This couple decided to elope and get married to avoid the drama their families were stewing up over their wedding day.
Weddings can be stressful affairs. Sometimes the families of the bride and groom get a little too involved in the couple's dream wedding plans and become annoyingly pushy about how they think things should be done. However, at the end of the day, despite all agreements and disagreements, the couple has the final say on how they want their wedding to be.
But one couple's families turned out to be way too annoying for them to handle as they interfered in every detail of the event, sparking mayhem in the bride and groom's lives. After tirelessly trying to accommodate all their loved ones' wishes, the couple ultimately decided to cancel all their elaborate plans, ditch their families and guests, and get married in secret.
Of course, neither families handle the news well and the newlyweds got accused of depriving them of the celebration they felt they deserved. Some even refused to accept the marital union and demanded they have two "official" weddings to please both families.
The couple's story was shared on Reddit by u/AITA-acc3999 who asked fellow Redditors if he is in the wrong for eloping and leaving out both families. "Me (M31) and my wife (F26) have big families. Both families were excited to share our special day and they came up with suggestions during wedding planning phase which was a complete nightmare," he wrote. "Both familes sent long lists of guests, when I told them they needed to cut down the list cause we couldn't afford many people. Both families refused and tried to exclude each others."
"The wedding date got rescheduled several times cause both families couldn't agree on a specific date," the groom shared. "They argued about everything from the music to the menu, I had a family member write my own speech for me saying he was helping. And mom wanted my wife to buy the wedding dress she liked. This caused both families to argue I was getting fed up but they said, they just wanted to share our special day with us."
"My wife and I decided one morning to just elope and we made proper arrangements for this to happen without our families knowing. Our parents kept calling to ask about the wedding. We decided to get both families together to make an announcement. My wife and I stood in the middle of the living room took a deep breath. I counted to 3 then we said it together 'we eloped!'" he added.
Their families were shocked beyond words for a few moments.
"The room went quiet. My dad yelled 'my diabetes!' as if he was in shock. My sister immediately took a seat. My mother-in-law blew up and started yelling asking how we could do this to them and acting so selfishly toward the people who wanted to share our joy," the man wrote about the aftermath of his announcement. "I argued that we tried to accommodate as much as we could but it's impossible to make everyone happy. Besides they were being unreasonable and too involved in a manner that concerned me and my wife. Mom told me to stop calling her my wife she's not my wife since to them 'we didn't get married' yet and demanded we start planning the wedding and send out invitations to celebrate in both towns that way both families are happy."
u/AITA-acc3999 shared that even after him that he and his wife would not be doing that, both families "kept calling and texting to get us to do it. Still insisting we're not yet married and will never be til we have not one but TWO official weddings."
Other folks on Reddit supported the couple's stance on the matter. "The 'my diabetes!' moment had me rolling! They are too much! A wedding is about and for the couple only. Congratulations on your marriage! I wish you a long and happy marriage- and one without your family's drama hopefully," commented u/booksforlife37. "Gross. You guys totally did the right thing. Do not entertain their ridiculousness and just move on and enjoy your time together as newlyweds! Congrats," wrote u/Thosewhocanteach.
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