They Planned to Bring Their 4-Month-Old to a Destination Wedding—Now His Sister-in-Law Claims It’s an Insult to Her Big Day
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Weddings and children don’t always match, especially for some brides.
The following story is about a man and his pregnant wife who planned to attend his sister-in-law’s wedding next summer.
However, by then, his wife would have already given birth, and their baby would be four months old.
They plan to bring the baby, but his SIL insisted on a completely child-free celebration.
They offered several compromises to minimize the baby’s presence, but his SIL didn’t agree or understand.
Uh oh! Sounds like a huge family drama. Let’s take a closer look!
AITA for my wife and I potentially bringing our newborn to my SIL’s wedding?
My SIL gets married next summer, at which time we’ll have a four-month-old.
It’s a destination wedding across the US from where we live.
And rightly so, my wife doesn’t feel comfortable leaving our baby at home.
Even with me and/or my parents helping.
This man’s sister-in-law considered it an insult to bring a baby to her wedding day.
My SIL is treating this as an affront to her wedding day.
Even though we’ve made every effort to try and minimize baby’s presence at the wedding.
Including me standing at the back of the ceremony with the baby or me staying home at the rental place with baby.
As a result, she is treating my wife horribly.
She now feels guilty for being pregnant in the first place.
Even though we both know it’s not fair at all to put our family planning on hold just because she is getting married.
He thinks it’s not their fault that his wife was about to give birth before his SIL’s wedding day
She also chose to plan her wedding in a place that would be difficult to be away from a little one.
She has claimed that we don’t understand “her vision” for the day, which includes no kids.
We feel that since we’ve made every effort to reach a compromise, we are definitely not in the wrong.
I’m trying to stick up for my wife.
But we figured more opinions would help us to either reach a decision or stand up for ourselves.
So, are we the jerk?
Whoa! OP’s sister-in-law’s reaction is quite unreasonable.
Expecting him and his wife to put their family planning on hold for someone else’s wedding vision is insane.
The couple is already offering reasonable compromises, yet the SIL thinks bringing a four-month-old is an insult.
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What do you think about this? Let’s check out the comments of other people on this story.
It’s not worth the stress, says this one.
This user shares their personal thoughts.
Short and straightforward.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a group trip that sours when additional guests are added without agreement.
This one makes a valid point.
Finally, another one chimes in.
Family events should have a little more flexibility when a baby is involved.
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