A woman has slammed a bride after she refused to give her access to a high chair for the baby she was looking after at the wedding.
The unnamed woman took to Mumsnet to explain how she had called the wedding venue after finding out she would be babysitting one of the bridesmaid’s children on the big day.
She claims the bride would not provide high chairs so went directly to the venue who agreed to supply three high chairs on the day that could be used by herself and other parents.
The woman then called the bride to let her know she had sorted out the arrangements herself. But, just hours later, the bride let her know those three high chairs had already been spoken for.
Sharing her frustration, the guest said the child she was babysitting should be entitled for one considering she had arranged for the high chairs to be there, reports the Mirror.
She wrote: “Extended family have been invited to a wedding, baby in our party will be nearly 1. We found out from the bride there will be no high chairs available.
“We contacted the venue and they have agreed to now supply three high chairs. We told the bride, expecting her to let us have one of the high chairs as we had sorted but a few hours later she rang to say she allocated them to other guests with babies attending. Am I being unreasonable to think as we sorted high chairs with venue we should be able to use one?”
Whilst some comments came to the guest’s defence others told her she must stop “meddling” and others criticised the bride for having “zero idea of how to host.”
One person said: “If there were only three and she knew that then she hasn’t allocated you one, or if she didn’t know and still hasn’t, she is kind of saying your baby doesn’t matter to her in guest terms. If this was my wedding I would arrange for you to have a highchair, simple. Some people have zero idea how to host. Imagine inviting someone and saying there is no seat for them, absurd.”
Another person simply said: “Stop interfering.” A third person agreed to say: “Exactly, You’re meddling. Just don’t go if it bothers you. Your baby isn’t a priority.”
Adding more information, the guest wrote: “Not my baby but I will be looking after them as her Mother is a bridesmaid and will be busy / sitting at the top table.”
After reading this information, a fourth person said: “In that case, you need one. You are doing a huge favour to the wedding party! Why isn’t mum/bridesmaid getting involved in this?”
