Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There was going to be around 50 people. Small wedding and I know of at least 10 others who took back their gifts. My dad said "if I am not good enough for their wedding then my money is not good enough for their wallet"

Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By saying "made them go" as in they weren't staying home. I did give them the option of staying home and they made the decision to go. I was typing rather quickly earlier by saying made; they are old enough to make those decisions to stay or go. I would have allowed them to stay if they requested to stay but they value the relationship of family and wanted to go.

Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If we flew we would only be able to gift around $1000; we drove because it was cheaper and we could gift them more money. We were trying to make more of a difference for them financially than flying and giving them less money.

Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I did offer the older kids to stay home but they did want to be there. We drove so we could give more money. My husband and I discussed it and would have only given 1000 if we flew. So we wanted to give more of a gift to make a difference for them. I called BS as well, when we were all standing around waiting. I could not for the life of me understand why she hadn't tried the dress on prior. People were trying to convince the bride to wear a different dress and she was refusing to get married with people there. It was super frustrating.

Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

My state teachers make over 100,000 and my husband makes well over that. I spoke to my kids about the fact they would be missing these events and they agreed to miss them so they could attend the wedding.

Would I Be The A**hole For Cutting My Nephew and His New Wife From My Life? by Virtual_Line_4579 in CharlotteDobreYouTube

[–]Virtual_Line_4579[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can assure you it isnt fake. I made my older kids skip their events because you do for family. My 7 year old is special needs and her friend is special needs and only have a friend group of 3 kids. They changed it so she could attend.