A groom has slammed his ‘mean girl’ wife after she spoiled his mum on their wedding day by using hideous orange make-up.
The unnamed man, believed to be from the US, took to Reddit’s Am I The A**hole thread to ask if he was in the wrong for ‘expressing discomfort that my wife and her friends truanted my mother on our Wedding Day.’
He explained that his mother and his bride-to-be had never really seen eye-to-eye and that the couple ‘avoid’ her for the most part.
But the groom was left furious when he found out his wife had ‘decided to screw’ his mum on their wedding day by ruining her make-up.
An unnamed man, believed to be from the US, took to Reddit’s Am I The A**hole thread to ask if he was in the wrong for ‘expressing discomfort with my wife teasing my mother’
The groom began: ‘My mother has not been the greatest in the past. She can be really rude and was catty.
‘She didn’t get off to a good start with my wife because of her own rude and self-centred behaviour, but I took my wife’s side and set boundaries.
‘My mother understands that she can’t be rude these days. I know full well my wife will never like her, mom probably won’t like her either, and we just avoid each other for the most part.
‘Don’t get me wrong. It saddens me as I used to be close to my family but (my) wife comes first.’
He continued that the couple’s wedding was ‘almost a perfect day’ apart from a minor issue which spilled over into a family feud.
‘Myour mother had a rather large, very noticeable food coloring stain on her cheek. It was clear she was not happy about this and wanted it covered,’ explained the groom.
Elaborating further in the comments, he dished that the food coloring mark came from having cake smeared on her face by her husband during his birthday party that had taken place during the rehearsal dinner.
‘She never does her own makeup and knows very little about makeup. The make-up artist was a friend of my wife and knew all the drama about my mother,’ the groom continued.
The groom was left furious when he found out his wife had ‘decided to fuck’ his mum on their wedding day by ruining her make-up (stock image)
‘She told her she would try but the makeup would have to be darker to hide it. She and my wife were already giggling and decided to fuck her.’
The disgruntled groom said the planning duo did the make-up ‘super dark and orange’.
‘My mom has light skin so it looked ridiculous. My mom seemed to believe her that nothing lighter would cover it and just removed all the makeup and went on with her big pink spot.’
The man said he initially forgot about the incident until his new wife showed friends their wedding photos after the couple returned from their honeymoon.
‘Her friends all started laughing at what they did to my mother. It was the first time I heard about it and I said it was something mean girlish. My wife gave me a look.
‘Her friends kept saying it was funny and that my mum is stupid and got what she deserved. At this point I got annoyed and said they were acting like middle school bullies and they should be embarrassed.
‘Whatever my mother had done in the past, she was not the problem on the wedding day.
“That might be way too long, but at least I said she laughed it off and moved on with her seat. They would have spent the whole day insecure and worried about Instagram.’
He concluded: ‘When they left, my wife got very upset and said I should be on her side 100 percent not 95 percent and that I was humiliating her by talking like that to her friends. She accused me of being a mama’s boy.’
Elsewhere, the Reddit user ended up cutting ties with his mother and family.
The user took the comments to heart and provided more context: ‘I had the perfect childhood. It doesn’t just disappear overnight. I miss them every day and I still can’t believe this happened.
The post was quickly flooded with comments as most readers seemed to side with the groom – branding him NTA (Not The A**hole)
‘I don’t like what my wife did, but my mother won’t be around my grandchildren if she can’t respect their mother. She has been informed and said, ‘ok’ and maybe she will have grandchildren from my sisters.’
He continued: ‘This is the most gut-wrenching, soul-sucking thing I’ve ever been (through) – having a family for a moment and now I can’t talk to them.
‘It’s not as easy as Reddit wants people to believe, and if it’s going to happen, it’s going to have to be when I’m ready. Even my wife admits she couldn’t do it in my shoes.’
The post was quickly flooded with comments as most readers seemed to be on groom’s side – branding him NTA (Not The A**hole).
One person wrote: ‘NTA. You were right. Your wife acted like a bully in high school, not an adult. And being her husband doesn’t mean you blindly support her – it means you have the courage to tell her when she’s going down a bad path.
‘This is not being a mamma’s boy – this is being a good and moral person. If she wants you to stand behind her 100 percent, then she has to act like an adult.’
Another person said: ‘NTA. What your wife did was cruel and came from an ugly place. It was beyond unfriendly. It was downright vicious. You spoke the truth and your wife didn’t like the way she looked when you held up the mirror.’
A third person commented: ‘It wasn’t a prank – it was an extremely cruel act. Standing up for your mother doesn’t make you a mama’s boy. Tbh, I find her behavior worrying and wonder what else she could be doing.’
Another added: ‘NTA. Your wife is one though. If there’s already a difficult relationship, what she did just made it worse, and giggling about it with her friends at dinner just makes it worse. She’s a bully.’
‘NTA. But the fact that your wife tried to humiliate your mother makes me wonder how much your wife is responsible for the bad blood between the two of them,’ wrote another.
One person simply said: ‘NTA. Your wife may not get along with your mother, but what she did was cruel and uncalled for. What an ugly wicked girl!’
But others disagreed and thought the man was wrong – especially after reading his further comments
Another person added: ‘NTA. Your wife is not willing to let things die, even if your mother tries. These are classic schoolyard bully pranks. Your wife must grow up.’
But others disagreed and thought the man was wrong.
One person wrote: ‘Edit: YTA, based on your comments. Original: NTA but you married your mother. I can guarantee that your wife will act like your mother when she gets older.
‘They don’t get along because they are so alike and I would even go so far as to say your wife is WORSE than your mother.’
Another person added: ‘After reading your replies and comments on this it sounds like you’ve already sided with your wife. Your comments are strange and contradictory.
‘You say your mother is a wonderful mother and you were brought up in a wonderful family, blah blah blah. But your mother doesn’t like your wife, so you cut off contact with the family that raised and loved you. I’m glad you did.
‘They don’t deserve an ungrateful person like you. Live your life with your perfect wife. You deserve each other. YTA.’