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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?”

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below. 

  • I think he’s the one with a problem. Most people are pretty discreet when breastfeeding and I for one wouldn’t be bothered by another guest doing this.

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  • He is definitely the a hole. So bad in this day that people are still against women breastfeeding

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  • This man sounds horrible. I wonder how he will feel if his wife decides to breastfeed in future when they have kids. Seriously he needs to grow up.

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  • This poor woman being shamed for feeding her baby by a family member. Breastfeeding is hard enough without being criticized by those closest to us.

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  • I thought we had moved beyond shaming breastfeeding mother’s. If a baby has to eat, it has to eat, he seems to be the only person with a problem. Glad the sister in-laws seem to be on the same page. I hope he changes his attitude if he and his wife decide to have kids.

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  • Look I don’t care if you breastfeed and are comfortable doing it. I will say some people don’t even try to be a bit discreet which is what I would do at a wedding with many people I don’t know.

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  • I sometimes wonder whether these scenarios are real or made up. Surely this man can figure out that if he is the only one with a problem regarding his sister breastfeeding her baby then maybe he should question his own behaviour and work out that he might be in the wrong.

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  • I’m guessing you ate at your wedding? As did all your other guests? Why should an 8 week old baby go hungry? Honestly, yes, you are in the wrong. Breastfeeding is beautiful and natural and if your sister is comfortable with it then you are the only one with the problem….

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