A wedding is your big day and you have every right to celebrate it in the way that you want. Because after all, it’s not every day that you get to marry the love of your life. And it’s obvious to feel that nobody should ruin your special day, not even kids.
But Reddit user Ok_Worldliness3239 thought otherwise and convinced her best friend to allow kids at her wedding. Well, her bestie obliged, but then the original poster’s (OP) son ruined the wedding cake and the bride was beside herself with anger, so she kicked her out of the wedding!
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The poster's best friend was contemplating whether to allow kids at her wedding or keep it child-free as she didn't want to worry about anything
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But the poster, who has a 4-year-old, convinced her that kids are family so they deserve to be included, and the bride also has nieces, so she decided to have kids present
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The wedding went smoothly, but when the poster had drunk some wine and was dancing with her husband, she heard the bride screaming at her son, who had eaten the cake
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The furious bride started yelling that it was the poster's fault for everything and she also kicked her and her family out, threatening to call security if they didn't leave
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Later, the bride's sister called her and asked the poster to apologize to her friend, but she refused and demanded that the bride say sorry to her instead
As you very well know, today’s story is about a wedding gone wrong because of a kid's negligent parents. It all started when the bride was contemplating whether to have a child-free wedding or not when the poster, a.k.a., her best friend, came into the picture. She told the bride that kids are part of the family so they deserve to be included.
And considering that her sisters also have children, the bride and groom decided to have a wedding with kids. Once the ceremony kicked off, things were going pretty well until later during the reception. OP had downed a few glasses of wine and she was dancing with her husband while their son was playing with the other kids.
Now, the time came to cut the cake and that’s when the poster heard her friend yelling her son’s name out loud. She rushed to see that her 4-year-old had eaten a chunk of cake. Way to rile up a bride! She yelled loudly, “This is your fault. Your son ruined my cake. He's only here because you told me it would be worth it to include the kids!”
The poster replied that it was only an accident but the bride was having none of it. She asked OP and her family to leave and even threatened to call security if they didn’t. Later, one of the bride’s sisters called up the poster and told her to apologize, but our poster felt she had done nothing wrong; rather, she expected an apology from her friend.
But when she vented online, Redditors were quick to give her a reality check!
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Folks mentioned that it is precisely because of people like the poster that child-free weddings are preferred. They said that the couple could’ve avoided the whole thing by simply keeping an eye on their kid rather than ignoring him and letting him wander around doing whatever he wanted. They blamed their poor parenting for everything.
It has also been proved that poor parenting is a well-known factor associated with emotional and behavioral problems in children. It looks like the Redditors were right to point out that the couple’s lack of responsibility was quite shocking to see.
Research also suggests, “Kids who are 3-5 years of age are still working on self-control and understanding the difference between right and wrong. This is the time to establish consequences for misbehavior.” Redditors found it unacceptable that instead of admitting it was her fault and the kid's misbehavior, OP said that it was an accident and the cake was still edible.
As per studies, brides tend to experience heightened emotions, irritability, and stress and they might even snap at other people. However, some folks argued that the bride shouldn’t have yelled at the kid as it was not his fault, but the negligent couple’s.
They found it absurd that despite pushing the bride to invite kids and then let her own son ruin things, OP didn’t even have a bit of remorse that she was in the wrong. Psychology Today states that some people refuse to admit they are wrong, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, due to a fragile ego.
Do you think that it was her ego stopping her from admitting her mistake? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Redditors declared that the poster was at fault here and didn't hesitate to call out the couple for neglecting their child in this situation
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