Her Wedding Is In One Week, And Her Brother Wants Her To Cancel It After His Wife Unexpectedly Passed Away

If someone in your life passed away in an accident just a week before your wedding, and your family pushed you to cancel, would you?

In just one week, this 27-year-old woman is getting married, and she and her 28-year-old fiancé have spent two years planning their special day.

Sadly, her 31-year-old brother's wife passed away unexpectedly a couple of days ago following a tragic accident. This has devastated their whole family, and her sister-in-law leaves two little kids behind.

She adored her sister-in-law, and she was supposed to be a part of her wedding. Her sister-in-law helped her plan, and she was excited to have her there with her.

Following the loss of her sister-in-law, her brother has demanded that she cancel her wedding completely.

"He told me that he can't watch me get married right now while he's trying to figure out how to raise two kids without their mother, and that having everyone dressed up and celebrating while he's grieving his wife feels 'unbearable' to him," she explained.

"I completely understand why he feels that way. I really do. However, the wedding is in one week. At this point, we have spent an enormous amount of money."

"The venue, catering, photographer, videographer, flowers, decorations, DJ, transportation, wedding attire, invitations, hotel blocks, etc. are all already paid for or contracted. A lot of the deposits are completely nonrefundable. Canceling now would mean we would lose at least $30k, possibly up to $50k."

Not only is losing the money upsetting to her; her fiancé's loved ones live on the other side of the country and have booked their hotels and flights.

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They all invested thousands of dollars to be at the wedding, so they will lose out too. Some people are going to be in town for her wedding in a matter of days.

Everyone is sad about her sister-in-law, and there are other people who expect her to not move ahead with her wedding, not just her brother. She did call her brother to say she really can't cancel her wedding with just a week to go.

"I told him it was unreasonable of him to make himself the center of my wedding, and he blew up at me about how I'm being selfish. Forgot to add this earlier," she continued.

"I feel horrible even thinking about money when my brother just lost his wife. I know no amount of money compares to losing someone you love."

"But canceling a wedding one week before it happens means potentially asking dozens of people to lose money, change flights, take more time off work, cancel accommodations, etc. And then there's the question of what happens afterward."

She won't magically be able to come up with the money again to have a wedding at a different time. She doesn't see how it's reasonable to postpone her wedding due to her brother's grief.

She doesn't think anyone will win here. Also, her parents are really trying to push her into canceling the wedding, but they have always considered her brother to be their golden child.

She's left wondering if she's wrong to still want to walk down the aisle.

I understand that her brother can't manage to be there for her wedding and watch her get married, but it's not fair for him and her parents to think this means she has to cancel her big day.

It's manipulative of them all to do this to her, and hopefully, her mom and dad show up, but if not, oh well. There really is too much money for everyone to collectively lose if she backs out now.

If her parents were ready to reimburse her, and all of the people coming, that would be a different story. Maybe she should suggest that to them.

What do you think?

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