Everyone knows the in-laws can be a bit of a nightmare in the run up to a wedding.
But one man has threatened to cancel his big day altogether as his fiancée refused to invite his gay son’s boyfriend for fear of offending her parents.
Posting on social media site Reddit, the user asked others if he was being unreasonable for wanting to call the day off because his partner, whom he said comes from a “very deep religious and conservative family”, doesn’t want people to know his son’s gay.
Offering some background info, the user said he had his son when he was just 15 and he’s been a single dad since he was 18.
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“It was hard living for a long time money-wise but I always tried to do best by my son,” he explained, adding: “Today, I own my own gym and my son is now 22 and going to college and works at my gym full-time.”
The user said his son came out at the age of 14 and as his father, he’s “always been supportive of him and his identity”.
He continued: “I’ve been with my fiancée now for about two years and while she does come from a very deep religious and conservative family, she has never had any issue with my son – at least nothing she has ever expressed to me.”
Writing further, the Redditor said his son’s been dating his boyfriend for some time and he’s since got to know him “really well”.
He added: “However my fiancée told me recently that she does not want my son’s boyfriend to come to the wedding nor does she want her parents to even get the inclination that my son is gay. That if they found out, they would have a complete fit.
“This really bothered me because I refuse to ask my son to go back in the closet. What is going to happen in the future?”
He goes on to wonder what will happen if his son and his boyfriend are barred from other family events, and argues it would be wrong of him to deny his son, the best man at his wedding, the opportunity to bring a plus one.
His fiancée’s argument, he said, was that it’s just “one day” and she “wants the perfect wedding”.
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She also called him “selfish” and said he was being “over dramatic”.
The user continued: “I still don’t feel comfortable about the entire situation and am really thinking about calling the wedding off. Would I be the [bleep] if I did this? Am I being unreasonable here?”
Other Redditors rallied to offer their take on the situation.
One wrote: “You should also seriously reconsider marrying this person. Your son’s feelings take obvious priority of the feelings of your in laws, who aren’t even related to your son.”
Another asked: “How can she be OK with her parents’ bigotry? It hurts you, and someone you love, too.”
A third, who claimed to come from a religious family, commented: “She might genuinely be trying here, and having big personal issues coming to grips with this. I’d give her the benefit of the doubt and try to talk through this more thoroughly.”
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