comments and things like that.
But it seems like it's on the right track. And, you know, parents, bad divorce.
Like, we all can get a little twisted up from childhood trauma. So is it weird? Yes.
Are you still on board? I know you have some thoughts. Well, it's all great.
All of that is great. 100%.
That's great progress, great things to work on for yourself, none of which satisfies what happened. None of which, and I don't think you ever could justify what happened.
You're going to therapy and yes, you're processing your parents' divorce and whatever other dynamics have led you to this point. But the reality is things are forever different.
And if I'm in that dynamic, I mean, essentially you're going to therapy to try and it would be like going through a breakup, essentially.

It's like, I imagine it feels like heartbreak when you come to this movie-like moment, confessing your love, no matter what the circumstance was, and you still do that, and now you're working through this breakup, do you think in doing all of that and loving your fiance as much as you do, you can ever really lose those feelings? Is that possible? because I know at this point, it's very clear. You will never have her.

It's not a reality, but you still had those feelings until the point they were strong enough to where you confessed as your soon to be wife is wedding dress shopping to your brother's wife. I wonder, and this is where I need some psychologists to chime in, I wonder if this is a weird projection in some way or a self-sabotage or...
You know when you just feel conflicted in feelings to where it's like, I have so much anxiety, but I can't rationalize what it's about. So like I did this or I'm trying to like find an example because I feel like I can see it in my brain, but I can't say it where it's like, oh, I'm lonely.
I'm lonely. But, you know, instead of connecting with people or maybe, you know, making a friend or joining a club, I'm going to get I'm going to get a puppy that I can't take care of because I'm lonely, even though I know it's not what I need or it's not the right answer.
I'm going to do this because it feels like a bandaid. And I don't really know how telling your brother's wife that you have feelings for them is a bandaid.
I'm curious what would have happened if our op wasn't in love with their husband and was, you know, maybe a bad person. But I just wonder if like he's so twisted up in his head that he mistakes the friendship as feelings.
And I think this is really interesting. I have a guest coming up soon who has a psychology podcast.
And I just watched a video from her the other day that was analyzing a study that was done about men versus women and how they perceive friendships. So this study brought in a bunch of men and women who were friends, and they interviewed them separately.
And when they asked the women, like, are you interested in him? The women would be like, no, you know, not really interested. If you ask the men, are you interested in her? The men would respond like, yeah, yeah.
You know, if there's a shot, like I totally go for it. I do like my friend even though the the female like didn't feel that way so it was interesting that like in the men's brains they they perceived more of like that line to cross and i'm probably butchering this um she will be on soon i'm really excited for her but it just an interesting study.
And so maybe he's perceiving this friendship as like intimacy because, and again, it's going back to this thing with like the loneliness epidemic for men that I keep talking about. Men don't have typically a lot of super intense, intimate, emotionally vulnerable relationships.
Obviously, maybe that's not the rule. Maybe I'm talking about the exception or maybe that's the exception and not the rule, whatever it is.
But I think why men are more likely to hurt themselves or whatever, it's because they don't talk and they don't have those close relationships. So maybe her coming in, she wanted a brother.
She wanted that close relationship. She wanted that camaraderie, that intimacy.
He perceived that as affection, as feelings. I think that happens quite a bit.
And that's why that study comes about. It's like women are just trying to be friends, but guys don't necessarily know that because they don't have that relationship with their friends.
Yeah, no, it makes sense. And I'm not super- I just went on a soapbox.
Sorry, guys. It's not confusing how he got to this.
What's more confusing is how we're moving forward as the four of us. And even him and his fiance, I feel like if, I mean, power to them.
If they work it out and that it all, you know, they can get to a healthy spot. That's incredible.
for me, as the fiance in that position, it's going to be hard to truly know my partner has worked through those feelings, does not have those feelings, truly loves me. And anytime then the four of us are together, that I don't have to always be like looking over at him to see that if he's looking at her and always trying to suss out that dynamic.

Because I lived that with my ex and I knew something was going on.

Turns out I was fucking right.

And it blew up my whole world.

And I think I'm so sensitive to that, that in this situation, for me, I don't know if it'd be possible. Can we talk about, because we have not given her enough credit or any credit, the fiance, what a strong, secure woman.
That's why it's almost unfathomable to me. I'm so impressed by her.
I don't have that level of whatever she has. I think it's just like security in yourself, knowing you're enough, knowing that, hey, if it doesn't work out with him, that's fine because I know what I'm deserving of.
I know what I'm worth. And I think to be able to say, hey, I still obviously want to be friends.
And if we do get married down the road, I still want you as a bridesmaid. After this info comes out, after this happens, I mean, she's amazing.
And their relationship, their honesty, their community, I mean, this whole group, like they're really, they're working through it. But she, she's an amazing person because how many people, how many stories have we read over the years that this, you know, sister-in-law, potential sister-in-law, fiance would have been like, fuck you.
You're not going to be around me. You're not going to be around my husband.
Actually, you're not coming to our wedding. You're uninvited.
You're a temptation. Yeah.
Like she knows where. It could have easily easily gone that way so this person is very secure and knows their worth and regardless of how it ends everyone's going to find their people and be happy of course they're they're working on it and i do hope that is genuinely uh coming across that way because of how that's how she is and not because she's clinging on to pre this happening and pretending everything's fine.
Like, no, no, we'll work through it. We're still going to have our wedding.
I would love for you to still be like, I hope it's not out of the panic and shock of what's just hit her world and that she is in that place. But even either way, like you just said.

Yeah.

People will find their people.

And that's just one of the fun aspects of life.

It is.

Working through that.

You go through some crazy shit.

Like I said earlier, you have some good stories to tell.

But, you know, you always keep searching until you find that person because it really. You know.
It's worth it when you do. Yeah.
I love you. You little cutie over there.
I know you're tired. I got one more short and sweet one to top us off here.
Yeah. THD, late night.
I know. You guys, it's like 2 a.m.
right now. We've done a full week of work and we are burning the candles at both ends, but we love you and we gotta deliver.
So this is coming again from our very own Two Outtakes subreddit. My goodness.
It is titled Close Family Friend Gifted Showerhead for My Wedding. Should I gift them a picture frame for their anniversary? Depends what kind of showerhead, I guess.
Justin! There's some badass shower heads out there. Naughty.
The one from the retreat. So sometimes women or people with clits use shower heads to masturbate? I didn't know we were going there.
Okay, okay, sorry, I detract. When I got married, a close family friend was really upset that I decided to only have my nieces at the wedding, excluding other children.
They were quite rude about it, but eventually they accepted that it was going to be a child-free event. On my wedding website, I mentioned that we didn't want gifts and instead preferred contributions to our honeymoon fund.
Every single guest either gave us a check or sent money with a card, except this friend. They gave us a showerhead.
While it wasn't a cheap one, it was odd, especially considering they work in that industry, so it likely didn't cost them much. Or anything.
That was me. My husband found it particularly strange given how much of a fuss they made about their daughter not being invited.
Fast forward to now. They're celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary and are essentially throwing another wedding.
She's asked for my help several times because she liked how my wedding turned out. So I've assisted with designing invitations and other details.
In her invitation, she specifically requested cash gifts, and when we discussed it, she casually mentioned that she hadn't realized she was supposed to give us cash at our wedding and just said, quote, oops, sorry about that. Now her event is this Saturday, and my husband suggested that instead of giving them cash, we should gift them something like a nice picture frame.
We're about to leave for our honeymoon, so we don't have a lot of extra money to spend. Plus, they didn't give us money, so it feels fair.
But I'm unsure. Would it be petty to give just a picture frame with a card, or should we just give them $50 or something? My mom thinks it's petty and got mad at me for even considering the picture frame.
Would I be the asshole if I gift them a picture frame and a card instead? No. Because of the showerhead thing? What's the difference in time here? Is it pretty quick turnaround? It feels like it.
Because it seems like we're just about to go on our honeymoon, so this just happened at the wedding. Or they needed a couple months to save up for their honeymoon, which a lot of people do nowadays.
It's recent, right? Like we're not talking, oh, this is five years later. Not the span of a year.
Not like, it seems still within a decent, a close amount of time. You know, honestly, this one, and maybe it's because it's, you know, of all the other stories we just went through.
This one to me just feels like a little speed bump. Like it's this lady though.
I got issues with her still baby speed bump or not. I know I got issues.
I'm just like, I'm coming off the high of all the other stories or the low, I don't, whatever you want to call it. And I'm like, okay, this isn't so bad to end on.
Don't sweat the small stuff. So are we comparing really this picture frame to the shower? No, no, no.
So these people are having a 25th wedding anniversary, which amazing. So, so, so cool.
But they're throwing another wedding and asking for gifts. That to me seems tacky.
You can have a wedding anniversary, a big one and celebrate. But like to ask people to give you gifts again just because you've been married for 25 years, that feels entitled.
Get that bag, you know. A lot of people have anniversary parties.
Maybe I just haven't been to a lot of anniversary parties

because I don't have a lot of married people in my life. Do- Purse first.
Walk into the room purse first. Now I'm like wondering because this is something, this is maybe a generational thing.
My mom sends messages to like our family in a group chat like every anniversary for for my brother, like and his wife, happy anniversary.

So happy you guys are just in love.

And like, she sends really nice messages every anniversary.

Are we supposed to reach out to people on their anniversary

and congratulate them every year?

Is it like a birthday thing?

I think, yeah, kind of.

I think it's, I don't,

birthdays I think extend to people

that you kind of loosely know. Okay.
And like, if you know it's someone's birthday and you've had contact with them in the past, shoot them a happy birthday. But anniversary.
Oh my God, have I been doing it wrong? I think anniversary is a little bit closer. Like your parents.
Okay. Maybe your closest friends.
Things like that. People who you actually know their anniversary.

So I guess if they're throwing a big anniversary party, I guess they do need gifts. I guess you should get a gift.
I mean, it's kind of to each their own. It's kind of like a, hey, ask for it.
And if you get some, cool. You always say, get the bag, get your bag.
I guess I love a present. So it's like- I love a present.
I love a present. I mean, the difference here is you could throw the anniversary party and just invite people.
If people bring gifts and feel it's necessary or feel that they would like to give you a gift, then that's great. See, I think that's what I like.
But saying like, okay, you're invited. We only want cash.
Yeah. Is kind of like, okay.
Yeah. Do you want there.
Or do you just want my money? Exactly. And here's where I have a problem.
Okay. She says, this other person says to our writer, OP, um, I didn't realize I was supposed to give you cash at your wedding.
Oops. Sorry about that.
That's the point that you say, Hey, I didn't realize here's your wedding gift. It's not too late, lady.
That is true. And then she still expects OP to bring her a gift.
That's cash. No, no, no, no, no.
You didn't get me cash. I don't get you cash.
Honestly. Why can't we trade shower heads? Why was that my thought? Why was my thought to give them a shower head or a bath related item? You guys gave us a shower head.
We got you a bath thing. An intimacy package for the tub.
You know, I got to spice it up after 25 years. The showerhead thing is still like the showerhead is so random that was purposeful that's like getting someone a i don't know i can't even think of some what's something that random it's like me getting you a fucking barney costume for a holiday you don't like barney you'd You'd never dress up as Barney.
Like everyone needs a shower head. Shower head's useful, yeah.
But like also at the same time, like what if it doesn't match their finishes in their bathroom? What if it's a chrome shower head or a brass shower head and they have silver? True. It's just stupid.
And it was very intentful because they didn't get their way about having someone invited. It's tacky.
They were tacky. I wouldn't get them a gift of monetary value.
I would meet them at the level they met you at, especially given they work in the shower bath industry and they likely got that for free as like a sample so he could promote their company or sell the product. I agree.
But also then what is our dynamic with this, these people? Because honestly, our writer's really nice to help her plan her anniversary after what the drama. That's what I'm saying.
Why are you stepping up and being like, I'll deck, I'll design the invitations. I'll do all this.
Have we healed from this?

Is the dynamic fine?

It seems like it.

If we're on this fighting petty thing,

then why are we helping so much with this?

And now that you've helped so much,

yeah, you've kind of already given the gift of helping. Helping someone design their invitations and do all this, that could kind of be your gift.
So it's like to bring something additionally. But at this point, if you're that involved with them and that close, if you're on a joking, you know, playing field, aha, remember you got me that showerhead? Hey, I got you something just as nice for your little thing.
if you're on that playing field aha remember you got me that shower head hey i got you something just as nice for your little thing if you if you're on that playing field but otherwise i don't see the point in being super petty and getting something like honestly well that's the thing and now i'm like i'm kind of like looking back and reading the post and our writer here didn't mention how long ago they got married to the party it was like when i got married and then fast forward to now oh but the thing is for her to bring it up whether it's been six months or a year and for her to say i didn't realize we were supposed to give you cash sorry about that she might not. She might not have even been thinking about it, but it definitely means she knew what she did.
It seems intentional because if you did it on accident, you wouldn't think twice about it. That's true.
Yeah. She knows what she did.
She gave you the shower on purpose as a fuck you gift. That's why the dynamic is so weird.
I don get what's happening it's an interesting dynamic um op does have some comments uh top comment though on this one frame a picture of the showerhead op responds haha that would be awesome do it says the next comment but first check the cost of the showerhead and buy a cheap frame accordingly. Thing is, they got that showerhead for free.
If they're in the industry, they got it for free. Yeah.
Also, who the fuck wants a showerhead for a wedding gift? It's just so unbelievably random. It's actually hilarious.
Like, I would just give it back. Like, I would literally just give it back.
Like, here, take it. Take it.
I don't know. Showerheads, It's actually hilarious.
I would just give it back. I would literally just give it back.
Here, take it. Take it.
I don't know. Showerheads, it depends on the kind, like what I said at the beginning.
I know. So Opie does highlight some context about the relationship.
They are very close family friends. And while I was disappointed with the gift they chose for my wedding, it doesn't change how I feel about them.
It's just frustrating that they didn't put in much effort, and now it feels unfair. I'm torn because on one hand, I feel slighted, but on the other hand, I'm not sure if it's worth being petty given how close we are.
OP got downvoted. Negative 28.
Negative 28. And one last comment I'll read from OP.
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I want to clarify that we're not wealthy by any means.
We didn't ask for contributions to our honeymoon fund as a requirement. We made it clear that just having our guests attend our wedding was gift enough.
However, for those who wanted to give a gift, we suggested they could contribute to our honeymoon fund instead. I know I don't need to explain myself, but I want to emphasize that going on a trip with my husband is only possible because of the wedding gifts.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to afford it. We thought it would be nice to have the chance to take a special trip we wouldn't otherwise be able to afford.
On that note, the couple in question are older, close friends of my parents, and financially well off.

It was intentional, which is why it was surprising that they chose to give us a product they sell as a gift. They have a 10-year-old daughter, and I don't feel resentful about the gift.
After reading some of the comments, I've decided to take the high road and give them some cash and a nice card. No, no, which I was already planning to do.
Initially, I thought a picture frame would be a nice gift until I learned they requested cash on their invite. My mom suggested that a picture frame might seem inappropriate, which made me second guess my choice.
For me, it was more about the principal, especially considering the fact that they were upset about them bringing their daughter to the wedding. Now they're asking for a of help with their party i could easily say no but they're my parents best friend and i truly want to avoid the drama well all i can say is you're choosing your path and you're choosing your battles what are we going to say about it i think you can well it depends on how much money you're giving them if you you're giving them 20 bucks, whatever.
If you're giving them anything more than $50, I'm upset with you. I myself am going through a people pleasing kill off.
And I get where you're at. I get where you're at.
You want to keep the peace. This whole episode, you want to keep the peace, avoid the drama.
But the thing is, when people show you disrespect, you don't need to meet them with respect. She knows what she did.
She acknowledged what she did and she still didn't make it right. And she's also making you be a party planner for free.
No, no, this, this is giving me ulcers. This is giving me ulcers.
She can make her own choices. I know I'm stressed for you and you don't deserve this, but it'll be fine.
It's don't sweat the small stuff, right? No. I mean, honestly, you've got to learn to set your own boundaries and, and do that on your own.
So all you, I mean, you can make as many suggestions as you can to somebody, but until they actually make the move to do something about it, it's all you can do. I know.
That all being said, where do you fall? Elope or wedding? We got to get back to our wedding planner. gotta get back to people are you any closer to a decision honestly next step is going to sleep i might sleep right in

this chair i don't know i have no brain power left to think about any of that can you imagine

if i put it to a poll and like whatever people decided is what we do i mean it's really not what not what it's about. I know, but I'm just so stressed.
I'm indecisive. I don't know.
Is eloping underrated? Are weddings overrated? Depends on the people. Please, please, please share your personal stories.
Yes. Personal story, but there's no, there's no universal answer here.
It's whatever fits you. I know.
I just need to see like some comments from you guys. Like tell me your wedding happy stories.
Tell me your wedding horror stories. I just like need to see it all and hope it helps me make a decision because I'm getting a crunch time.
We're getting a crunch time and it's going to be, it's going to be a lot, but thank you guys so much for being here. Another episode.
I've got more wedding stories from this theme that I'm going to get into with Lauren as well as some other ones. Justin and I had a really good Patreon bonus episode.
So many good stuff. So head over to Patreon if you want more of this and some other bonus content.
But otherwise, thank you for being here another week. The road to 250.
The road to 250. No, it's another goal.
But we've got a big announcement coming early March. I'm just like sitting here still like pinch me.
So thank you guys so much.

And until next time.

Until next time.

Bye.

Bye. Thank you.