Brian
Getting married can be stressful, especially when some family members turn into jerks. We’re talking about wedding “guestzillas” and this Reddit post describes one of the worst ever.
On the AITA subreddit, u/edward_aux told a tale of planning a wedding — only to have it wrecked by an annoying family member.
It started when the OP was picking a place for his wedding with his fiancee. They’d agreed on a small banquet and invited about 12 relatives.
He added: “I found a beautiful place where you can rent a lakeside pavilion with staff and food. I really fell in love with that place.”
But then things started to get complicated.
His fiancee got a call from her mom, who said that her cousin thought they should change venues because “traffic will be bad.”
Making things worse, his fiancee agreed to do so — just like the guestzilla wanted.
This infuriated the OP, who felt like his cousin-in-law had no right to dictate where they had their wedding.
But the guestzilla wasn’t done. According to the OP, the cousin “started pushing [a] narrative that he is not afraid of a traffic jam himself but was worried about [the safety of] his father in law (who’s almost 80).”
Eventually, half the guests said they wouldn’t come unless the venue was changed.
The OP wrote: “We’re very stressed and surprised. We started planning the easiest least offensive wedding possible and some dude is afraid of a possible 1.5 hours drive back home.”
Then, if you can believe it, things got even worse.
The OP wrote, “A few days ago [the cousin-in-law] called my fiancee asking if she knew someone who could create a website for his company. He knows that’s my profession.”
The OP decided that he didn’t want to help the cousin, because of how he acted about the wedding venue.
Was he in the wrong? Was the wedding guestzilla on Reddit at fault? Or was the groom being unreasonable?
Most of the commenters agreed that the OP wasn’t at fault.
Now all weddings can be stressful. According to a Zola survey of 500 engaged or newlywed couples, 40 percent said wedding planning was “extremely stressful” while 71 percent thought it was worse than other major challenges like finding a new job.
But this wedding guestzilla from Reddit is on another level when it comes to being terrible. What do you think? Were they in the wrong?
