When you get married, it’s understandable that you want all your closest friends and family there to be part of the special occasion.

So when the bride in this story found out that her elderly grandmother might not be able to attend, she did everything in her power to make it happen.

But it meant that others had to bend over backwards on the day itself.

Read on to find out how this situation upset the bride’s uncle.

AITA for making my uncle leave my wedding early?

My husband and I had about 100 guests at our recent wedding.

It was an amazing celebration that went on until 2 am.

However, I really wanted my grandmother, who is 95 and in a wheelchair, to be able to experience as much of the wedding as possible.

Let’s see if her grandmother was able to attend the wedding.

My grandmother has two children, my mother and my uncle (let’s call him Jack).

As my mother recently had surgery and had to attend the wedding in a wheelchair herself, there was no way for her to pick up my grandmother and bring her back home.

My grandmother does not trust anyone else but her children to take her (she needs help getting up the stairs into her apartment, which is not an easy task).

Before the wedding, Jack said he would not drive my grandmother home, because she would want to go home early and he would miss so much of the reception.

But this bride was not taking no for an answer.

As there was no other way for my grandmother to be there, I called Jack myself and asked him to drive my grandmother home.

He finally agreed.

My grandmother ended up staying a lot longer than we expected, until after dinner and the first dance, about 9:30 pm.

Still though, Jack was not happy.

However, after the wedding, Jack said that having to drive my grandmother home ruined the whole day for him and that he could not enjoy the wedding at all.

Was I wrong for making my uncle leave my wedding early?

AITA?

It’s really nice that Jack wanted not only to attend the wedding, but also stay to enjoy the celebrations for as long as possible.

And it’s understandable that the fact that he had to effectively care for his mother, meaning that he could not have a drink or stay for as long as he would have liked, made the day much less enjoyable for him.

But to turn around and say this directly to the bride straight after the wedding is a little mean-spirited too.

Let’s see what folks on Reddit had to say about this.

This person explained that the uncle was put in a really tough situation.

While others thought that if grandma had only stayed for part of the day, perhaps Jack could have relaxed through the rest.

Meanwhile, this Redditor thought the grandmother needed to accept help from others.

It’s a really tough spot that her uncle found himself in.

Understandably he wanted to enjoy his niece’s wedding, so being a carer for the day rather than a guest must have made him feel less important, as well as less free to relax into the occasion.

It’s a shame that her grandmother was unwilling to accept help from others, putting everyone in an impossible situation.

She needs support – and it can’t always be from her two children.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.