Woman Applauded for 'Throwing a Tantrum' Over Sister's Child-Free Wedding

A woman has been backed online after "throwing a tantrum" over her sister's child-free wedding, meaning that her child can't attend.

Posted on the popular r/AmITheA****** subreddit by user Eastern-Second-2528, the woman shared: "My sister is getting remarried, and she wants a very small wedding with only immediate family."

When she received the wedding invitation, she was shocked to discover that her child wasn't invited.

"My child is 17 years old, going [to be] 18 soon," she said. "My child is the only one under 18 in our family so she is the only one being excluded."

A feud ensued between the sisters when the Redditor called the bride-to-be: "I told her to just say you want a 'my child' free wedding and get over with it because this is exactly what you are doing."

The heated exchange continued, and the bride told her sister that she was "throwing a tantrum."

With both parties at odds, the woman shared her dilemma online where it has over 11,000 upvotes and more than 5,000 responses, with the majority backing the woman for demanding answers about her teenager being excluded from the wedding.

While they often cause arguments, child-free weddings are happening more and more often.

Editor of Hitched.co.uk Zoe Burke told Newsweek: "Child-free weddings are very common. It's not unusual at all for couples to decide to omit kids from their weddings, usually in the form of a no-kids message in their wedding invitations.

"Children create a different vibe at weddings—some people love that, others prefer it to be a more grown-up occasion, and ultimately, the person footing the bill gets to decide."

But online, people saw this scenario differently, mainly because the child in question was almost 18 years old.

In the comments, one Redditor said: "I'm proud of you for defending your daughter OP [original poster]. The people acting like she's not a person with feelings, an entire human being because she is 17 are entirely disgusting and there's absolutely no justification for it."

Another commenter wrote: "That's a weird one lol. I feel like normally it would be a 'their wedding, their rules' situation and I'd say grow up and get over it, BUT this is not that situation. Your grown (pretty much) child is literally the only one being excluded."

Newsweek reached out to Eastern-Second-2528 via Reddit. We were not able to verify the details of this case.

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