A bride-to-be was left furious when her pregnant cousin made an “outrageous” request to reveal the sex of her child at the wedding.
The couple had been planning their dream day for almost two years and couldn’t wait to celebrate with their closest loved ones.
However, the 25-year-old bride was surprised when her cousin wanted to “make the event exclusively for her” and her unborn child.
‘My fiancé and I have been dreaming of this perfect outdoor ceremony with all of our closest family and friends and I honestly couldn’t be more excited. But this is where things get crazy,” the bride wrote on Reddit.
Out of the blue, the cousin, 27, called and asked, ‘Hey, I was thinking, wouldn’t it be great if we revealed the gender at your wedding?’
The request left the bride stunned and red-faced.
‘She starts saying how perfect it would be to have a “big moment” of everyone discovering gender during my reception and that I should “release a balloon or pop confetti for her.” As if this is HIS day!’ she continued.
He tried to be nice to his cousin and explained that the wedding should only focus on the happy couple. But the cousin didn’t take it well.
The couple had been planning the day of their dreams for almost two years and were eager to celebrate it with their nearest and dearest. However, the 25-year-old bride was surprised when her cousin made her day “all about her” and her unborn child.
‘I thought he would understand but he got angry. She started accusing me of “stealing her joy”, of “not being supportive” and said that I was “selfish” for not wanting to share the spotlight on my wedding day.’
Now the whole family is divided and arguing about the matter.
Some said the bride was being unreasonable and tried to convince her to get engaged. While others strongly disagreed and considered it inappropriate.
‘So now I’m sitting here wondering: am I an idiot for not wanting a gender reveal to take over my wedding?’ she asked.
More than 3,400 Redditors flooded the comments of the post and shared their advice, with most suggesting not to invite the cousin.
Now the whole family is divided and arguing about the matter. Some said the bride was being unreasonable and tried to convince her to get engaged. While others strongly disagreed and considered it inappropriate.
‘Uninvite her. Tell all the flying monkeys that, without any apology, this is your wedding and not their gender reveal. “She’s welcome to host any event she wants for her gender reveal, but you won’t let her hijack your wedding so she doesn’t have to go to the trouble and expense,” one wrote.
“For them to even overshadow your wedding day with this enormous entitlement is bloody nerve.”
Another agreed and said: ‘Not being attractive is the only way. He’ll probably do it anyway, not to mention he’ll definitely kidnap the band/DJ and the photographer. God knows what else.
“Might as well ask my cousin for half the cost of the wedding since they’re sharing the event – bet it ends the argument,” wrote a third.
Someone else was surprised and said: ‘Imagine planning a wedding for two years only for someone to turn it into a baby shower?’ No, your cousin can have her moment at another time, not on your big day.
‘Your wedding, your day. If you want to reveal your gender, you can plan your own event. It’s beyond rude to expect you to share your attention. Not everything has to revolve around her,” wrote another.
‘A wedding is about the couple getting married. So no proposals, no pregnancy announcements and no extravagant gender reveals,” added one more.
Others also encouraged the bride to hire security for the event.