Wedding days are a hugely exciting and happy time for the bride and groom as everyone gathers to celebrate their marriage. But for one couple, their dream wedding has now turned into a long-running family nightmare as the groom's family have erupted over a childfree rule leaving the bride irrevocably furious with her in-laws.
The couple were due to be getting married in five months time but everything is up in the air as the bride and groom have even felt a strain on their own relationship after his family's backlash against a child free policy at the upcoming ceremony.
Taking to the 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' forum on Mumsnet, the soon-to-be married man who remained anonymous explained that him and his wife had been planning their dream wedding for years but when they explained to his family that this did not involve children, they hit the roof.
In the post, he said: "My mother said she was not coming, my other family members said I was silly and stupid and should rethink as my brother and two sisters have really young kids, all under three.
"This led to us changing everything and are now getting married on our own abroad and having a UK party for family."
He went onto explain that the bride is still fuming with her mother-in-law over the argument as she says it has ruined something she has been dreaming about for years.
Despite his family's apology, she is still not able to forgive them.
He said: "She has so much anger towards my family and even though my family has said sorry and that they would make it work, it was already ruined for us.
"I am now arguing everyday with my partner and my relationship with my family is at the lowest it has ever been. if I speak to my family my partner gets angry as it's always wedding related, if I don't speak to my family the relationship gets worse.
"My partner now hates me speaking to my family, wants to know every conversation I have with them even if it's on the phone I have to explain what was said."
In response, many have suggested that a childfree wedding is their choice but as many family members have young kids, they should have expected some blowback.
One person wrote: "I understand why some people opt for child free weddings, but when valuable members of the family are excluded you can't blame them when they turn down the invitation."
While another stated: "It wasn't the most sensible plan to expect your family to go to a wedding abroad when they'd all have to leave their young kids at home! It was obviously going to upset people!"
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