She brought “something old”.
mother of a groom crossed an unspeakable line Bringing his ex-girlfriend to his son’s wedding day as his plus-one, insisting that they should get back together as true “soulmates”.
A hair-raising story, Recently posted on Reddit The 30-year-old revealed the newlywed’s mother “never liked” his 29-year-old wife, June.
“main [reason] The fact is that June did not let my mother pressure her. She maintained firm boundaries, which I really appreciated, and she helped me do the same,” he wrote.
He recalled, “My mother hated it, told me to control June and wished that I had not broken up with my previous girlfriend Margo, whom my mother loved.” “I was with Margo for 5 years and it was horrible.”
She described Margo as “very controlling and manipulative” and as someone who used a lot of guilt to push her into things she was not involved with. It was only from supportive friends and her sister that she found the courage to leave him.
While the man admitted that his “life has improved since then”, it wasn’t good enough for his dearest mother, despite her keeping a strong poker face until marriage.
“When June and I announced our engagement my mom wasn’t nervous, it was weird because my mom hated June,” he said, noting that his parents had separated after college and he had to grow up. Respective plus ones were given for the day.
Of course, they assumed that invitations to small gatherings of close loved ones would go to their spouses.
“After the ceremony, June and I went to take pictures and then meet everyone invited to the reception, which was huge,” she wrote.
“When we got there, my sister and June’s best friend/maid of honor came nervously up to us. Before they could say anything, I saw it. My mom was at the table with my dad, my dad’s wife, and Margo.
The well-groomed bride kept her new husband calm, but he still took drastic action during the heated moment.
“I went there, pulled both of them aside and just asked them to leave,” the groom claimed.
“My mom tried to explain that Margo and I were soulmates and June was on her way to true love, but I wasn’t hearing it. I didn’t care.”
Although the man put the matters out of his mind in the short term, he began receiving “hundreds of messages from multiple family members” upon returning from the honeymoon.
He said, “Some people think I could ignore Margo and I wouldn’t have to ‘panic’.”
“Some other people, including my dad, think I should have kicked Margo out and let my mom stay there, but after the stunt my mom pulled, I didn’t want to keep her there either.”
And, when the groom began to “second-guess himself”, the readers gathered in his corner.
“Why are you expected to keep the peace when your mother insulted you and your wife on your wedding day?” One person wrote.
“She was cruel in her comments about your wife. It guarantees no contact,” wrote another.
“Mom liked Margo because she and Margo are alike. She sees June as a threat to her control,” added a third.
