Parents' favoritism leads daughter to refuse to invite entitled brother to her wedding, they threaten not to come to the wedding: ‘No problem, grandad will walk me down the aisle'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
May 20, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

It is unfortunate when parents' favoritism among their children leads to a strain in the relationship between the less-appreciated kids and their parents. It is even more unfortunate when that favoritism leads the a rift between the kids themselves, even if it is unsurprising.

When one kid gets all the attention and the love, even though it is technically not their fault, their siblings will start to resent them for it. Add that to the fact that the golden child is being raised to think they can do no wrong, and you get a dysfunctional family with parents who only care for one child, siblings who refuse to talk to each other, and chaos all around.

What happens when the kids grow up and are no longer under the care of their parents? Some manage to look past their unfortunate upbringing and manage to salvage a relationship with each other, while others are unable to move past the decades of living under the same roof.

The family in the story below, unfortunately, falls under the latter.

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    Aitah for telling my parents they were deserve tp be kicked out of my sisters wedding.

    This is a throwaway as my brother is on reddit and I dont want him knowing my real account name. So, my 37f, brother Mike 35m, is a Always has
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    been and always will be. He has been babied to the point of uselessness by our mum and dad and that's made him an entitled slob.
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    When he was younger he showed promis playing Rugby which had my mum and dad believing he was gonna be a superstar. The problem was though that he
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    never had the work ethic to fully fulfill his potential. However this meant that he was the golden boy of the family and he could do wrong in my parents eyes.
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    He was a b. ly at school, which they brushed off as other kids making up lies, but he was an even bigger bu y at home to our younger sister Kelly 31f. He would
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    constantly 'prank' her . Which basically meant he would do anything he could embarrass her, including things like pulling her dress. up infront of the whole family
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    at a wedding when she was 15. Mum and dad just said it was siblings being siblings, but the rest of the family were mortified by his behaviour.
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    I did try and stick up for my sister and it worked to a certain extent, but after I went to away to Uni, there wasn't much I could do as mum and dad just dont listen to anyone.
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    It got so bad that when she was 18, my sister gave up going to her dream University, St Andrews and instead moved to London to go to the Imperial College London. This was a huge
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    shock to all of us as she had been talking about St Andrews since she started high school at 11. When i asked why, she said that St Andrews was too close to
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    home and she would be expected to go back home more often, but if she went to London she would only have to go home for Christmas. This broke my heart.
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  • What happens when a golden child fails to grow up and continues to act entitled and selfish towards their siblings? 

    Well, for starters, none of their siblings will want anything to do with them. Even if they do have their parents by their side, that is not going to do anything once everyone is an adult.

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    After she left, she did exactly that, the only time she was home was Christmas and when I got married. This really annoyed mum and dad as they said she was
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    abandoning the family. I kept my mouth shut and just let them whine occasionally as I didn't want an argument. After graduating from Uni my parents expected her to
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    move back home, but she didn't. She got a job working in southern England and stayed down there. We are from Scotland for reference.
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    Six years ago, Kelly met a great guy, Jake 30m. The day she met him she called me gushing about him and I've honestly never heard her speak about anyone the way she does him. I've met him
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    several times when I've gone down to visit Kelly and he's great. Good looking, funny, great job, his family are lovely and most importantly, he treats Kelly like she hung the moon. Its very cute.
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    After she met him, she cut down how much she came home even more as she spent the first Christmas with his family and then the pandc happened so she
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    ended up not coming home for 3 years. Her first Christmas home Mike started his usual bulls, trying to be there center of attention. When it
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    didn't work out as well as he wanted, as most of the family were more interested in getting to know Jake, he then tried to 'prank' Kelly. He got a big bowl of water and was going to pour it over her.
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    Jake saw what was happening and stepped infront of Kelly telling Mike to not even think about it. Side note, Jake is 6ft 3 and a has been doing martial arts since he was 4, so he can be very intimidating. when needed.
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    Mum and dad tried to play it off as a harmless prank, but Jake was having none of it. Mike started whining about it just being a prank and Jake told him that if he 'pranked' Kelly one more time, he
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    his foot up hise and his fist down his throat. Kelly and Jake left about an hour later, but after that Mike, mum and dad all had an issue with Jake. Kelly hasn't been back home since.
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    That leads us to now, Kelly and Jake are getting married. They sent out invites in February for August. However, they didn't invite Mike. Mum and dad are obviously incensed by this
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    and had a huge argument with Kelly. They threatened not to go, and Kelly just said no problem she would get grandad to walk her down the aisle.
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    I went around to their house on Saturday with my kids. Immediately my mum started complaining about Kelly and the wedding. I sat and listened for a while before I'd had enough. I asked her what
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    did she actually expect? Her and dad have allowed Mike to be the golden child and get away with everything. Because of that, he can't keep a relationship, due to him thinking everyone should do
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    everything for him, he can't hold down a job because every job is beneath him and he still living at home with zero prospects in life. The man-child is a t 'y whol
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    dont trust to be around my children unsupervised. He b "lied Kelly for most of her teen years and her only escape was to move over 400 miles away and never come home.
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    My mum got very quiet and then asked me to leave. A few hours later my dad called going mad because I'd upset my mum and was taking the side of a ungrateful little girl
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    instead of my parents who gave me everything. This started a huge argument between me and him where I told him he'd been a cp dad to Kelly and didn't deserve to walk her down the aisle.
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    Ive just had enough, but now I've got extended family members telling me I've gone too far as my mum is bearly speaking to anyone and keeps crying. My grandad said it was about time I told
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    them off, but my grandma is upset by all the arguing. So aitah for telling my parents that they sed a parents and deserved to be kicked out of my sisters wedding?
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    ridiculousdogma ΝΤΑ Sounds like they kicked themselves out.
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    Accomplished-Emu-591 NTA. If they can't stand the truth, they need to hibernate. I vote grandpa walks her down the aisle regardless of who attends!
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    Hel3n027 NTA. Your sister clearly picked a great husband-to-be tho. Maybe you should join his family for future celebrations and leave those three to their own devices?
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