Weddings are a time of celebration, good friends, good food and crucially good music. That's why being invited to DJ on the biggest day of the happy couple's lives can be a tall order.
But for one man who was asked to take over the decks, the day turned sour upon an unusual request from a guest. One man spoke of an intriguing situation in which the heavily-debated scenario proposing at a wedding was about to take place, reports the Mirror.
Many lovers have chosen the romantic setting of a wedding to ask for their partner's hand in marriage, something that has divided people for years. But the man revealed he had no qualms over 'ruining' the spur-of-the-moment proposal when at the reception.
Speaking to Reddit, the man told the story of being asked to DJ at the do and the bold decision he made when the developing event unfolded in front of him.
He posted: "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'."
The DJ went on to say he found the request for the song strange.
He added: "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.
"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?"
The scenario earned varying responses from the 1,300 plus comments on Reddit with one writing: "If the bride knew this was going to happen and approved it, she should have told you beforehand. Going with not the a**hole."
Another was in agreement, writing: "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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