When my brother announced his engagement, I was thrilled for him and eager to meet his fiancée. But as the wedding day approached, a series of unsettling events unfolded that left me questioning everything. The final straw came when his fiancée crossed a line I never expected.
What she did next made it impossible for me to support their union…
A strange requestIt all started about a week ago when my brother asked if he could help me pick out a dress to wear to his wedding. I had found it a bit of a strange request, but I didn’t think much of it then. I saw it as some much-needed brother-and-sister time and actually looked forward to it. However, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
A disastrous dayWhen I arrived at the mall, I saw my brother standing by a dress store with his fiancee by his side. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t going to be just us two, but I never showed it. Little did I know, this day was going to be nothing short of a disaster—the first disaster in a series of three, actually.
Words that hurtEvery dress I put on wasn’t good enough, and my brother’s fiancee, Cassie, made sure to say that to me in the meanest way: “Ooff, your arms look really big in this dress,” or “This dress accentuates your belly fat.” Everything she said was a deliberate insult, and it made me feel horrible. And worst of all, my brother did nothing to make her stop.