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A cranky brother has labelled his sister ‘tacky’ for breastfeeding her eight-week-old baby at his wedding.

The 34-year-old man called his sister out for feeding her newborn at his wedding, saying she ‘completely embarrassed herself’.

“She breastfeeds whenever she goes. We visit her house? She’ll breastfeed in front of us. Visiting our parents? She’ll breastfeed. Going out in a public setting? She’ll sit on a bench on the park and breastfeed. Go out to a restaurant? She breastfeeds. Every where,” the man complained on reddit. “I’ve never spoken on it because I know she’ll get mad and offended but when she did that on my wedding I lost my cool.

“During the reception dinner she just did it again. I kindly approached her and asked her why she didn’t bring formula or at least bump milk out and put it in the bottle so she wouldn’t have to do all this at that moment. She said, ‘Because I don’t have to. I feel comfortable breastfeeding. Getting milk out on my own is more painful’.

“I said she could just make this sacrifice and compromise for one day instead of doing this in front of 250 guests on my wedding. She then said she can’t do much about it now, because the baby has to have her milk. I told her she should be more thoughtful of that then instead of completely embarrassing herself and us by doing this.”

The man complained to his 23-year-old new wife, who sided with his sister, calling her new husband an a**hole and saying he needs to apologise to his sister.

“My parents also sided with my sister and now pretty much everyone thinks I’m an a**hole since I’m the only person who had a problem with it.

“The only reason I decided to call her out is because I considered it a bad etiquette and tacky to do that at a formal event and that she could just find another solution for that night. Am I the a**hole?”

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  • He is the one that has the problem. He knew what she was like and should had something before the wedding. Some babies will not take a bottle what ever is in it. My 2nd son had to be spoon fed in hospital after his birth as he would not take anything like that, when I could not feed him.

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  • Confirmed you are infact the asshole

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  • Idiots. She did not embarrass herself at all. What is wrong with some people!

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  • The brother is the a**hole. It is completely normal! He’s the weirdo for making a big deal out of breastfeeding a baby and clearly needs some education.

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  • Breastfeeding is a normal thing but personally I would not do that at the wedding reception or any party.

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  • The sister didn’t embarrasse herself at all

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  • If he felt that way and knew in advance that she will breastfeed no matter where she is, then he should have said something before the wedding. It’s not like it came as a big surprise or that she did it to ruin the wedding. As long as she had herself covered so nothing could be seen, the only one with the problem is himself. Wonder how he’ll go if his wife has children and she starts breastfeeding? Don’t forget it was your bride’s special day too and she had no problem with her new sister-in-law breastfeeding.

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  • This man needs to get over himself. I highly doubt that 250 people were sitting looking at her while she was breastfeeding.
    Breastfeeding is completely natural and the only one who should feel uncomfortable was the brother for complaining about it. He’s the one with the issue, no one else.

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  • Maybe some education around breastfeeding babies would be useful? Thankfully times and plenty of attitudes have progressed and breastfeeding is a basic function not to be shunned.

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  • Yep you are an a***hole if everyone of your family think it is ok then why don’t you.

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  • OMG, I hope the brother thought he shouldn’t eat at his wedding at that is what the baby was doing. What a dumba$$.

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  • Breastfeeding is such a natural thing indeed and personally I don’t understand why is should be embarrassing. However breastfeeding in public seems to be rather controversial.
    Here are some nice reads
    https://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/legal/bfip/

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  • Breast feeding is natural and normal and when a bub is hungry it is feeding time. Women should feed their babies wherever and whenever needed.

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  • Despite it being very natural and a Mum is providing nutrition for their child, breastfeeding in public will always ruffle someone’s feathers.
    In this instance I think he shouldn’t have called out his sister. It is clear that he knew her inclination to breastfeed whenever or whether her baby needed feeding. He had the opportunity to talk to her before hand about it

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  • Sounds like he is the only one with a problem.

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