My family wants me to cancel my wedding date so my sister can get married first. I’m a 28-year-old guy, and my fiancée and I have been engaged for about 18 months. We’ve been together for years, and the plan has always been to get married next spring.
We’ve already booked the venue, paid the deposit for the caterer, and locked in a photographer. All the big stuff is done, so I was starting to feel like we could just relax and enjoy the countdown to our wedding day. But then all hell broke loose.
To set the stage a little, my family is big and pretty close. We have a lot of traditions and weddings are a huge deal. The drama begins.
My sister, who’s 25, just got engaged recently. And while I’m happy for her, she’s had a rough time trying to plan her wedding. The main issue is she’s been struggling to book a venue for the date she wants, and that’s where the drama starts.
She’s been pretty vocal about being envious of the venue we booked. Every time she brings it up, she calls it perfect and goes on about how her fiancé’s family can’t afford something like that. I didn’t think much of it.
Lots of people talk about wedding envy when they’re planning, right? But I didn’t realize how deep her jealousy went until a family dinner a couple of weeks ago. We’re all sitting there having a pretty normal meal when my mom starts making this weird speech about how amazing it would be if my sister could use our venue.
I’m sitting there, fork halfway to my mouth, thinking it’s a joke. But she keeps going. She’s talking about how my sister is younger, and since her fiancé is in the military there’s a chance he might be deployed soon.
According to my mom, it just makes sense for her to get married first. And wouldn’t it be so lovely if we moved our wedding date so my sister could have the venue. At this point I’m still processing because—what?
My fiancée and I had this date booked for over a year. Everything’s paid for. But my mom is dead serious and my sister is sitting there nodding like it’s a done deal.
My fiancée—she’s furious, and I can’t blame her. The whole thing is completely ridiculous. She doesn’t even say a word at the table.
Just gives me a look that says, do not even entertain this idea. So I politely but firmly tell my mom and sister that there’s no way we’re changing our wedding plans. And of course my sister bursts into tears.
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