A newlywed man is dividing opinion after his wife reveals what upset her over what he thought was the perfect wedding.
in Deleted Posts The post was shared on Reddit’s r/AITAH subreddit, where it garnered over 12,000 upvotes and thousands of comments. The poster, SeaContexts, explained that he is 28 years old and recently married to his wife, who is 26 years old.
“My wife wanted to talk about something serious,” the post began. “She brought up our wedding and how our sibling dance with my sister was too intimate.” At first, the husband thought she was joking, but she was actually serious.
The wife claimed that no one mentioned it at the wedding, believing everyone was afraid to speak their mind.
In his defence, the husband argued that close friends who attended the wedding would have spoken up if they thought the dancing was inappropriate, and stressed that he and his sister had always been affectionate and that it was natural.
She was furious and demanded the return of her expensive espresso machine, a wedding gift for her sister.
“I told my wife she was being completely unreasonable and that was the stupidest thing she’d ever said,” he explained, acknowledging that his response may have been a bit harsh.
In a follow-up statement, her husband provided further details, saying that his dance with his sister included slower songs like Etta James’ “At Last” and John Legend’s “All of Me.”
“It’s not just about being a psychologist,” said Beverly Hills psychiatrist and best-selling author Carole Lieberman. Newsweek: “It’s interesting that the wife didn’t bring this up until after the wedding and honeymoon – it was clearly still bothering her. But was the groom’s dance with his sister really too intimate, or was this a projection on her part?”
To get to the bottom of the situation, she suggested asking trusted wedding guests what they thought about the dance.
“If they were really intimate, was the husband aware of it or not? The determination is whether there were inappropriate, incestuous feelings between the husband and his sister,” Lieberman said. “If there were, the husband needs to get therapy to sort them out, because it threatens the stability of the marriage. If they weren’t really intimate, that’s the wife’s problem. She needs to get therapy to understand why she projected her insecurities and paranoia onto them.”
In thousands of comments, Reddit users were quick to share their opinions.
“I want to see the wedding video,” said shampespiral60.
RedstnPhoenx agreed, saying: “I… feel like more context is needed. Like, really, can you tell the difference without seeing this dance? Sure, your wife might be crazy, but you’re an AITA and you’re asking about your new wife right after getting married. That’s… weird, right?”
Others found it unusual that he slow-danced with his brother. “It’s weird to slow-dance with your sister multiple times,” wrote AsparagusOverall8454, while Y_Are_U_Like_This wrote, “NTA [not the a******]Unless you’re the brother in the Folgers commercial, she needs to grow up.”
Newsweek SeaContexts could not be reached for comment and could not confirm the matter.
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