Ever had the sense you weren’t wanted at an event? At some sort of social occasion that you probably weren’t invited to? Maybe if you’ve found yourself in such a spot, you’ve recognised that your presence isn’t exactly welcome and you’ve extricated yourself from the situation.
That’s what normal people would do, right? Well it turns out not everyone takes the same approach when they’re somewhere they shouldn’t be.
One young bridesmaid has revealed on social media that she went to hen party with a difference: the groom was there too. But he wasn’t invited, oh no. Rather, he invited himself.
The close friend of the bride took to Reddit to guage whether or not she was overreacting to the bride’s husband to-be showing up at the hen, or “bachelorette” party as the poster referred to it. The social media platform blew up with responses and it’s fair to say not everyone was in agreement about the thorny issue.
The bridesmaid explains the situation to fellow Redditors, saying: “One of my closest friend(25f) is getting married in mere days. Her and the groom (29m) decided to have the wedding planned under 3 months because the groom wants to be married before he is thirty. The bride is absolutely not worried about anything. She has not even bought her cosmetics yet nor has she packed her bags for shifting. They are moving together on the day of marriage.
“A week ago we planned for her bachelorette which was originally supposed to be a weekend getaway. But was later planned as surprise house party by her friends and cousin sister because the bride was tired.
“The bride decided to take an off day from office without telling anybody and went on a date with the groom for a whole day instead of getting her stuff done including some remaining shopping.”
After detailing the background of the hastily organised wedding, the Redditor then reveals where things start to take a turn for worse.
She adds: “When we informed the groom about the surprised party, he made sure to keep her out of the house till the specified time. Then the bride herself decided to invite him over for pizza since why not. This despite protests from all bridesmaids of this being girls only party.
“Groom joined the party and asked / demanded for drinks which were not even in the home and had to be arranged specifically for him. Then started sharing stories about death and ghosts even when one of the bridesmaid was uncomfortable because she had lost a family member few days ago.
“He was sharing such stories because bride is deathly afraid of ghosts. The party was spoilt and just became another date for bride and groom with few ladies tagging along in the home”.
Reacting to the bombshell story, Reddit users were split as to who was to blame. One wrote: “Seems everyone else is more excited about this wedding than the bride and groom. Maybe just leave them alone?”
Another struck a completely different tone, suggesting that the bride didn’t want to get married at all. They said: “I feel bad for the bride. It seems like this wedding is forced and fast so that she doesn’t have more time to realize he’s not right for her.”
This view was shared by another user: “Your friend does not want to get married! Every single thing is just screaming that she doesn’t want to do this. Not just that she’s low-key and the opposite of a bridezilla, but actually apathetic. You should talk to her.”
