Planning a wedding can be a rollercoaster of emotions, but what happens when the best man’s wife throws a wrench into the works? This is the dilemma facing one bride-to-be, who is navigating the tricky terrain of wedding planning, friendship, and disability. Is she being unreasonable, or is the best man’s wife crossing the line? Let’s delve into the story…
Setting the Stage: A Wedding in the Works

A Friendship Forged in Silence

The Best Man’s Wife: A Silent Presence

A Wedding Memory: Seated Among Strangers

A Request List: The Wife’s Demands ⚖️

No Speech, No Rings, No Stag Night

Accommodating Requests: A Bride’s Struggle ♀️

An Unexpected Guest: The Hen Do Surprise

The Real Issue: Control or Disability?

A Pattern of Control: The Stag Do Saga

The Breaking Point: A Fiancé’s Heartbreak

A Wedding Conundrum: Deafness, Friendship, and Control
Caught in a whirlwind of wedding planning, a bride-to-be is left questioning her decisions. With her fiancé’s best friend – a Deaf man – chosen as the best man, his wife’s demands are causing ripples. From wanting her husband by her side throughout the ceremony to vetoing his participation in traditional best man duties, she’s making waves. But is it about her Deafness or control? The bride-to-be suspects the latter, citing previous instances of the wife’s controlling behavior. As the tension mounts, the couple is left wondering: how much more can they take? Let’s see how the internet has reacted to this emotionally charged situation…
Supportive friends try to help best man navigate troubled marriage
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NTA. Bridezilla wants to control the wedding and her husband’s life

NTA. Set boundaries and let the best man handle it.

“NTA. Best Man’s wife needs to work things out with him. ♀️”

NTA x1000! Best man’s controlling wife causes wedding drama.

Best man’s wife causing drama. NTA suggests setting boundaries.

NTA. Best man’s abusive relationship causing wedding drama. Supportive yet fed up.

“NTA, she’s trying to make your day about her. “

Best man’s wife is controlling, but it’s his decision. NTA!

Setting boundaries is key to avoid becoming a doormat

Head table drama: To seat or not to seat partners? ♀️

Clarification: Did your fiancé agree to exclude them from the wedding?

Seating drama at weddings: NTA wants special treatment for deaf partner.

Commenter empathizes with possible abuse, encourages support and understanding.

Best man’s wife causing drama. Friend needs to step up.

NTA. Deaf wife’s struggle with accommodating vs. giving in to control

“NTA – Tough situation, but there could be alternatives to consider.”

NTA. Hold your stance for a stress-free wedding day

INFO: Best man’s wife causing drama, but friend should handle it.

NTA. Lay down the law and don’t let her ruin your wedding.

ESH honestly. Best Man’s wife wants him to have a choice.

Engaging reply: NTA. Comparing weddings, but empathy is key

NTA, good luck dealing with her never-ending nastiness and demands!

NTA. Don’t let her control your wedding day. Stick together!

NTA. Overcompensated for demanding wife. She sounds awful.
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Best man’s wife wants him replaced. NTA. Find a replacement.

Clingy wife fears wild prewedding festivities, threatens divorce.

Creative seating arrangement suggestion to address partner separation concerns.

NTA. Standing up for your fiance. Well done!

NTA. Best man’s wife is making demands instead of husband. ♂️

NTA vs BFF: Wedding drama and marital loyalty

Wedding guest tries to set rules, but OP cuts them out. NTA.

NTA for seating arrangement, but best man’s wife is AH

Inclusive weddings: The need for a sign language interpreter

Wife’s ultimatum: Support us or skip the wedding?

Is the wife’s deafness causing her clinginess? NTA, but…

“NTA. Be kind and accommodating, but set boundaries. “

NTA: Best man’s wife causing drama, but it’s his choice.

Wife vs. Best Man: Is she controlling or caring?

Controlling wife causes wedding drama. NTA.
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NTA: No drama here, just a righteous best man.

Is the wife’s absence justified? Let’s discuss!

Expensive sign language interpreters: Necessary or too much?

Best Man’s dilemma: Will he stand up or back down?

Controlling spouse? NTA. Wedding drama unfolds.

NTA: Haters gonna hate, let them talk while you shine! ✨

NTA: Kind and accommodating, but is there more to it?

Stand your ground! It’s your wedding, not her dictatorship! NTA

Deaf person calls out manipulative behavior.

NTA. Fiancé’s best friend’s spouse is controlling. Not okay.
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NTA: You’ve been accommodating. She can survive a 15-30 min ceremony
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Supportive comment encourages backing out of wedding drama.

Splitting them up for the reception caused unnecessary drama.

NTA: Best man’s wife causing drama. Friend needs to stand up.
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NTA: Wife’s controlling behavior sparks debate. Who’s in the wrong?

Controlling wife sparks wedding drama. NTA for setting boundaries.

Support your husband, but let him decide how to handle it

Supportive comment, hoping for a positive outcome.

NTA: Control and authority over wedding speech? That’s gross!

Concerned commenter fears emotional abuse overshadowing wedding drama.

NTA for calling out disability abuse. Well done!

Mixed feelings about accommodating Deaf wife at hearing wedding.
