A fuming sister was left outraged after her sibling lied to her about her wedding being childfree - leaving her niece uninvited while other kids attended.
The mum was told that a strict childfree rule was in place and arranged appropriate care for her daughter but was left astounded when she attended the ceremony and saw other children.
Posting anonymously on Reddit, the woman raged at the situation and sought advice from other users as the rule applied to no other parents.
As reported in the Mirror, she wrote: "Am I the a**hole 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 Tracy 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 called Ella and asked Tracy if she could come, but she said sorry, she and her partner were sticking to the rules. I managed to arrange for Ella 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 Tracy lied to me about not bringing Ella. We went through the ceremony and towards the end of the reception, I pulled Tracy aside and said I realised she'd completely lied to me and there were plenty of other kids.
"She looked pretty uncomfortable and said it wasn't a big deal, but I replied I deserve an apology, and so does Ella at some point.
"Tracy 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."
The post has since raked in over 3,000 comments as users flooded the comment section with their opinions on the matter.
One said: "I'd hold a lifetime grudge if that was me."
While another added: "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."
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