Internet has no sympathy for groom upset at his brother for stealing the spotlight at his wedding
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Internet users had quite a bit to say about the selfish behavior of a groom towards his brother and sister-in-law. In a Reddit post, the groom said his sister-in-law couldn't attend his wedding as her due date was near and she went into labor during the wedding. The groom's brother left the wedding in a hurry to be by her side and told a few people at the wedding why he was leaving. The groom was upset as his wife's big day was ruined by the news of his sister-in-law's labor. The scenario was described by the groom on Reddit's popular AITA forum. The post gained 12K upvotes and 4300 plus comments from users within a short period of time.
In the Reddit post titled "AITA for telling my brother that he didn't need to share that his wife was in labor at my wedding?", the original poster (OP) wrote, "My wedding was days ago. My brother attended but his wife didn't. She was nearing her due date to give birth and she didn't come. The wedding was going well. Till my brother received a call from his mil (mother-in-law) telling him that sil (sister-in-law) was in labor. He told me he was leaving and my wife and I were fine with that but the issue began after he had told one of the guests that sil was in labor."
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'Told me to get over myself'
The post further detailed, "Word spread out and suddenly, everybody was talking about it which disrupted the event. Even my parents started calling and there was a huge fuss which frankly, was unnecessary if my brother just left in silence or made up some excuse."
The post continued, "I contacted him later and expressed my grief and frustration with what he did. I told him how the news of his wife being in labor disrupted the wedding and caused my wife to feel like her day was ruined. He lashed out asking how any of that was his fault. I explained how he should've just left or made up some excuse to leave but he said he didn't mean any harm and that he was in a hurry and worried at the time. He said it wasn't like he announced it and told me I disrespected him by arguing with him about it. We had a big argument and our parents sided with him and told me to 'get over myself' and are now expecting me to apologize."
'You owe your family an enormous apology'
One critic wrote, "YTA. What was happening to your brother was completely out of his control, significant and scary. To ask him to conceal that in the moment because it stole focus from you is utterly narcissistic. I'm guessing if his wife was in a horrible car crash and medivac'd to the ER you'd want your brother to keep his mouth shut too? You owe everyone in your family an enormous apology."
Another agreed and chimed in, "Not even that what if someone noticed the brother was gone from the reception. It doesn’t take a genius to put it together that brother with a very pregnant wife is gone, that the wife is in labor. Just wait until the niece/nephew gets his own party every year on their anniversary.YTA."
Another user wrote siding with the brother,"YTA. What was he supposed to do? Lie to everyone? Tell his wife to hold it in? He came to your wedding during a time when his wife probably would have preferred he was at home and you're butthurt because you think it ruined your "special day" - if your own brother's exceptional, amazing life event on the same day as your wedding "ruined it" then you and your wife have problems."
Another comment, slamming the OP, read, "'told me to 'get over myself' and are now expecting me to apologize.' Excellent advice. YTA. And your wife, too. I look forward to the follow up post next year where you and your wife complain that the birthday celebration for your niece/nephew has ruined your first anniversay."
