The brother of a groom has been praised for refusing to go to a celebration with the couple's family after he was not invited to the wedding.
Now, when you're having such a special day like your wedding, you want to be able to share it with your loved ones, right?
Well, it doesn't seem to be the same for everyone as one 18-year-old was left feeling down in the dumps after his brother didn't extend an invite to him for his big day.
The plot twist with this one though was the fact that he was still expected to turn up to all the other related events - yikes!
He recalled the story on Reddit's infamous 'Am I The A**hole?' thread.
"My brother got married exactly 16 days ago, but I wasn’t invited because of my age," he wrote in the post. "His wife decided it would be inappropriate to have anyone under 21 at their wedding since they would be serving alcohol and didn’t want any 'minors' to get drunk at their wedding."
Naturally, the teen thought this was a "bull*** excuse", adding: "But that’s what they told me, and that’s what they’re sticking to."
He went on to state that he didn't have an issue with alcohol and he barely drank in his day-to-day life. He even went as far as asking them to reconsider on multiple occasions but they shut down the conversation immediately.
"Last Saturday, my brother wanted everyone in our family to go out and eat with him to celebrate their wedding [and] I refused to go," he continued. "When asked why, I gave everyone the same answer: I didn’t see the need to celebrate something I wasn’t even invited to."
Seems legit, I would see it exactly the same.
"At the time, my parents didn’t say much and kind of respected my decision until my brother and his wife got upset at dinner when they realized I wasn’t there," he said, before explaining that they doubled down on this by expressing their hurt after the dinner event was finished.
"I just don't think they think my reasons were valid enough," he concluded.
Thankfully Reddit users had the 18-year-old's back on this one.
"With all due respect, you brother's a jerk for allowing this behavior and his wife is acting with such stupidity. Not to mention, you were 18, you were not a minor. Not only was she being stupid with this decision, the assumption that you would come and get drunk at your brother's wedding is straight up disrespectful. i'd be disappointed with my brother," wrote this user.
"NTA [not the a**hole]. It was rude, hurtful, and silly of them not to invite you. I also think it’s kind of ridiculous that they had a follow-up dinner to celebrate their wedding and demanded everybody attend. Who does that? Their actual wedding and reception weren’t enough? I feel like they need to be the center of attention all the time," another added.
A third also chimed in writing: "NTA... Damn that sucks dude. Thats just mean to exclude a sibling who (I’m assuming) hasn’t done anything wrong. Also, your parents are complicit in this. If you truly are just an innocent 18 year old then wtf. How you can blatantly exclude a family member. I can understand cousins but a brother? Their priorities are clearly telling you it’s their world and you’re just livin in it."
What do you think about this one?
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