She brought “something old”.
The mother of a groom crossed an unspeakable line by bringing her son’s ex-girlfriend as a plus-1 on his wedding day, insisting they should get back together as true “soulmates”.
The cringe-worthy story, posted to Reddit recently by the 30-year-old, revealed that the newlywed’s mother “never really liked” his 29-year-old wife, June.
“Main [reason] being the fact that June didn’t let mom push her. She kept strong boundaries, which I really admired, and she even helped me do the same,” he wrote.
“My mom hated it, calling June checking and wishing I hadn’t broken up with my ex-girlfriend Margo, who my mom loved,” he recalls. “I was with Margo for 5 years and it was terrible.”
He described Margo as “very controlling and manipulative” and as someone who used a lot of guilt to push him into things he wasn’t on board with. Only from supportive friends and his sister did he find the courage to leave her.
While the man admitted that “his life has improved since then,” that wasn’t good enough for mommy dearest, despite her keeping a strong poker face – right up until the wedding.
“When June and I announced our engagement, my mom didn’t freak out, which was weird considering my mom hates June,” he added, noting that his parents split up after college and were given respectively plus one for the big day.
Of course, he assumed that the invitation to the small ceremony of close people would go to the spouses.
“After the ceremony, June and I went to take pictures and then we met everyone we invited to the reception which was pretty big,” he wrote.
“When we got there, my sister and June’s best friend/maid of honor came running towards us in a panic. Before they said anything, I noticed. My mother was at the table with my father, my father’s wife and Margo.”
The well-composed bride kept her new husband calm, but he nevertheless took drastic action during the heated moment.
“I went and pulled them both aside and just told them to leave,” the groom claimed.
“My mom tried to explain that Margo and I are soul mates and June is just on the road to true love, but I wasn’t listening. I didn’t care.”
As the man put things out of his mind in the short term, after returning from his honeymoon, he was inundated with “hundreds of texts from multiple family members”.
“Some think I could have just ignored Margo and shouldn’t have ‘freaked out,'” he said.
“Some others, including my dad, think I should have just kicked Margo and let mom stay, but after the stunt my mom pulled, I didn’t want her there either.”
And as the groom began to “second-guess himself,” readers flocked to his corner.
“Why are you expected to keep the peace when your mother disrespected you and your wife on your wedding day?” one person wrote.
“She was cruel in her comments about your wife. This guarantees NO CONTACT,” wrote another.
“The reason mom liked Margo is because she and Margo are so similar. She sees June as a threat to her control,” added a third.
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