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Woman’s Future Sister-in-Law Outs Her Pregnancy After She Told Her Not to. Now She’s So Furious, She’s Banned from Her Wedding

Thomas Smith
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When a woman’s future sister-in-law “accidentally” announced her pregnancy online, the bride-to-be decided to take drastic action.

The 26-year-old shared her story on Reddit’s AITA forum, explaining that she’s currently 10 weeks pregnant. She and her fiancé, 28, had told only their immediate families and made it clear they didn’t want the news shared until after the first trimester.

Despite this, her fiancé’s sister posted a “get ready with me” video on Instagram before a recent family dinner. In the clip, she “casually and indirectly talks about becoming an auntie” — and tagged the couple in the post.

After the video went live, the expecting woman said she received “over 50 messages” from friends and coworkers — people she hadn’t even told yet.

“I was totally mad, called her screaming. She tried to say it was ‘an accident’ and that she ‘forgot’ and she was just teasing,” she wrote.

In response, she told her future sister-in-law she was no longer invited to the wedding. That decision, however, sparked outrage from her fiancé’s family, who accused her of “ruining the family” over “a silly social media post.”

Her fiancé supported her decision, but the family insisted she should be happy people were excited about the pregnancy. Still, she asked Reddit if she was wrong for uninviting her future sister-in-law.

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Commenters overwhelmingly sided with her.

“NTA — not only did she go against your wishes, she also took away your joy of making that announcement yourselves,” one person wrote.

Another added, “Not just that but only 10 weeks. If something goes wrong — hopefully OP has a smooth pregnancy — now there’s a long list of people to update. And if you forget someone, it’s explaining over and over again when they ask how things are going.”

Others agreed it was rude to ignore the couple’s request to keep the pregnancy private until later.

Some commenters suggested a path toward reconciliation.

“NTA at all. However, if you want to calm the family down, you could offer her a chance to earn her invite back,” one suggested. “All she would have to do is delete the post and make another apologizing for sharing news she knew she shouldn’t, just to get likes and comments. The new post should go up immediately and stay up through the wedding. If she does that, she can attend.”

Still, a few said the punishment might be too harsh.

“While I think you are NTA for being upset, uninviting her based on this one issue seems overreactive,” one commenter wrote. “You’re marrying into this family — is it worth lifelong resentment? But if she has a habit of attention-seeking at others’ expense, that’s another story.”

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