At a wedding reception it can be exciting when the bride announces she is going to toss the bouquet. Many of the guests will gather and hope to catch it which means they will be getting married next. However, at most weddings this is just done for a bit of a laugh where the bride and her friends can have a bit of a joke and not many people will take it very seriously.
But one woman has faced a huge backlash from her sister after she caught the bouquet as they think she drew too much attention to her and her girlfriend.
The family recently went to the wedding of some family friends and both sisters were able to bring plus ones along so the woman brought her girlfriend while the sister brought her boyfriend.
Taking to Reddit, the woman, who remained anonymous, explained that her sister felt she pulled too much attention away from the bride and groom by catching the bouquet and as she she has only been with her girlfriend a few months it is not like they will get married anytime soon.
In the post, she said: "During the reception the bride got up on the DJ stage and said she was going to do another bouquet toss for all of her guests and both me and my girlfriend got in the crowd as she wanted as many people as possible to participate.
"I'd been taking some photos closer to the stage for fun as she got up there so we were close to the front.
"I caught it by jumping up. Another guest also caught it but let go insisting I got it first and I should take it, I've only been with my girlfriend a few months so it was more as a fun thing/gesture then overly serious."
She explained that both her and her girlfriend laughed but her sister then came over and said she should not have caught it as they were not in a long-term relationship.
The woman explained: "She had been talking to some other guests our age who had been making some comments about how our parents must be happy that at least she is going to give them grandkids and that I must've embarrassed them all by making such a scene. My parents later said the same thing had been said to them.
"The general feel among my family and guests was that I drew unneeded attention. To respect traditional beliefs and older guests I should've either come alone or not worn matching clothes with my girlfriend to be considerate."
In response, many have said she did nothing wrong and the family are being unreasonable.
One person wrote: "You were doing what guests at a wedding do. Whether gay, straight, or anything on the spectrum."
While another stated: "Not to mention also it doesn't matter how long you've been in a relationship or are completely single."
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