Bride gives 'entitled' mum 10-word warning after bold demand about guest list

Weddings are stressful enough without relatives trying to control the day. This is the predicament one bride-to-be has found herself in - and it's caused an argument

Organising a wedding is often a stressful experience and it can be made worse by meddling relatives. One bride had to find this out the hard way when her mum had issues with who was and wasn't invited to her upcoming nuptials.

The 32-year-old woman explained that she had been planning her big day since getting engaged to her fiancé, 27, around a year ago. She revealed that her family haven't been making things easy, as they had issues with the proposed venue being 'too far' and her choice of food. She added: "My family has been fighting me every step of the way."

Even the bride-to-be's family members tried to tell her what dress she had to wear. It's clear things were bubbling under the surface and things finally came to a head when the woman was having breakfast with her mother and grandmother. "My mother casually said something along the lines of a list of people she was going to invite," her post on Reddit continued. "I put my foot down and said, 'No, you're not inviting people I don’t know to my wedding.' Her response was, 'Well, if I am helping pay for it then I will invite whoever I want.'"

The woman said she replied to her mother saying she didn't want any financial assistance and she and her partner had planned to pay for everything themselves. This would mean that family wouldn't be able to invite extra guests – and many of those already on the list would not be getting a plus one. She explained to her family members that she wanted a small wedding, which meant no more than 60 people. This seemed to upset her grandma, who called her a 'b***h' and ended the conversation.

The bride-to-be expressed her concern in the post, saying she wondered if setting her foot down in this situation was the appropriate course of action, even though she felt like she had accommodated her mother by inviting family friends to the celebration.

People flocked to the comment section of the thread to share their support and kind words to the women, with the majority in support of her decisions. "Some people are so entitled, it's unreal," one person commented. "Wedding contributions almost always have strings attached. Good on you for cutting them quick!" said another. A third added: "Your wedding, you're paying, your choice."

Some even advocated for uninviting the two women, placing them at the back of the room during the reception or cancelling the event altogether and eloping. "Tell them if they want to throw their own little celebration/party/dinner for you and your new husband and anyone they want to invite, that they are welcome to do so and foot the bill," someone else suggested.

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