'You don't get to invite unwanted guests': Couple elopes privately so they don't have to deal with bride's entitled Karen Mom

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Nov 1, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Here is yet another tale of an entitled parent making their kid's wedding festivities entirely about them. However, for once, the bride and groom managed to win out in the end. 

Let's start with a little backstory. The Redditor had a tumultuous relationship with her brother and his wife that resulted in a mutual understanding that they would not be attending the Redditor's upcoming nuptials… that is, until their entitled Karen Mommy decided to intervene. On top of inviting the brother and his wife without her daughter's permission, Mommy Dearest also thought it was well within her right to press for an open bar and invite other unwanted guests. Thankfully, the bride and groom had enough foresight to realize this wedding was going to be a disaster as long as the bride's mother was a part of the festivities. So, they decided to elope one weekend with their closest friends as officiants and witnesses. Of course, the bride's mother was not happy about this, but that's what she gets for making absolutely everything about her.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about another entitled Mom who ruined Halloween for her neighbor's kids.

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    Going to invite unwanted guests to our wedding after we already said no? Watch this
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    This was a few years back but still a goody! I wasn't on speaking terms with one of my brothers and for good reason- he
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    tried to start a fist fight with my now husband and his wife threatened to sh me. At the time, we were engaged and I made
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    it clear to both my brother and the rest of the family he wasn't invited to the wedding.
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    However, my mother took it upon herself to reach out and say she talked with him and he and his wife promised to behave.
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    I reminded her he was absolutely not invited, she had no right to do that, and she needed to call him back and make
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    that known. Her response? "But he's your brother!" and to "think of the family!"
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    To make matters worse, we were receiving a lot of pressure to pay for an open bar (and we don't even drink ourselves) as
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    well as pay for a bigger venue even though we wanted a small and more intimate wedding. Where
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    was this pressure coming from? Why none other than my all lic mother who wanted to invite a bunch of relatives I've never met and take advantage of an open bar. Now here comes the fun part:
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    I was at my wits end with all this family drama. So one Monday evening a couple months before the wedding, the following conversation took place:
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    "What are you doing tomorrow?" - me "Hanging out with you, why?" - now husband "Want to get married?" - me
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    "Are you serious? Holl yeah!" - now husband And we did! We eloped with just us and a couple of friends that offered to officiate the wedding that Tuesday evening. We
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    saved thousands upon thousands of dollars, didn't have to deal with all the drama, and had our small and intimate wedding that we wanted. Honestly, I wish we had done this to begin with.
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    However, my mother lost her sh. Posted all over FB seeking pity about not being at her daughter's wedding and how could I do that to her, etc. etc.
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    Funny how she didn't mention any of the above details in her post and made it all about her wants and "woe is me".
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    Even more funny is we would have had the wedding if she would have respected our decisions. So no, you don't get to invite unwanted guests, make demands, or get to go to our wedding.
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    Coder... 16h ago. Dodging bullets like Neo in the Matrix
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    petes... • 16h ago. That conversation, with your husband. That's a life time achievement award.
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    2 kiwimuz 16h ago • Yet another parent who thinks that your wedding is their wedding. You definitely did the right thing.
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    NotYo... 16h ago • . "think of the family!" "Why? You don't. You certainly aren't thinking of me."
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    Posted all over FB seeking pity about not being at her daughter's wedding I do hope you replied to each one with an explanation of why. Not that anybody else reading her posts would really need it, I suppose.
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    Issa Sc... 15h ago • . My wedding was basically eloping, but the family knew that would be the way it would be. Bride, groom, official and my sister and her husband as witness.
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    Then next weekend we rented an old school house and had a family BBQ. Done.
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    My family has like 100+ members living locally, enough that a wedding is absurdly expensive.
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    We decided an extra 30-40 grand on a house down- payment was a way better way to spend the money.
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