Time and time again we hear tales of people being told off by friends and relatives for making important announcements at other people's weddings, accused of stealing the limelight or overshadowing the couple's special day. One baffled woman however is now facing the exact opposite issue and doesn't know where to turn.
The woman in question recently found out she was expecting a baby, and so decided to gather family members together for a dinner where she could break the happy news. That same night, she also decided to let them know that she and her partner were engaged, making both announcements at once.
Initially, it appeared that everybody was thrilled for the couple, but then her brother-in-law and sister-in-law - Bob and Janet - pulled her aside, asking why she just didn't make her big announcements at their wedding, which had been held one month before.
Taking to Reddit, where she goes by the username u/aitapostpregnant, the bewildered mum-to-be recalled: "I replied that I didn't want to overshadow them on their big day. They said I could have just said it then and they would have been ok with it. They told me I was an a****** because people could have been enjoying their evening and I ruined it and wasted a lot of time and money."
Turning to her fellow Reddit users in the hope of getting an 'unbiased point of view', she asked whether she had in fact done anything wrong by waiting until the wedding celebrations had passed.
One supportive person advised: "Did she mean that you wasted everyone’s time by gathering all of them together and hosting a dinner? That it wasted their evening to even be there? I think that is what she was trying to say.
"It’s easy for her to say now that you could have said it then because you don’t own a time machine and can’t go back and announce it. I think she is annoyed now because her 'newlywed' status is over as your 'engaged and pregnant' status has taken over, in her mind."
Another commented: "So they're saying their wedding was so terrible that they needed you to create a reason to celebrate? I'm at a total loss here."
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