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Freddie Bennett

'My sister-in-law chose another maid of honour behind my back after asking me - I'm furious'

A woman is refusing to be her future sister-in-law's maid of honour as the bride-to-be betrayed her even after the woman planned much of the wedding already - including the DJ and the photographer. The woman had been key in the planning of the engagement with her brother so the bride-to-be asked her to be maid of honour, which she had been really excited about.

However, in the early planning phases of the big day, the soon-to-be bride and her future husband cancelled the wedding and opted for a small civil marriage later in the year - but that was not all.

She first thought it was a mistake at the hen do (stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Taking to Reddit, the woman explained that she had done much of the planning for their big day so was shocked they decided to cancel but felt betrayed when she noticed something at the hen do.

In the post, the woman, who remained anonymous, explained: "They got engaged four month ago and I planned the whole engagement.

"Not surprising then that I got asked to be the maid of honor [sic]. They told me to plan their wedding for July next year and that's what I did."

She went onto explain that three weeks later they opted to cancel the wedding as they realised how much it would cost.

"But they said that they still wanna [sic] get married this year. So it'll be just a small civil marriage. Then, two days ago, we threw a bachelorette party for her," she said.

"We all got sashes with "bridesmaid" or in my case "maid of honor" on them. All was good until I saw, that my other sister-in-law also got one saying Maid of Honor."

Initially she thought it was an honest mistake but it turned out the soon-to-be bride had gone behind her back and asked somebody else to be maid of honour.

She explained: "I just told her that I'm not gonna be her second choice. If she'd wanted another maid of honour she should've said so instead of going behind my back.

"This way it was like stabbing me in the back."

Many have been quick to judge for her actions and say it is not her wedding so she should not be selfish.

One person wrote: "Maybe she asked your other sister-in-law just to be inclusive and not play favorites [sic]. Why can't you share the title? This is not your wedding. Stop acting as if this is all about you."

While another said: "She is allowed to have more than one maid of honour and your reaction seems a bit extreme."

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