A Mum Refused To Attend Her Daughter’s Wedding Dress Appointment As It Clashed With Her Weekly Yoga Class

An acceptable excuse?

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by Bonnie McLaren |
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Trying on your wedding dress{ =nofollow}is supposed to be one of the most special moments leading up to the big day, so it's only right you want the people closest to you to attend. (And hey, even give their honest opinions.) But one bride-to-be had a shock when she invited her mum wedding dress shopping - as the mum said she couldn't attend, due to having a weekly yoga class.

OK, so a bit more context, the bride-to-be posted her dilemma on Reddit, saying that she finally got an appointment at a bridal boutique, as most have been fully booked with appointments up until 2023, due to all the weddings postponed due to Covid. When she invited her mum, her mum 'reminded [her] the appointment coincides with her weekly yoga class which she has been attending for 20 years'. Yikes.

The bride-to-be then asked commenters if she was an asshole for inviting her mother-in-law instead - as her mother is now very upset, and refusing to attend the wedding. The poster asked: 'I am so grateful that my MIL can attend and we can share something special but I would hate for my parents to miss my wedding because they feel so excluded. My mom has told me that she will use this experience as an indicator for how I will behave for the rest of my life, and that she is clearly lower down on the priority list than my future in-laws. She has also said that she feels I vindictively chose the appointment time to purposefully exclude her. Am I the asshole for not trying harder to include my mom in a special mother-daughter moment?'

Well, unsurprisingly, most people think the bride-to-be hasn't done anything wrong - and that her mum maybe should have rearranged the yoga class she has been going to for 20 years. As one person suggested maybe she should 'REALLY push the issue: schedule an early morning wedding that conflicts with the yoga class and see what she does.'

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