'She’s an attention addict': Internet sides with woman who kicked out 'spoiled' sister from engagement party for taking pictures
Internet is expressing sympathy for a woman who feels guilty for kicking out her sister from her engagement dinner because she was making a scene and ruining the party. The scenario was discussed by the Redditor u/Different_Maybe_7047 on Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole' subreddit, and the post has garnered around 800 upvotes and hundreds of comments.
In the Reddit post titled 'AITA for kicking my sister out of my engagement dinner because she wouldn't stop taking photos and made a scene?', the original poster (OP) writes she is getting married to the love of her life and had planned an engagement party at an upscale account. She further writes, "prior to the day I sat my sister down and told her that I wanted the party to be focused on the wedding and to please not go above and beyond to take photos for her social media page."
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'She's the embarrassing caricature of the perpetually online influencer'
She further details, "I might get flack for this part, but my sister is trying really hard to become famous online. I've never said anything to her because she's an adult and this is her life, but for my wedding I really didn't want her to pull any of her antics. Because she doesn't just take a few photos to post. She's the embarrassing (IMO) caricature of the perpetually online influencer. She'll order two dishes at a restaurant: one to take photos of because it's prettier, and the second to actually eat. She's stopped traffic before to take outfit photos in the street. She's also staged "fake" things to post online (one time she started crying in a Starbucks and made a fake store up about how the barista bullied her)."
Suffice to say, the party did not go off without a hitch. "Everything was ok, until she literally stood on top of her chair to take a top down photo of her meal. Everyone was staring and in shock, and a waiter had to come and ask her to sit down. She refused to, and started to loudly argue with the waiter, saying that she was the sister of the bride, and then started to loudly sob that she was getting bullied."
OP was understandably mortified by the spectacle and she immediately had the groomsmen escort her out of the room. According to her, the sister has "since blasted me on social media calling me an AH for not handling the situation with more "grace and empathy." She says that I could have given her a warning instead of kicking her immediately out. I was kind of panicking so I wonder if I could have handled it better."
'She made herself a spectacle for no reason'
The post garnered more than 100 comments and Redditors overwhelmingly sided with the OP, calling her NTA (Not the a**hole), and saying that the sister's rudeness warranted the drastic measures. One user wrote, "NTA. She’s an attention addict - and the sort that always makes herself out to be the victim when she knows she was the one who effed up. $20 says she finds a way to pull this type of sh!t at your wedding if she attends."
Another user echoed the sentiment with, "NTA - The waiter asking her to sit down was her warning. Getting kicked out was a natural consequence. I mean if she had been standing on a chair to get the perfect pic of the happy couple for you, maybe I’d give her a pass. But fighting over a pic of her food and drawing attention away from the occasion? That’s rude."
A third Redditor commented, "Definitely NTA. She made herself a spectacle for no reason, embarrassed you, and decided basic restaurant etiquette didn’t apply to her. I’m not sure really sure why a grown woman needs a warning to please not stand on her chair? And plus she caused a scene and argued like a spoiled baby when the waiter tried to ask her nicely to stop."
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