Parents reveal $25,000 wedding fund to 30-year-old daughter, demand that she use it to pay for brother's grad school expenses since she hasn't gotten married: "I was completely blindsided"

A common piece of advice for anyone planning a wedding is to take your initial budget and double it right off the bat. Weddings are typically way more expensive that people tend to think, and services required to have one are just getting pricier and pricier every year. Not only do you have to book a venue, catering, DJ, decorator, and photographer but there tons of fees that are easy to overlook upon first glance. If you are lucky enough to have help to cover the cost of celebrating your marital union, it would be wise to accept — unless there are some sketchy strings attached.
In our story today, a young, independent, and self-made woman is confronted by her parents to pitch in with her brother's grad school fees. When she refuses, her parents reveal that they set aside 25k for her wedding day, and since she hasn't gotten married, she should consider donating it to her brother's education. If they only just revealed this fund, why on earth would they bring it up if not just to hurt her emotionally? Scroll down to read this head-scratcher.

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AITA My parents are forcing me to pay for my brothers grad school using money they never told me about

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Bringing up this secret fund just seems like a thinly-veiled attempt to manipulate our protagonist into complying by making her feel bad.
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It just seems like her parents could've used the money that they put aside for her brother without telling her, avoiding all of this drama. They wanted her to feel bad, though.
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