An aunt, furious after receiving the “most rude” wedding invitation from her niece, scrawled an angry message on her RSVP, calling the bride and groom “hurtful.“ While some understood her rage, not everyone agreed with it. Many social media users sided with the couple.
A woman known only as Aunt Edith received an invitation to her niece’s wedding, expecting excitement. However, upon closer inspection, she noticed a crucial detail missing. Infuriated, she returned her RSVP card with a scathing message, expressing her discontent with the bride and groom.
Aunt Edith’s anger stemmed from the absence of a “plus one” on her wedding invitation, denying her the opportunity to bring her long-time boyfriend of two years, affectionately known as “Uncle Danny.” Instead of simply declining the invitation, she vented her frustration by penning a fiery response on the RSVP card, which later made its way to Reddit.
Aunt Edith expressed her dismay at the wedding invitation, deeming it “rude and hurtful,” and emphasized the importance of family unity. She firmly declined the invitation, adding her name and her partner’s, Uncle Danny’s, to the guest line, asserting her displeasure at his exclusion.
The post, accompanied by a snapshot of Aunt Edith’s terse response, highlighted her frustration over her partner’s omission from the invitation. However, there’s more to the situation. Despite being in a two-year relationship with “Danny,” the bride had only met him a handful of times, as reported by Daily Mail.
The bride acknowledged her minimal interaction with “Uncle Danny,” expressing discomfort with his presence, as he was scarcely welcomed in the family. With a modest guest list for her bare-bones wedding, she opted not to invite her aunt’s boyfriend.
Although convention dictates partners of over a year should be wedding guests, many supported the couple’s prerogative to invite or exclude whomever they choose. Despite sympathy for Aunt Edith’s disappointment, some labeled her reaction as excessive, dubbing her an “overwrought drama queen.”
“That’s a quick way to quit being invited to family gatherings ever again. Yeesh, Aunt Edith,” one woman wrote, while a man added, “Edith needs to harden up” before declaring that “the trash took itself out.”
Another social media user empathized with the bride, recounting a similar experience that led to severing family ties, as MSN reported.
“My aunt did almost this same thing for my wedding years ago. Our venue had a 120-person max limit so I didn’t give my aunt a plus one for her flavor of the week boyfriend,” the woman explained. “When she got her invite, she called my dad to see if she could bring her boyfriend. She no longer speaks to us, and honestly? 12/10 best thing that could have happened.”
Some observers see merit in both perspectives. “It’s possible to think the couple was rude for not inviting a guest’s long-term partner while also thinking the aunt’s reaction was over the top,” one woman reasoned. This raises the question: is there a definitive right or wrong? If excluding a plus one risks offending, is it preferable for the couple to omit that solo guest entirely?
However, even if we accept this as the more considerate course of action, does it excuse Aunt Edith’s reaction? Instead of simply indicating her attendance, Aunt Edith returned the RSVP with a scathing note. While her hurt feelings and the justification of her actions can be debated, one fact remains evident: her furious response neither resolved nor alleviated the situation.