As he explained in a Reddit post, many of his aunts and female cousins have formed a "unit" with his mom, stepmom, stepsister, and grandmother.

Apparently, this unit bonds by roasting every new woman who enters the family with "tests" to see if she belongs there. This can involve teasing their looks, styles and jobs for months at a time until they either run for the hills or withstand it long enough to "pass."

Once that happens, a new woman is officially welcomed into the family and encouraged to do the same to any new prospective female members.

However, it seems this ultimatum only drove their behavior underground as they kept up the same talk behind the couple's backs on Facebook.

As the groom put it, "I had them apologize one by one after they gave the 'we're just testing the water to see if she's capable to be part of the family' excuse."

Although they initially didn't want to, they did so with gifts once the groom told them they wouldn't be invited to the wedding.

Soon before the wedding, the groom's brother warned him that they were planning to show up in white dresses. The groom said this would get all of them (including his mother) kicked out of the wedding, to which they replied that they'd never do anything like that.

Naturally, he made good on his threat when these women inevitably did all show up in white dresses, which led to one battle after another with his relatives.

In his words, "I felt absolutely awful because my wedding was being interrupted by them making scenes."

His cousin ranted about him on social media, but characterized the problem as the groom excluding all women from the wedding because the bride was "so insecure she couldn't handle another woman's presence at her wedding."

More directly, his other relatives said it was just a prank, which he responded to by saying they took it too far. They countered by saying he took it too far by throwing them out and that they wanted to see if the bride was a bridezilla.

As a result, the groom's family has shunned him for the last two weeks because they expect him and the bride to apologize.

And nobody seemed to think he could've because to the Reddit community he reached out to, he only prioritized his wife's well-being over his toxic family's plans.

As one user put it, "I'm sorry your family tried to hijack your wedding for a power play, but you did the right thing, and your marriage will be stronger because of it."

In the words of another person, "This level of hazing has crossed the line to emotional abuse & blackmail. And that is probably understating it."

Maybe silence from these relatives won't be so bad after all.

h/t: Reddit | More-Concern3267