I’m uninviting my nephew from my wedding as he’ll take the attention away from me – he’s six & my brother’s raging
A BRIDE has been shamed for uninviting her nephew from her wedding - because he's stealing all the attention.
The 26-year-old is getting married next month and claims she "wants as many people there that can be there".
Posting on Reddit, she adds: "All partners and children are welcome, I'm giving single guests a +1."
But the only person she won't extend this generous offer to is her own older brother - who's six-year-old son is being excluded.
The bride explained how her 27-year-old brother and his 25-year-old fiance have adopted.
As they've lived in another country since 2018, no-one has met her nephew yet due to lockdown travel restrictions, and she says the excited comments about meeting the lad are "getting annoying".
The bride says: "At first, I wasn't bothered but I kept getting comments, like my older sister (who's 30) excited to see her nephew, my parents 'can't wait to see their grandbaby'.
"(He's the first and currently only grandchild, though me and my partner and trying, so hopefully we have the first biological one) and it's just getting annoying.
"People are still excited about my wedding but when one person mentions the fact that we will get to see my nephew, everyone gets excited and starts talking about him.
"I called my brother and asked if he could leave my nephew at home. He was confused so I explained why, he then audibly got upset, saying he can't just leave a 6-year-old on his own.
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"I told him his fiance can stay and look after him (I will be honest I've never liked his fiance and almost didn't invite him anyway).
"My brother was silent for a while and then said that if his family wasn't welcome he just wouldn't come.
"I told him he didn't have to do that, then he started asking if I didn't want my nephew there because he was mixed (race) or because he was adopted because he couldn't understand why I was doing this.
";I get offended that he was insinuating I was racist and hung up."
But the whole thing has blown up in the bride's face and caused a lot of "family drama".
She adds: "Word out got that I don't want my nephew there and I've been getting some pretty s***y messages and my other brother and his wife even pulled out of my wedding.
"I didn't think people would react like this and it has me questioning myself.
"I just want this one day that is supposed to be perfect and about me and my future husband, to actually be about me and not have my guests fawning over my nephew the whole time."
The bride asked if she was in the wrong and her post was shared on a Wedding Shaming Facebook group, where the poster said she "can’t even with this one!"
People were horrified, commenting: "That poor child" and "This person is out of their mind".
One said: "Imagine being a grown woman and being jealous of a 6 year old. So pathetic".
While a second wrote: "You’re an a**hole and a selfish B and obviously a horrible Aunt. God bless your future 'biological' children!!"
A third added: "This person is an enormous jerk. People can be excited for your wedding and excited to see your nephew, it's not an either/or.
"Plus the poster's emphasis on this child being adopted and how she wants to give the first biological grandchild is extremely cringe".
And a fourth said: "So the problem is she thinks the adopted baby will upstage her?"
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Another slated the bride, writing: "You're jealous of a child. You will be so busy on your wedding day you wont even notice him getting the attention you so crave for yourself."
Earlier this week, another woman revealed how she refuses to go to her sister’s wedding because she can’t bring her kids and it's caused a huge row.