There are a lot of things that can cause you stress when it comes to planning a wedding . However, most people would not have to worry about wondering whether their parents would ditch them in favor of watching a sporting event.
Sadly though, this was the reality for one couple who recently found themselves being let down on their wedding day.
A wedding should be a day full of love, joy, and spending time with your loved ones.
The shocking story was uploaded to Reddit, with the person who posted it explaining: “My cousins wedding was two weekends ago. About 3 months ago, the grooms parents let them know that they would be unable to come because the wedding was scheduled during a sports tournament they wanted to attend.”
This person then reiterated their amazement by highlighting, “They declined the invite to their son’s wedding, because they needed to be at this 2 week long tournament on that specific day.”
However, It was not only by refusing to show up that the groom’s parents managed to negatively impact the day.
Apparently, the groom’s parents had promised that they would cover the cost of the wedding’s flowers.
Although, when people started to arrive at the wedding in order to help the couple prepare for the ceremony, there was something missing.
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Yep, the groom’s parents didn’t send the flowers because they would not be there to enjoy them.
“What my cousin and her husband didn’t [know], was when the parents declined their invite, they also rescinded the offer to pay for flowers,” this person wrote. “My cousin did not think to check on the flower reservation/contract because she thought it had already been covered.”
After the groom had endured a screaming match with his not-present parents over the phone, a few other people who had arrived early were able to help go and gather some flowers from nearby stores.
The delightfully absent in-laws were apparently unaware as to why people were miffed with them.
“Apparently, the in-laws thought it was obvious that because they weren’t able to come (they were able, just chose not to) they would no longer be contributing,” the bride’s cousin elaborated.
That is some truly extreme obliviousness on behalf of the groom’s parents.
Some of the people’s responses to this were…well, pretty unforgiving as you can imagine.
“Man, that’s awful. Gonna be honest, this would make me go no contact with these parents. It probably isn’t the first time they were s*****, and this should be what broke the camel’s back,” wrote one individual.
Many comments suggested that this would likely not be the first time that the groom’s parents had let him down based upon this instance.
Hopefully, the bride and groom enjoyed the rest of their day with their loved ones who could be bothered to show up.
I cannot imagine how your own child’s wedding would not be something of a priority for you, but that’s just me I guess!
Be sure to let us know in the comments what you make of the groom’s parent’s actions.
h/t: Reddit
