Groom’s Mother Fakes Health Scare and Forces Couple to Cancel Honeymoon

In the months before your big day, much of your time is likely spent confirming details with your vendors, meeting with your planner, and fielding questions from guests about the celebration. However, there’s another crucial aspect that needs to be organized prior to you and your partner saying “I do”: your honeymoon. Whether you choose to head to a dream location that neither of you have ever been to or go to your favorite vacation spot, this trip gives you time to relax, unwind, and enjoy each other’s company after tying the knot. However, for one couple, their post-wedding travel plans were quickly derailed when the groom’s mother reached out with an unexpected request. 

“My husband, Diego, and I got married three weeks ago,” the user wrote in the post on Reddit’s “AITAH” subreddit. “It was a beautiful wedding, but incredibly exhausting for both of us. We had planned our honeymoon in Bali, a trip we had dreamed about since getting engaged. Everything seemed perfect, until it wasn’t. A few days before we were supposed to leave, Diego’s mom, Carmen, called him crying. She claimed her health had worsened and that she needed him close in case something went wrong.” After hearing that his mother wasn’t doing well, the Redditor wrote that her husband suggested they postpone the honeymoon to ensure he was able to stay in close proximity to his mother. “I was frustrated, but I agreed, thinking it was a serious matter,” the user said. However, her empathy soon vanished when she learned that the request for them to stay home wasn’t actually due to her mother-in-law’s health issues. “Two days later, I found out that Carmen had planned a ‘surprise family gathering’ at her house that same weekend,” the original poster wrote. “Her health scare was just an excuse. When I confronted Diego, he tried to defend her, saying she was ‘emotionally fragile’ and just missed him.”

For the user, she said that this was “her breaking point.’ “I decided to cancel the honeymoon altogether instead of just postponing it,” she said. “I told Diego that if we couldn’t prioritize our marriage from the start, we needed to rethink our priorities.” However, her husband didn’t agree with her analysis of the situation, claiming that she had overreached and that they could still embark on their planned vacation at a later date. “My mother-in-law accuses me of being selfish and ‘taking her son away,’” she added. “But I feel like Diego allowed her to manipulate something important for us.”

The internet was just as appalled as the Redditor over her mother-in-law’s behavior. “I would have gone on the honeymoon and left him behind,” one person commented. “Don’t ever let him forget he is okay with an old woman canceling his honeymoon because she couldn’t be away from him for a few days.” Others encouraged the OP to rethink the marriage altogether—and consider calling it quits. “It’s not too late to get an annulment and get away from that man child and his manipulative mother,” one user said. “Seriously.. This is the life you want to live for the rest of your life?” One user issued an even more blunt warning: “Your husband’s mother is going to ruin your marriage.”