A wedding is certainly one of the most important events in anyone’s life and it’s no surprise that it comes with a lot of nerve-wracking and just plain weird situations. It’s good if the bride and groom have people (usually the best man and maid of honor) who can handle it, whether it’s easy or not. But sometimes these supporters really go overboard…
For example, here is the story of user u/No_Ganache_2548, who, after attending a destination wedding, was unexpectedly accused by the maid of honor of behaving awkwardly and unreasonably – although the bride herself, in her own words, had not broken any rules. Anyway, let’s figure it out together.
The author of the post was recently invited to the wedding of her far away friends and she said yes.
Photo credit: Jonathan Borba (not the actual photo)
The woman was part of the second circle of invitees and was therefore not allowed to bring a companion, but she was not offended by this.
Photo credit: u/No_Ganache_2548
Photo credit: Evgenia Basyrova (not the actual photo)
Since only large rooms were available in the hotel, the woman invited her boyfriend to accompany her there
Photo credit: u/No_Ganache_2548
Photo credit: Cottonbro Studio (not the actual photo)
The man immediately agreed and so they went there together. He spent the wedding in the hotel pool.
Photo credit: u/No_Ganache_2548
But later the guest was criticized for this by the maid of honor, who was actually the only one who had seen the author’s boyfriend there.
Now meet the original poster (OP), a 26-year-old woman who was recently invited to a wedding in another part of her state. Of course, it was a long way to go, but our heroine was flattered by the invitation since the wedding wasn’t very big (about 60 guests) and she couldn’t consider herself a close friend of the bride and groom.
Apparently, the OP continues, she was, let’s say, in the second circle of invitees, so she wasn’t allowed to bring a companion. But when the woman started looking for a hotel room to book, she realized that only large rooms were available. And so she had an idea.
Since she had to drive a long way and still pay for a big room, why didn’t she take her boyfriend with her? They could take turns driving, share a room, and while the OP was at the reception, the guy could spend time at the hotel pool, for example. Luckily, few of the guests knew him, and the boyfriend himself didn’t mind not being invited.
No sooner said than done. The couple had a great time and the wedding was almost perfect. But when our heroine returned to her room that evening and talked to the bride’s maid of honor (she is closer to her than to the bride), she made a serious mistake.
Instead of digging around in her purse for a key card, the author simply knocked on the door. Her boyfriend opened the door and greeted the maid of honor. She showed no surprise and simply walked on. And just a few days later, when the newlyweds left for their honeymoon, the maid of honor called the author and harshly reprimanded her.
According to the Health Minister, the original author of the message did not behave very appropriately towards the other guests, who were also not allowed to accompany them. As a result, she said, “everyone felt bad” because her boyfriend had to wait outside until the wedding was over…
However, our heroine has a different opinion. Firstly, her boyfriend also had a great time, and secondly, she did not ask anyone for a companion. And in general, she suspects that it was the maid of honor who told all the guests about what she saw. In any case, the author does not consider it necessary to ask for the bride’s opinion so as not to distract her from the honeymoon. But asking for the opinion of Internet users is perfectly fine.
Photo credit: Anastasia Shuraeva (not the actual photo)
“To be honest, I don’t see any serious problem with this woman’s behavior. After all, as far as I understand, she didn’t break any rules of this particular wedding,” says Denis Tsikanovsky, a wedding host from Tel Aviv, Israel, who Bored Panda asked for comment on this situation. “She didn’t ask for a companion, she didn’t try to drag her boyfriend to the reception. So what’s actually going on?”
“Especially if the guests paid for the hotel room themselves, it is their private business who they invited to share the room with them. And if their boyfriend didn’t mind just spending a few hours alone – then other people shouldn’t worry about his feelings at all.”
“Perhaps the maid of honor simply had a conflict with one of the guests who wanted to find a companion, and with her behavior this woman simply hit her ‘pain points’. Or the maid of honor was simply in a bad mood. Either way, we will definitely not know the whole truth, and the guest’s behavior here looks completely reasonable,” Denis reflects.
People in the comments were also surprised by such a reaction from the Health Minister, claiming that she was basically creating a problem that doesn’t exist. “This is really strange. It seems like people are trying to create a problem where there is none. Both you and your boyfriend were happy to make the trip and that he didn’t disrupt the wedding. The whole incident just doesn’t make sense,” wrote one of the responders.
Be that as it may, according to many commenters, the only one who acted unreasonably here was the maid of honor herself. “The only person making this awkward and uncomfortable is the maid of honor,” one person replied. “The maid of honor is a busybody who should get a life,” another commenter added. And what do you, our dear readers, think about this case?
However, the people in the comments see no problem at all and claim that the maid of honour sounds really unreasonable
“Nobody knew he was there”: Wedding guest brings her boyfriend to the hotel room, drama ensues Bored Panda
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