So, I had my wedding this past December and I would say the overall day was great. We got married on a whim. Our wedding Was originally planned for July but we canceled it due to COVID like everyone else. My husband and I decided to get married the week that we did because we were tired of waiting and wanted to get it done! One “problem” I had with the day was his mom and sister . Now we planned to just have my small family and his small family only to mitigate the risks of catching or spreading COVID. His dad told me that he would show up no matter what happens and if he caught COVID he would have happily did so because that’s his only son. Now his mom and sister said that they would come because it’s such an important milestone. We told them about this wedding two weeks in advanced figuring that they wouldn’t have to make too many shifts as they were not working at the time.
The week leading up to the wedding, they kept calling him everyday to tell him that they were coming or they weren’t coming. For example on Monday they said they were so excited to see us and watch us get married and on Tuesday they said they don’t want to come because they could potentially get sick on Wednesday they said they would come then on Thursday they said they wouldn’t. On Friday morning they said they would come then Friday night they said they wouldn’t. A big nerve wracking factor for me was that his sister was supposed to be the “ring bearer” since the whole thing was canceled and he still wanted to include her in a big way. I told him to tell her that she will regret it if she didn’t come and that we would all be standing far apart as it was a venue that could hold max 150 but was limited to 10 for safety people. The owner didn’t want any lawsuits! In my mind, she could stand really far away with plenty of space. She said that she would call let him know on Saturday morning what she ultimately decided. I told my husband that she needs to make up her mind but if she wasn’t going to then I would have my two cousins who are like sisters to me take her place.
The morning of the wedding she did not call or text so he just assumed she wasn’t coming since it was the last thing she said. I told him to call her to be sure that it was correct but he said she normally sticks to what she says and she is an adult.
I then told my cousins that they could come and they agreed to meet us as the venue. Since we added the two cousins, we reached our max amount of people inside. She called him at 1230 when our wedding was supposed to start at 230 and told him she decided she should come. He then told her she couldn’t come inside because we added my cousins. She cried and his sister cried saying that he betrayed them because they were planning to come this entire time! I was baffled when I heard this.
She proceeded to give him an earful for about 5 minutes about how selfish he and I are and how rude I was for not checking. He then apologized and I told him I’m not telling my cousins they can’t come. He told them they can come but they will have to stand either outside or in the hall and watch through the window.
Our wedding was supposed to start at 2 and by the time they agreed to do that it was 130 and they live 15 minutes away. My cousins, family and fiancé all arrived at the venue at 2 to be sure we wouldn’t miss our time. His mom dad and sister called to say they would be late and they arrived at 250. He told the officiant that he wanted to wait for them because they were important to him. So we started when they arrived. Everyone was all dressed up in their best outfits and me in my wedding dress then his sister was wearing sweatpants and said she didn’t feel the need to dress up since they “weren’t invited”. I was beyond pissed.
To this day they never apologized and I try to limit my time with them.
My question is was this rude and I have the right to be upset or was I bridezilla that day?
I always try to take a step back when people are angry because I want to know if there was something I did wrong or not.
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