While weddings can be a stressful event for any bride or groom, one thing you can count on is that the people closest to you will be sharing in the celebrations.
However, one woman was left enraged after a bride - her sister - imposed a strict rule during her wedding ceremony, effectively banning her from coming, reports the Mirror.
The mum was angry to learn that children had been banned from the wedding - but found out later that other children except from her own had been welcomed into the party.
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Taking to popular forum site Reddit, the anonymous user was fuming after realising the rule only applied to her and her family, and not to other parents.
Looking for support and advice, the woman wrote: "Am I the a*****e for 'ambushing' my sister at her wedding reception, because she told me her wedding was child-free when it actually wasn't?"
Explaining the situation, she said: "My sister and I aren't close, but we have a good relationship (at least before this all happened). Tracy got married recently, and she told me the wedding was child-free.
"I have a 12-year-old daughter and asked my sister if she could come, but she said sorry, she and her partner were sticking to the rules.
"I managed to arrange for my daughter to stay at a friend's house for a couple of days since the wedding was in a different city.
"So I went to the wedding and I saw quite a few older children, including my other siblings' kids.
"I know this sounds like I should've known from before from my other siblings, but I never thought to ask them 'oh are your kids going'.
"I did ask my brother at the wedding and he said he was told the child-free limit was only for really young kids, the disruptive ages.
"It was obvious she lied to me about not bringing my child. We went through the ceremony and towards the end of the reception, I pulled her aside and said I realised she'd completely lied to me and there were plenty of other kids.
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"She looked pretty uncomfortable and said it wasn't a big deal, but I replied I deserve an apology, and so does my daughter at some point.
"My sister got mad and said I was ambushing her at her own wedding and it's her and her partner's choice what they do. We ended the conversation there and went off to talk to other people.
"She sent me a text later saying I was being selfish and I'm the one that should be apologising to her and her husband for making a big deal out of this."
She added: "I'll admit I sent a not-so-nice text back about her caring more about aesthetics than people. Now it's sort of blown up within our family."
Since sharing her story online, the thread has raked in over 3,000 comments as people rushed to give the woman advice during this turbulent time.
One person wrote: "I'd hold a lifetime grudge if that was me."
Meanwhile, someone else said: "Well, clearly she targeted your daughter. The question is why? Because your daughter is going to figure it out at some point and realise her aunt specifically did not want her at the wedding."
What would you do in this situation? Let us know in the comments below.
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