24-year-old stepfather asks 35-year-old stepkid to call him dad, stepkid refuses, leading to a family dispute when mom gets involved: ‘He was about to cry’

‘Delulu’ is a term youngsters are now using to describe people acting completely delusional, and even somewhat crazy, and I could not think of a better word to describe the guy in this story. As much as families are important, you cannot be forced to become family with anyone. Sure, you often don’t really get …
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‘There is precisely one person causing drama here’: 26-year-old bride wants to wear a pink dress to her wedding, mom calls it ‘childish and embarrassing’

You’re allowed to wear whatever you want to your wedding. I’ve been on Reddit long enough to hear some pretty kooky wedding stories. Some folks want to get married in a Halloween costume. Some want to wear hunting gear. Some couples just want to elope and not tell anyone. Ultimately all valid ways to tie …
Seguir leyendo ‘There is precisely one person causing drama here’: 26-year-old bride wants to wear a pink dress to her wedding, mom calls it ‘childish and embarrassing’

School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off whatever days in the year that they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve earned a 2-week vacation and take a 2-week vacation, the company should not …
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Bridesmaid tries to kick out wedding guest because her yellow dress looked white under the blacklights at the reception, bride and groom couldn’t care less: ‘[You] should have left when asked because it made people uncomfortable’

Every non-bride who shows up to a wedding wearing a white ballgown knows they’re in the wrong. No matter what they say, they are fully aware that this action is a surefire way to get attention, and they care more about that than the feelings of the bride.  Most of us have enough common sense …
Seguir leyendo Bridesmaid tries to kick out wedding guest because her yellow dress looked white under the blacklights at the reception, bride and groom couldn’t care less: ‘[You] should have left when asked because it made people uncomfortable’

Bride removes best friend as made of honor after she reveals pregnancy, throws tantrum when asked to reimburse costs of bridal shower and bachelorette party her friend paid for: ‘Her reason? I’m getting too fat’

While they are supposed to be a joyful celebration of love, few events manage to bring out the worst in people like weddings do. All that planning and pressure to have the perfect day encourages feuds between family and friends that go way beyond the usual petty arguments. The bridezilla is a well-worn stereotype for …
Seguir leyendo Bride removes best friend as made of honor after she reveals pregnancy, throws tantrum when asked to reimburse costs of bridal shower and bachelorette party her friend paid for: ‘Her reason? I’m getting too fat’

‘I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off’: Jealous sister spills red wine on sister’s wedding dress, is shocked when she refuses to pay for her honeymoon

We all get a little jealous sometimes. It’s human nature. We see something that someone else has that we want, and something inside us festers. We’re not proud of it, but it does. It bubbles up, and you have to work on it until it goes away. Sometimes I see someone’s haircut on the subway …
Seguir leyendo ‘I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off’: Jealous sister spills red wine on sister’s wedding dress, is shocked when she refuses to pay for her honeymoon

Entitled couple spend $60000 on wedding, complain about having to cancel honeymoon because their guests only gifted them $3000: ‘We are freaking out and really devastated’

I will forever maintain that there are countless ways to spend a lot of money better than having a blowout wedding. If you do want to have a big day, you have to know that you can afford it. The reason that the wedding industry makes billions despite declining marriage rates is that everything is …
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‘Give the money back to your husband’: Arrogant bride tells sister she can’t bring 5-year-old to her overseas wedding after she already bought hotel room, dress:

Everybody is allowed to have the wedding of their dreams, within reason. It’s your day, so you get to do what you want. And if that means having no kids attend, then that’s your prerogative. But you can’t then be surprised when certain family members decline to attend. If you have a kid-free wedding, you …
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Guy skips his brother’s last-minute wedding, staying loyal to a boys trip he’s had planned and booked for 2 years: ‘They sent out invitations two months in advance’

If you make a plan, you stick to it, right? And if you’re the kind of flakey friend who always bails on your homies, you better believe they won’t be planning a 3-week international vacation with you. So when this guy in our next story was faced with a family dilemma due to his spontaneous …
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‘It feels like a complete rejection’: Ungrateful daughter-in-law refuses to wear family heirloom bracelet at her wedding, calls mother-in-law controlling

You’re allowed to wear whatever you want at your wedding. It’s your wedding, after all. You can wear a green morph suit for all I care. You are not, however, exempt from the opinions of others regarding what you’re wearing. Especially family. Weddings are family affairs by nature, or else everyone would simply elope. So …
Seguir leyendo ‘It feels like a complete rejection’: Ungrateful daughter-in-law refuses to wear family heirloom bracelet at her wedding, calls mother-in-law controlling