Weddings are very special. These are the events where all family members and friends come together and celebrate love and care. But sometimes planning for the weddings can be challenging for hosts and the guests. Especially when everyone has different needs. It can be difficult to balance everyone’s expectations.
A Reddit user important_seconds shared her story. This is exactly what happened between OP and her sister. OP has a sister and she is getting married in three months. She decided to plan a child-free marriage. OP respects her decision. However, she and her husband have a 3-month-old baby. When OP’s sister mentioned a child-free marriage, she assumed there might be flexibility for close family members.
OP asks her sister if she can bring her baby. As she is breastfeeding and feels uncomfortable leaving the baby alone with someone else. However, her sister insisted that none of the kids, even her newborn baby, would be allowed.
OP told her sister if they couldn’t bring the baby, they might not attend the wedding. It is hard to leave the newborn for so long. Her sister got upset. She said it’s her big day and OP chose her baby over her sister’s wedding. But OP explains her worries about leaving her baby alone. Now OP wants to know if is wrong to not go to her sister’s wedding without her baby.
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Source: important_seconds
1. Let’s find out
2. OP’s sister going to get married soon. So she plans for a child-free wedding. But OP has a 3-month-old baby and she thought there would be an exception for the close family members.
3. OP asked her sister whether she may bring her little one to the wedding. Because she felt uncomfortable to leave the newborn baby alone with someone else for such a long period of time.
4. OP’s sister firmly refused. She said she didn’t allow any children in her wedding. Because she wanted a strict no-kid atmosphere for the whole day.
5. She told her sister that she would skip her wedding if the baby couldn’t come. That makes her sister very upset. She even believed that her sister prioritized her baby over her sister’s wedding.
6. Now OP wants to know if she did the wrong thing to skip her sister’s wedding for her baby. Even though she will be always there for her sister, and of course she respects her wedding rules. But at the same time, she can’t leave her newborn baby alone for such an extended period of time.
Let’s figure out how the AITA community responded to her story:
By flyeTwaddle:
7. OP is not wrong, and it’s completely fine to make some exceptions for close family members. Even if you set some rules, like a child-free wedding ceremony.
By jmajeremy
8. There should be some solutions for such situations. Like someone who babysits so that parents can attend the wedding.
By IrrelevantManatee:
9. OP could leave her baby with her husband for a few hours. In the meantime, she can attend her sister’s wedding.
By blueeyedwolff:
10. There is always a choice. If OP’s sister decides to plan a child-free wedding, OP can choose not to attend her wedding.
