Planning a wedding can be an extremely stressful time for couples with huge chunks of savings going into the big day, as well as months of organisation,
Guest lists also create plenty of problems with one party sometimes having a big family or huge friendship groups, as well as the worry of not upsetting anyone who wasn't invited.
And, exes are a giant no-go when it comes to wedding guests given the history the pair may have had and the fact that they are no longer in a relationship.
However, one groom has shared his frustration about his wife's reaction to him wanting to extend a wedding invite to his ex-girlfriend from eight years ago.
The anonymous man, who goes by the username throwaway428270519, took to Reddit to vent and ask for advice.
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He wrote: "My fiancee and I are going to get married in October. Last week we started making a guest list to send the invitations by the end of the month.
"I am an orphan and the only family I have is an old distant relative that can't make the trip to the US. I told my fiancee I'll be inviting only 6 people. A coworker, three friends including my ex and their two partners.
"I dated my ex for a few months in college 8 years ago because when I first came to the US I thought that just being with someone from my own country would make us compatible (obviously we were not and it was stupid of me to think so).
"My ex and I are still friends but have no romantic feelings for each other and looking back I don't think we really ever had. She is now married and have 3 kids."
Despite this, when the groom-to-be mentioned his intentions to invite his ex to his partner, she "refused" and said any former partners to a day that is supposed to be "theirs".
He explained: "I told her I won't be bringing her just because she's an ex but because she's my friend and I also want someone from my country to be present because the relative won't be attending.
"I reminded her that no one know who's going to be in the wedding even knows that she was my ex except her so it's not like it was going to make things awkward."
His fiancée insisted that inviting exes to weddings was frowned upon, but the user branded his partner a "liar" and told her he'd been to weddings with ex-spouses and partners in attendance.
This is where things began to go pear-shaped for the duo, with the bride-to-be being hurt by his comment.
"She was visibly upset when I told her she was a liar. She said that I didn't have to be mean and resort to calling her a liar to hurt her," he continues.
Adding: "I tried to apologize because it wasn't my intention but she just ignored me and went to bed. I always leave for work first but this morning when I woke up she had already left. I tried calling but she wouldn't answer nor respond to my texts.
"Now I’m feeling conflicted because I am considering not to inviting my friend anymore because I don’t want to have a falling out with my fiancee over this."
The post has gone viral and attracted over 200 comments so far.
One user replied: "It’s her wedding too, you need to both be on board with the guest list and she told you she’s uncomfortable. If you’re already putting your ex [girlfriend] above your wife.... things aren’t going to get any easier for you.
"But you also need to stop and ask yourself why you want your ex there so bad? Especially if your future wife doesn’t want her there, or any past partner in general. It doesn’t seem to me to be an unreasonable request."
Another said: "Her vetoing any guest when you only had six people invited from your side is being ridiculously insensitive to you, unless she'd also be comfortable having her the invitations on her side limited to five people."
Though, a person wrote: "What did you hope to accomplish by calling your betrothed a liar, ex at the wedding or not. I also agree it's not good form to invite an ex to your wedding, friendship notwithstanding. Just [because] you saw exes at weddings doesn't make her a liar. You need to suck it up & apologize big time. This isn't a good start for your relationship."
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