I'm Refusing To Attend My Brother's Wedding After His Fiancée Did This To Me

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.

Cassie got to meI cried in my car while driving home; I didn’t buy a dress, and I felt like shit. I really hoped I met Cassie on a bad day, but I didn’t know this was only the beginning. The next morning, I woke up to a text from my brother. He wanted to meet me for lunch that day, and I naively thought he probably wanted to apologize for his fiancee’s behavior.

He was not aloneWell, when I arrived at the café, I saw my brother sitting at a table with his fiancee next to him. My stomach immediately dropped, but I put on a smile anyway, wanting to give her another chance. “I got you this,” Cassie happily said as she handed me a gift bag, and for a moment, I thought it was all going to be better from then on.