Man refuses to attend sister's wedding after finding out she is marrying a video game character, family calls him out for being unsupportive: 'This is just too far'

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    AITA for Refusing to Attend My Sister's Wedding Because She's Not Marrying a "Real Person"?
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    My 30F sister, “Jessica,” is getting married in a few weeks and I, (28M) am completely outraged. This isn't just any wedding; it's a wedding to her "virtual boyfriend," who she met on al
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    gaming app! Yes, you read that right. She's honestly going through with a wedding to an animated avatar that she controls. Apparently, he “understands her better than
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    anyone ever could" and "makes her feel special in ways that real people can't." She's been obsessed with this game for the past year, and I've tried to be supportive, but this is
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    just too far. Who marries a digital character? She's throwing an entire wedding with decorations, a cake, and invitations! She wants me to be the best man... to a COMPUTER GENERATED CHARACTER.
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    I've told her I can't support her delusions and that this is ridiculous. I offered to take her to counseling to help her face reality, but she flipped out. Now she's saying I'm some kind of monster for not accepting her
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    "love." There are tons of people in her life who think this is a terrible idea, but I'm the one being. singled out as the villain. She's been crying for weeks, telling everyone I'm an awful brother, and now my family is
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    pressuring me to attend "to keep the peace." I just can't lower myself to that level. AITA for standing my ground and refusing to attend this farce?
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    Throw anything at me. Am I the bad guy for protecting my sister from this ridiculous situation?
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    Creepy-Project38 · 18 hr. ago NTA and your parents shouldn't entertain this idea, they're not protecting her feelings they're just feeding her mental ¨ess more
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    JuliaX1984 · 18 hr. ago NTA She can make a virtual brother character for the wedding.
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    carrodecesta 18 hr. ago · • edited 17 hr. ago That's the way! She could make an entire virtual wedding. There she wouldnt be judged, the madness would stay all in the same place
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    Kj439 18 hr. ago NTA ur sister needs help
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    BeachinLife1 18 hr. ago Sorry, but there's just no way I'm "keeping the peace" when everyone else is enabling this deluded person in her delusions. To put it bluntly, your sister is ar job, and I can't believe everyone else is going along with this.
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    ThrowRADel 18 hr. ago • INFO: Is she marrying a Replika (AI boyfriend/girlfriend) or something? Or does she have a parasocial relationship with a fictional character? I'm so confused.
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    Educational_Gas_92 · 17 hr. ago If it were another person, he would show up for the wedding, it would be someone she met online. No, this is a literal fictional character in a video game.
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    cakemccake 16 hr. ago NTA - It's tough love, but enabling her delusions will only make things worse.
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    Round-Ticket-39. 18 hr. ago Nta but i would go for free food. Give her usb as wedding gift
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    great-nanato5 · 18 hr. ago NTA, hopefully she won't have "virtual" kids that she asks you to watch.
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    Throvavay754326 OP · 17 hr. ago Nothing surprises me at this point.
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    • Aintyodad 18 hr. ago Take a mannequin to the wedding and say it's the love of your life be real weird about it she'll see how f. it is
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    Throvavay754326 OP 17 hr. ago This sounds hilarious! I'll see if I can find a cute one for the wedding.
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    LtMoonbeam ⚫ 16 hr. ago At first I was like "online boyfriends are real boyfriends" then i realized you were talking about a character, not another player.
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    Ok_Climate6209 17 hr. ago INFO: It doesn't sound like it, but is it possible this is just for a laugh and an excuse for the family to get together? Or does she actually see this as a real relationship? If so, why is everyone else in the family just enabling the delusion? What do your parents actually think about all this (even though they're willing to just go along with it)?
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    Throvavay754326 OP. 17 hr. ago Well, she wants it to be a real wedding and keeps bringing up how it's 'the one.' I don't know if the family feels bad for her or if they just think that it will blow over.

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