A groom has taken to social media to reveal how he kicked out all the female guests of his family when they arrived at his wedding dressed in white.
Sharing his story to Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole?' forum - where users can share their story and other users vote on who was in the wrong - the groom revealed how a number of guests broke the unspoken wedding rule of not wearing white for a "prank".
Of course, we all know that the bride should be the only person wearing white on your big day!
Writing under the handle 'More-Concern3267', the 33-year-old groom revealed how he has a large family, consisting of "mostly aunts and female cousins aside from mom, stepmom, stepsister, and grandmother".
The man then goes on to explain how the women in his family "are into teasing and joking", adding: "They've formed a unit (which I admit is kind of toxic) and they'd tease and roast every new woman that enters the family by marriage by setting up 'tests' to see if they deserve to be part of the family."
He says that the teasing would go on for "a few months" until the woman is finally welcomed into the family.
The Redditor explains that when he first introduced his now-wife to his family, he "made it clear" that he didn't want the women to "come at her or harass her". However, as he writes: "They went behind my back and roasted her looks and job and I discovered they've been doing it on Facebook."
Onto the big day, and the groom states that the wedding took place two weeks ago. "There was talk about the women in the family wanting to pull a prank on my wife by wearing white and called it the 'ultimate test' to see how my wife react," he writes.
"My brother warned me so I announced that if any one of them showed up in white I'd have them kicked out," he explained - a rule that included his own mom.
After the group denied that the plan was ever discussed, the groom explained how they all "showed up to [his] wedding one by one wearing white dresses". In response, he asked them all to leave.
"The senior women of the unit who are Mom and aunts also showed up in white but refused to leave," he adds. "I threatened to take harsher action and mom was pissed telling me to step aside but I didn't let her in. I had her leave while the men in the family were watching stunned, dad was on my side and supported me a lot.
"I felt absolutely awful because my wedding was being interrupted by them making scenes.
"My wife was hurt beyond measure but the women in the family were p***ed."
Ever since his wedding, the groom reveals how he was "blasted" by his cousin on social media, stating that his wife "was so insecure she couldn't handle another woman's presence at her wedding".
In the arguments that followed, the women allegedly said that they "were trying to get reaction" from the bride in order to see if she was "one of those 'bridezillas" and that they were "going to change soon as [the] prank was over". They also told the groom that he had ruined his own wedding by "reacting so aggressively".
In response to the post, people have overwhelmingly been the groom's side.
One commenter wrote: "Our family is toxic and I am so sad for your wife that they would do that, but also so happy for her that she has a husband who will support her and have her back.
"I'm sorry your family tried to hijack your wedding for a power play, but you did the right thing, and your marriage will be stronger because of it."
A second added: "This level of hazing has crossed the line to emotional abuse & blackmail. And that is probably understating it.
"It's very good you stood up for your spouse. You handled it well but emotional blackmailers use family to pressure the victims into compliance with the abuse.
"Most often when standing up to familial emotional blackmailers, it ends with forced no contact for non-compliance. No contact is healthier but it can be hard to be shunned from the family."
And a third added: "So they're bullies, and if your wife puts up with the bullying her reward will be having to bully any other women to join the family? That's uncool, and it's perfectly reasonable to stick to your guns."
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