Father demands daughter return a large wedding gift sum from her aunt after he discovers she excluded her stepmom from the wedding invitation: “It's wrong for you to fund this insult”

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    AITA for refusing to change my mind regarding the money I gave my niece for her wedding?

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    I gave my niece a decent sum of money for her wedding. This was 100% a gift on my part and I have not regretted it. But my brother and SIL want me to demand the money back from her for upsetting them. Personally I think their reaction is over the top and extreme. But they're angry and their feelings are hurt so maybe I'm being dismissive.
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    The issue, if you can even call it that, is the wording used on the save the date's my niece and her future husband sent out. They gave their own names and listed the parents. But my niece listed SIL as my brother's wife instead of as a parent.
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    It's handled like this. The grooms parents are listed as Parents of the Groom [names]. While my brother and SIL are listed as Father of the Bride [name] + His Wife [name]. She also has a section stating she's the daughter of the late [her mom's name].
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    My brother and SIL feel like this is a big insult and demeaning of SILS role because she met my niece and her siblings when they were all under 10 and she has been a part of raising them. To be listed as the wife instead of as the parent has led to hurt feelings. While my brother is angry that his wife is just his wife and his late wife is
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    mentioned as her mother. He feels this overlooks the role SIL played.
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    My niece doesn't regret her choice of words for the save the dates, and because they had multiple discussions after they were sent out and she hasn't apologized, my brother and SIL believe it's wrong for me to fund any part of the insult. When I refused to demand the money back and I refused to turn against my niece like they
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    wanted, they turned on me. They said I should be defending SIL who raised my niece and the others. They said this decision has formed a crack in the blended family they built and they fear all the other kids, including SILs bio kids from her late husband, will follow suit.
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    They told me it should bother me and I should want better for my extended family and they asked how I would feel if any of my children did this to me.
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    I don't really think I'm wrong but perhaps I'm just too close to the situation to know. AITA?
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    Ziggs9122 They are being ridiculous. Tell them to handle their business without dragging you in.
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    SciFiEmma You earn being a mom, you don't marry into it, and being deceased does not erase you from history. It is a privilege to be invited to the event at all; it's not a right.
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    Significant-Bobcat48 NTA they listed what was true. This has nothing to do with you and they're being completely insensitive to the fact that the niece wanted to honor her bio mom AND stepmom and DID.
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    Eastern_Condition863 NTA. Wedding invitations are very formal and indicating what everyone's actual relationship is to the bride and groom isn't wrong. What do they think she should do about her real mom? Just leave her off all together? Lie
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    to everyone that stepmom was the one who actually gave birth? She is showing respect for her stepmom by including her as dad's wife, because that is what she is.
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    You don't indicate what neice's relationship is like with stepmom or dad, but if they continue to push the issue, they will damage the relationship with the neice (their daughter/stepdaughter). They are trying to use you as a
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    pawn to get what they want and are being incredibly selfish. Also, I don't think this situation formed the crack. The crack was already there.
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    Handbag Lady NTA - Maybe the SIL wasn't as good as she thought she was? There is nothing in error about any of this wording. Good on you. Is her father paying for any of it or just you?
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    Lazuli_Rose NTA. They need to handle their business without trying to drag you in and make you pick sides. You gave a gift. You don't feel the need to retract the gift because of some perceived slight from the bride. They are being ridiculous.
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    SIL seems like the kind of person who would get upset if the daughter gave a child their mother's name in honor of her.
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    No-Consequence3985 NTA. I think your niece worded it beautifully. Your brother and SIL need to get over it. I'm glad your niece has you!
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    ForwardPlenty I would suggest that if your Niece's Father and his wife don't like the wording of the save the dates enough to try and get the wedding cancelled, that their invitations should be
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    cancelled instead, they certainly don't need to attend if they are all that upset. That is the appropriate response to getting your nose out of joint over something that honors a deceased parent.

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