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Getting married and having a child are two important events in a person’s life. However, one couple intentionally scheduled their baby shower on the same day as a friend’s wedding.
In a recent Reddit post shared on the “Wedding Shaming” subreddit, the bride recalled the situation when her fiancé’s friends had scheduled their baby shower for the same day as the wedding. “We handed out our invitations to my fiancé’s friends on a weekend trip to a cabin. We thought it would be a good opportunity to save on stamps. We didn’t know at the time that a couple was pregnant or would announce it,” the post began.
“This was a co-organised event, all the couples helped out and everyone knew about our engagement and wedding date months in advance when we decided on the venue. We don’t see them all together very often, so it only made sense that people would share their good news/celebrate milestones at the same time.”
The bride explained that the pregnant friend was told there was “no pressure” to attend the wedding, despite the due date not being until two months after the wedding. She explained that she would probably not attend as her pregnancy could be classed as high-risk, but would make sure her partner was there.
As the deadline for registration and deregistration approached, the bride and groom had not yet received a response from their pregnant friends, which was to be expected given possible doctor’s appointments.
However, the two ended up receiving a text message with an invitation to their baby shower, which was held on the same day as the wedding. “I was speechless at the audacity,” the Reddit post continued.
“He looks at me and starts typing angrily, ‘Sorry buddy, but I’m pretty busy getting married that day.’ In my mind I thought that’s a way to say no, lol. But the guy still insisted afterward that he ‘maybe’ come, that men might not be invited to baby showers… I knew there was no way he was coming, and he actually confirmed later that he wasn’t coming.”
After publication, many people shared their reactions to the story in the comments section.
“To give them the benefit of the doubt, they were probably preoccupied with their pregnancy and preparing for the birth of the baby, especially if it was high risk. It’s possible they simply forgot the date of your wedding, especially since they had already decided not to attend. Some people are just clueless in this regard,” suggested one commenter.
Another commenter assumed the couple had chosen the date for the baby shower on purpose, writing, “This couple sucks. They sound competitive. Does this coincide with the timing of your wedding? I can guarantee you more people want to go to a wedding than a baby shower, especially after knowing the nonsense they pulled.”
“This is probably a hot topic, but who other than the two involved and their relatives would think a baby shower was a bigger deal than a wedding? Birth yes. Party no,” wrote a third commenter.
“I don’t believe for a minute that they were too busy to notice that the dates matched. Even if you don’t know the wedding date in your head, and why would you, you know the month. A quick glance would have confirmed the date. They chose to ignore all common sense and carried on, knowing full well that they were forcing their friends to choose one or the other.”
