Man Calls Out His Coworker After Finding Out She Invited Their Entire Department to Her Wedding — Except for Him
The Reddit user claimed that the bride lied to the rest of their coworkers, stating that he wasn't able to make it, according to the viral post
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"Why is she mad? You weren't invited to the wedding. She used the pretense that it was a small wedding and no one from work was invited," one user wrote about the situation. "If she's embarrassed, oh well, don't lie."A man decided to call out his coworker after finding out he didn't make her wedding invite list.
In a recent post on Reddit's popular "AITA" [Am I The A------?] a user explained that in his workplace's department of 12 people, every colleague got invited to celebrate at the nuptials — except for him.
The problem, he continued, was that the bride told their fellow coworkers that he had indeed been invited, but could not attend due to a scheduling conflict.
"I was personally told the wedding was being kept small as they didn’t want to spend extravagantly. The others were told that I couldn’t attend," he wrote in the now-viral post.
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After the bride's return from her honeymoon, the whole group of 12 was in a department-wide meeting. The Reddit user wrote that the topic of the wedding came up in conversation.
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"A coworker commented it was a shame I couldn’t attend; I remarked that I wasn’t even invited," he wrote in the post. "I could see the brides face visibly change and now she is mad at me and our working relationship is cordial at best."
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"To further this, our department had a dinner and celebration for her and I contributed to the gift. The date was selected and changed based on others availability, but I couldn’t attend due to a trip overseas I had planned last year," he continued. "It wasn’t even discussed if it could be changed so I could attend."
"So," he finished the post, asking his fellow Reddit users, "AITA for clarifying that I was never even invited in front of the whole department that was told that I couldn’t attend?"
Although many users were quick to say he was "not the a------," some users questioned if there were some sort of extra context needed, such as if he and the bride had had an argument before or any other sort of uncomfortable interaction at work.
"No backstory," he wrote. "We had a really good work relationship, everyone in department gets along. No idea why the exclusion."
"The other coworker (who is her best friend) seems to not like me and I have no idea why," he wrote. "I’ve been working with them for four years and they were already here for a few years together before that."
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One commenter argued that he was right to come out with the truth sooner rather than later, in case him telling a small lie started to snowball later on.
"Her wedding, so she can invite whomever she wants. However, if she feels uncomfortable for excluding you, that’s her problem, not yours. You are not obligated to lie for her," the user wrote. "And it’s probably better to clarify up front instead of having to backpedal later."
Another commenter questioned: "Why is she mad? You weren't invited to the wedding. She used the pretense that it was a small wedding and no one from work was invited. If she's embarrassed — oh well, don't lie."
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