While a wedding is seemingly all about the bride and groom, guests of the marital ceremony tend to see it as a wholesome occasion of blended friends and family.
Despite it causing controversy, people have been known to use the day to their advantage and propose to their partner in front of a large group.
However, this didn't sit well with one person, who took to popular forum site Reddit to admit that he feels no remorse for ruining an engagement during a couple's wedding reception.
He explained: "Last weekend I got invited to DJ on the cheap at a wedding for a friend of a friend.
"At the wedding, while everyone was on the dance floor one of the guests we'll call him 'Kevin' approached me and asked if I could play the song 'Golden Hour'."
They went on: "It was an odd request because at this time all the guests were literally hopping around and dancing but I was told to take all requests so did it anyways.
"When I started playing it the dance floor started to clear up and then Kevin invited a woman onto the dance floor they started slow dancing for a bit, and a few people joined them (including the bride and groom).
"Then at that one part of the song, Kevin got down on one knee and I knew right away that he was going to propose. I didn't think it was right especially because they were in the middle of the dance floor with all eyes on them and I kinda felt like if this happened I would take the fault because I was the one to put on a romantic song out of nowhere.
"So instead of letting that happen as soon as he pulled out the box, I started to play 'BOOGIE' and turned up the volume instead. After that Kevin just side-eyed me and got up and everyone else sat down. After that nothing else really happened and the tension was very thick.
"After the wedding, no one really brought it up and I obviously thought that I wasn't the asshole and the friend that was friends with the bride said that I wasn't. But then a bunch of the family started to message me.
"It turns out that Kevin was the bride's brother and the family kept asking why I did that, I told them that proposing at someone else's wedding was not appropriate. They told me that I shouldn't have an opinion because I was just the DJ and now Kevin got publicly humiliated because some people knew this was going to happen so they were taking videos and live on Instagram so all their friends could see.
"I responded with 'that would've made the newlyweds hurt' but then they came back with 'you shouldn’t have assumed that the bride didn't want that'.
"That part got me thinking because I was mostly communicating with the bride about arrangements and she was very chatty before the wedding but after that, she kept give my me one-word answers."
Seeking advice online, the man questioned: "So I assume she is mad at me but then again when she paid me she almost doubled the amount for what I was asking for with a generous tip?
"So I'm not sure if the bride actually knew I think she would've told me. But am I the a**hole for just assuming?"
Since sharing their post, the man's thread has raked in over 1,300 comments to date - where one Reddit user commented: "If the bride knew this was going to happen and approved it, she should have told you beforehand. Going with not the a**hole."
Meanwhile, a second person agreed: "Agree 100%. If I'm the DJ, ain't no chance I'm honouring a request like that without getting verbal face-to-face approval from bride AND groom."
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