A man has been praised for kicking his mum out of his wedding after she brought his ex-girlfriend along as her plus one.
The 30-year-old explained how he married his wife, June, 29, after dating her for three years – but his mum has never been on board with their relationship. Instead, she spent much of the three years showing favouritism toward his ex-girlfriend, Margo.
He said on Reddit: “My mother has never really liked June for a couple of reasons, the main one being the fact that June didn’t let my mum push her around. She kept firm boundaries which I really admired and she even helped me do the same.
“My mum hated this, calling June controlling and wishing I hadn’t broken up with my previous girlfriend Margo, who my mum loved. I was with Margo for five years and it was horrible. Margo was very controlling and manipulative and always guilted me into things I wasn’t comfortable with.”
He credits his sister for supporting him through his breakup with Margo – saying he came out of it a much happier person. He added: “When June and I announced our engagement my mum didn’t freak out, which was weird considering my mum hates June. She was very calm but I just took it as she was finally accepting this and so I didn’t think much of it.”
As his parents divorced after he graduated college, he gave them both plus ones to bring along to his big day, expecting them to bring their new partners. However, his mum took the opportunity to invite Margo along – with the hope he’d change his mind about June when he saw her on his special day.
We had a very small ceremony. Just immediate family and a few close friends. After the ceremony, me and June went to take pictures and then met back with everyone we invited to the reception which was pretty big.
When we got there, My sister and June’s best friend/maid of honour ran up to us in a panic. Before they even said anything I spotted it. My mum was at the table with my dad, my dad’s wife, and Margo.
“I wanted to freak but June kept me calm. I walked over, pulled them both aside, and simply told them to leave. My mum tried to explain Margo and I are soulmates and June is just in the way of true love but I wasn’t hearing it.”
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Disgusted by her behaviour, he asked a close friend to escort them both out of the wedding before returning to the party.
The newly-married couple enjoyed the rest of their evening and jetted off on their honeymoon as planned. However, when he returned home, he came to learn his mum had twisted the narrative of his big day.
Wanting to know whether he was in the wrong, he added: “I really didn’t think this would all turn into something huge but me and June just got back from our honeymoon where we didn’t have our phones, and seeing mine I saw hundreds of texts from multiple family members.
“They all think I was an a****** for kicking my mum out of her only son’s wedding. I’m starting to second-guess myself since everyone is really mad. June and my sister are on my side but I fear my dad may be right and I should have just let my mum stay and made Margo leave.”
Commenting on his post, one user said: “Your wedding, your rules. If there’s one day you get to be selfish with your partner, it’s this day. And what your mum did was manipulative (and F Margo for going along with it). Maybe your mum and Margo should start dating each other since they have things in common like being controlling and manipulative.
Another user added: “Kicking Margo out would not have been enough. Who goes to their ex’s wedding with his mum? Your mother actively tried to sabotage your wedding. She brought an abusive ex and then said your new wife was in the way. That’s appalling. She deserved to be kicked out and your family should acknowledge that she clearly didn’t want to be there. She wanted to hurt you and your wife.”