Groom Wants to Ban Fiancée’s Maid of Honor from the Wedding After She Predicts They’ll Only Last ‘2 Years Max’

One groom-to-be says his fiancée’s best friend has turned their engagement into an emotional minefield — and now he’s wondering if he should block her from the wedding entirely.

The 26-year-old man wrote on Reddit that he’s been with his fiancée, Lucie, 27, for three years and engaged for six months. They’re planning to marry in May. “She’s the love of my life, and I’m genuinely excited to marry her,” he shared.

The complication, he said, is Lucie’s best friend, Tereza, also 27.

From the very beginning, he claims Tereza made it clear she didn’t respect him or his career. When she found out he works as a game developer, she reportedly quipped, “Oh, you’re a game developer? That’s… fun. Like a real job or just playing around?” She would also bring up Lucie’s ex, saying things like, “He was so successful,” in comparison.

At first, he tried to shrug it off, assuming she was just being overprotective of her longtime friend. But according to his post, things slowly escalated from passive-aggressive digs to repeated, thinly veiled insults.

Over the past year, he said, Tereza’s comments became more direct, even when others were around. She would frame them as jokes, but the message was always the same: she thought Lucie could do better. “You know I love you both, but Lucie could do SO much better, no offence,” he recalled her saying. Another common line: “When’s Lucie going to come to her senses?” Sometimes she’d add, “I give it two years max before she realises,” and then wink at Lucie.

Two weeks ago, the tension hit a breaking point.

During a small dinner party at the couple’s apartment with about eight guests, Tereza had been drinking and, according to him, felt emboldened. At one point, she allegedly looked him straight in the eye and said, “I’m just waiting for Lucie to wake up and realise she’s wasting her best years. No hard feelings.”

He turned to Lucie, expecting her to finally shut it down. Instead, she laughed it off. “Oh, that’s just Tereza being Tereza,” she said, and moved the conversation along.

“No hard feelings? She told me to my face our relationship has an expiration date and my fiancée laughed,” he wrote. “I brought it up after everyone left. Told Lucie it really hurt me and Tereza has been saying this stuff for months.”

According to him, Lucie responded that he was “taking it too seriously,” insisting that Tereza “doesn’t mean it like that” and is “just protective.” He couldn’t make sense of that explanation. “Protective of what?? Lucie from marrying me??” he wrote.

With the wedding now just five months away and Tereza slated to be maid of honor, he admitted he no longer wants her there at all. He said he can’t imagine someone who openly predicts their marriage will fail standing beside Lucie while they exchange vows.

Still, he hasn’t told Lucie that he doesn’t want Tereza in the wedding party—or at the wedding—because he’s afraid it could trigger a major fight.

“But I also don’t know if I can stand up there knowing Tereza is smirking behind us waiting for it to fail,” he wrote, asking Reddit, “WIBTA [Would I Be The A——] for saying she can’t come?”

In the comments, many users argued that the real issue isn’t just the best friend — it’s Lucie’s response.

One commenter wrote: “The problem here is Lucie. She’s not shut this down at all and when finally asked to she laughed it off. OP, your fiancée laughed at you pointing out that her best friend’s rude comments are hurting your feelings.”

Another added: “You have a fiancée problem that needs to be addressed. She will always allow her friend to steamroll and make fun of you. She’s more concerned [about] her friend’s feelings than yours. It will ALWAYS be like this — you okay with that? NTA but you would be if you continue this engagement.”