A woman has sparked controversy after refusing to appoint her sister-in-law's 'miracle baby' as flower girl for her wedding, as she'd already promised the role to someone else.
The in-law had been told she would not be able to have kids but she miraculously gave birth to a baby girl last year.
Desperate for her baby daughter to be part of her relatives' big day, she immediately pushed for her to be a flower girl when the woman announced she was getting married.
The bride-to-be was left with a heart wrenching conundrum as she'd already dedicated the role to her step daughter, and didn't want to take that away from her. This left the sister-in-law absolutely seething.
Taking to Reddit, the unnamed future bride explained: "Now don't get me wrong I love my niece, but it can get to be a little too much when my sister-in-law goes on and on about how long they tried to conceive and complications they've had.
"Anyway I'm getting married in the spring and my brother and sister-in-law approached me last weekend about having my niece be the flower girl.
"Now my fiancé has two children from his previous marriage. His son is one of his groomsmen while his daughter had asked to be our flower girl when we told them the news that we were getting married a year ago, as it's something she always wanted to do, so of course we said yes."
When the woman told her the news, the sister-in-law asked if her stepdaughter could carry her baby while being flower girl. But given the stepdaughter is only six, the woman was not sure she'd be comfortable.
"She then started going off about how my lack of effort to incorporate my niece is disgusting to her. I should 'honour her' in some way since I know how long and hard they tried for my niece," wrote the woman.
"I kind of got fed up and snapped and said. Incorporate my niece how? By the time the wedding comes around she'll be two-years-old. The entire family already knows your story about how long and hard you guys tried for her. What more do you expect me to do to honour her?"
The sister-in-law even went as far as telling the rest of the family that the bride doesn't love her niece, causing great upset.
But the groom-to-be is happy his partner is not backing down and is still letting the stepdaughter be flower girl.
In response, many have sided with the bride-to-be and feel it is her wedding so she should decide what happens.
One person wrote: "If ever there was a time to take a stand for your stepdaughter, it is now."
While another stated: "You setting boundaries and advocating for your stepdaughter is your right (and the right thing to do) - it's your wedding."
A third penned: "The fact that they want you to disappoint your soon-to-be stepdaughter, in order to make their daughter the focus of your wedding is absurd."
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