Imagine planning your dream wedding, only to have your own parents make ignorant and racist comments about your fiancée and her family. That’s exactly what happened to this 28-year-old British man, whose South Asian fiancée has been subjected to a barrage of insensitive remarks from his parents. Despite their love for her, his parents just can’t seem to break free from their cultural ignorance. The situation escalated when the couple’s families met, and now the groom is considering disinviting his parents from the wedding.
A Beautiful Love Story ❤️

A Welcoming Family?

The ‘Small Things’

Insensitive Remarks

More Offensive Comments

The Big Family Meeting ️

Dinner Disaster

Insensitive Questions and Jokes

Dad’s Bomb Jokes

Fiancée’s Reaction

Why Stay Silent?

Parents’ Excuse

A Threat Made in Anger

Mum’s Tears and Dad’s Call

Confused and Seeking Answers

A Wedding on the Rocks?
This groom is at his wit’s end, dealing with his parents’ insensitive comments towards his South Asian fiancée and her family. From making bomb jokes to asking about forced marriages, his parents seem to have no filter. After a disastrous dinner, the groom confronted his parents and threatened to disinvite them from the wedding. Now, he’s left wondering if he’s the one in the wrong. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
Engaging discussion on confronting racism within family dynamics

OP is called out for not defending fiance against racist parents

Fiancée deserves better, YTA for prioritizing parents’ feelings over hers

OP’s fiancée has endured years of racist abuse from his parents. YTA.


OP is called out for not stopping racist behavior earlier

Confronting parents about racism, but is it too late?

Commenter and replies call out racism in wedding scenario.

Bride stands up against racism, disinvites parents from wedding

Partner’s family faces racism, groom defends parents, called spineless.

Commenter calls out groom for not stopping racist comments sooner

Stand up against racism, even if it’s from your own parents

Stand up to your racist parents and show love to your fiancée

Unaddressed racism causes wedding drama. ESH except in-laws.

Silence on racist comments for 10 years makes YTA. Take responsibility.

Commenter calls out groom for not confronting parents earlier
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A powerful response to a racist comment, with helpful resources

Commenter calls out OP’s behavior and excuses, receives sarcastic reply.

Commenter calls out groom for not standing up against racism.

Engaging comment and reply thread on disinviting racist parents from wedding.

Skeptical comment calls out racism allegations at costume party
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Commenter supports OP’s decision to disinvite racist parents from wedding

Commenter calls out OP’s biases and racism, sarcastically wishes for forced marriage.

Fiancé’s parents are not the a**holes, groom and his parents are.

YTA for not defending your fiance before.

Fiancé’s parents made racist comments for 10 years, YTA for allowing

Commenter calls out OP for not standing up to racist parents.

Silence is complicity. YTA for not standing up earlier.

Couple struggles with racist parents ahead of wedding
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Commenter calls out groom for not standing up against racism.

Commenter calls out OP for not addressing racist parents earlier
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Commenter calls out OP’s racist behavior and lack of action.

Debate over whether parents’ comments were racist or just ignorant

Airhorn solution to racist parents at wedding. YTA called out.

Indian woman threatens to call off wedding over racist parents
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Commenter calls out groom for tolerating racist parents.

Support for standing up against racist jokes at wedding

Commenter calls out racism in blunt, fiery language
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Last Updated on May 10, 2023 by Diply Social Team