A separate category of stories about double standards is wedding steals, when a relative makes an important announcement right at someone else’s wedding, automatically shifting the “center of gravity” from the newlyweds to themselves. This is damn unpleasant, you must agree – this is exactly what happened in this story from theuser u/No_Kiwi_2, and even twice – the second as revenge for the first. Intrigued? Then let’s read on!
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The author of the post has a brother who got married a few days ago
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The author held a grudge against his brother for proposing at his own wedding some time ago
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Moreover, when the brother sounded his idea of proposing, the author was strictly against it – but to no avail
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So when it was the time for the author to make his toast, he loudly announced his wife’s pregnancy
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The newlyweds weren’t happy but the author thought it was the perfect petty revenge. Especially since he actually lied and his spouse wasn’t pregnant…
So who do we have today? There are two brothers, both adults and both married, and one got married just recently. When the Original Poster (OP) was planning hisweddingsome time ago, his bro announced that he wanted to propose tohis girlfriendat his ceremony. The author, of course, objected – who would want their big day stolen?
The OP said that if the brother proposed at his wedding, he’d kick him out – but the brothers’ mom immediately intervened. Apparently, she had her favorite and our hero wasn’t it. So, the mother said that the second brother should be given the opportunity to make an important announcement in front ofnumerous relativeswhom he’s unlikely to see in the foreseeable future.
In general, this is what happened. The brother proposed right during the original poster’s wedding, attracted some of the attention of the guests – and the OP was literally seething inside, but restrained himself. However, revenge, as the ancients liked to say, is a dish better served cold. And finally it was time to pay the bills…
The OP’s brother got married a few days ago – and, of course, our hero was also present at the ceremony. And when it was time for him to make his toast, the guy stood up… and loudly announced that his wife was pregnant!
The effect was similar to that of Tony Stark’s press conference when he suddenly admitted that he was the Iron Man. Everyone vied with each other to congratulate the OP and his overly surprised wife, and if anyone was unhappy at that moment, it was the newlyweds – and the brothers’mom, of course.
And now the main plot twist! Do you know why the OP’s wife was so surprised when he made his announcement? Because he lied and she wasn’t pregnant! Well, now the spouses need to try to make this announcement true in the nearest future – or come up with some kind of justification in front of those relatives…
However, the main thing in this instructive story is that the basic principle of successful petty (or not that petty) revenge has been observed. Well, you remember what those veryancients said, right? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a stolen wedding for a stolen wedding!
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“It’s in poor taste to announce your big news at someone else’s wedding or special event,” etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore also claims in the interviewto PEOPLE. “If you announce your own engagement while at a friend’s wedding, instead of focusing on the newlyweds and their relationship, you are choosing to focus on how the couple positively impacts your relationship.”
And in any ofour postsdedicated to such stories, none of the newlyweds were happy about such an announcement. N. O. N. E. So the commenters are almost sure that the original poster simply took good revenge on his treacherous bro. “What goes around comes around,” one commenter claimed. However, some are sure that this was not the perfect revenge. “The correct way to do this would have been: ask his permission, get rejected, then do it anyway,” another person added wittily.
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