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<h2>Weddings can often bring out the worst in people...</h2><p>While weddings are meant to be beautiful and emotional celebrations of love with friends and family, they&#39;ve become TLC reality TV dramas whether you&#39;ve chosen city hall or a 500 person capacity hotel ballroom.</p><p>It&#39;s hard enough managing bridal parties, finding a dress and a venue, choosing the menu, sending invitations and learning how to be a professional event planner without also having to worry about your guests doing the one job they have which is to show up.</p><p>It&#39;s rude to not RSVP to a wedding but it&#39;s an even more unacceptable crime to RSVP, show up so late you miss the ceremony AND do it all while being the bride&#39;s parents. So, when a recent <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/dz2eyy/aita_for_starting_my_wedding_on_time_and_not/">Reddit</a> user in the AITA (Am I the As*hole?) section asked if she was wrong for getting married without her parents watching, the moral compass of marital drama was ready to share their knowledge.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h1>AITA for starting my wedding on time and not waiting for my parents?</h1><blockquote> <p>I got married on Saturday, and it was absolutely amazing except for one thing: my parents showed up late. They knew the ceremony time, and my husband and I made it very clear to everyone, both in the invites and in person, that we were going to start exactly at that time.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>The venue cost us a lot of money (we paid for the entire wedding ourselves) and we were only able to use it for a limited amount of time, so we wanted to make every minute count.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>So the wedding day came, and half an hour before we were scheduled to start, my parents still hadn&#39;t showed up. My husband and I both called them multiple times but nobody answered. We waited and waited, and still heard nothing. Finally, the start time arrived and my parents still weren&#39;t there.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I was really pissed off at this point. The wedding coordinator asked if I wanted to go ahead and start the wedding, and I said yes. All of our other guests were already there, and we wanted to be considerate of their time.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>My parents showed up 15 minutes later and missed the entire ceremony. It turns out they did leave early but got rear-ended at a traffic light and had to deal with insurance, police, etc.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>They only have a landline, no cellphones, so they couldn&#39;t get in touch with me. Obviously there&#39;s no way I could have known this. I&#39;m still frustrated with them for not making more of an effort to get to the venue early, and they&#39;re furious at me for not delaying the wedding 15 minutes so they could be there. AITA?</p> </blockquote><p>Hopefully this incident will inspire her parents to join the 21st century and get a cell phone...</p><h2>&quot;Queens_BigBoi&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>you&#39;re not an asshole for starting on time, you had no idea how late they would be. (however I&#39;ve not been to too many weddings but they did last over 15 mins seemed a bit short but that&#39;s not really the issue.) Your parents aren&#39;t assholes because they were literally in a car crash albeit not huge but this is a legitimate reason to be late to any event.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>Yes your parents should get cellphones and it would of helped your timing of the event. Yes they will be upset that they missed potentially one of the biggest moments in your life but no one in this situation is an asshole.</p> </blockquote><h2>&quot;ThrowAwayFriendSally&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>Agree NTA for starting on time. But I don&#39;t understand why she is still mad at her parents for being late once she knew what happened. They left home early but got into a car crash. What did the OP want them to do?</p> </blockquote><h2>&quot;grey_sky&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>I don&#39;t know about OP but both my parents and my SO&#39;s parents were in the wedding. Everyone in the wedding showed up 3 hours before the ceremony for makeup/helping the bride get ready/pictures. EVEN if the parents aren&#39;t in the wedding, they are TA for not getting there SUPER early for their daughters wedding to help her and be there for moral support.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>&quot;Zupheal&quot; wrote:</h2><blockquote> <p>Honestly tho, who plans to show up exactly when the ceremony is supposed to start? Every wedding I have been to people arrived an hour or so prior to the ceremony.</p> </blockquote><h2>&quot;crochetjunkie&quot; brought up a great point:</h2><blockquote> <p>The piece of info I think is missing is: are your parents usually late or are they very prompt? If they&rsquo;re chronically late I wouldn&rsquo;t fault you for starting on time. However, if your parents are always on time my first thought certainly would have waited at least 10 minutes</p> </blockquote><p>So, there you have it! The general opinion was that nobody is directly in the wrong here, but the bride could&#39;ve waited a little bit longer and had faith that her parents wouldn&#39;t want to miss their daughter&#39;s wedding.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bride asks if she was wrong to start ceremony without parents who were late.

Weddings can often bring out the worst in people...While weddings are meant to be beautiful and emotional celebrations of love with friends and family, they&#39;ve become TLC reality TV dramas whether you&#39;ve chosen city hall or a 500 person capacity hotel ballroom.It&#39;s hard enough managing bridal parties, finding a dress and a venue, choosing the menu, sending invitations and learning how to be a professional event planner without also having to worry about your guests doing the one job they have which is to show up.It&#39;s rude to not RSVP to a wedding but it&#39;s an even more unacceptable crime to RSVP, show up so late you miss the ceremony AND do it all while being the bride&#39;s parents. So, when a recent Reddit user in the AITA (Am I the As*hole?) section asked if she was wrong for getting married without her parents watching, the moral compass of marital drama was ready to share their knowledge.AITA for starting my wedding on time and not waiting for my parents? I got married on Saturday, and it was absolutely amazing except for one thing: my parents showed up late. They knew the ceremony time, and my husband and I made it very clear to everyone, both in the invites and in person, that we were going to start exactly at that time.  The venue cost us a lot of money (we paid for the entire wedding ourselves) and we were only able to use it for a limited amount of time, so we wanted to make every minute count.  So the wedding day came, and half an hour before we were scheduled to start, my parents still hadn&#39;t showed up. My husband and I both called them multiple times but nobody answered. We waited and waited, and still heard nothing. Finally, the start time arrived and my parents still weren&#39;t there.  I was really pissed off at this point. The wedding coordinator asked if I wanted to go ahead and start the wedding, and I said yes. All of our other guests were already there, and we wanted to be considerate of their time.  My parents showed up 15 minutes later and missed the entire ceremony. It turns out they did leave early but got rear-ended at a traffic light and had to deal with insurance, police, etc.  They only have a landline, no cellphones, so they couldn&#39;t get in touch with me. Obviously there&#39;s no way I could have known this. I&#39;m still frustrated with them for not making more of an effort to get to the venue early, and they&#39;re furious at me for not delaying the wedding 15 minutes so they could be there. AITA? Hopefully this incident will inspire her parents to join the 21st century and get a cell phone...&quot;Queens_BigBoi&quot; wrote: you&#39;re not an asshole for starting on time, you had no idea how late they would be. (however I&#39;ve not been to too many weddings but they did last over 15 mins seemed a bit short but that&#39;s not really the issue.) Your parents aren&#39;t assholes because they were literally in a car crash albeit not huge but this is a legitimate reason to be late to any event.  Yes your parents should get cellphones and it would of helped your timing of the event. Yes they will be upset that they missed potentially one of the biggest moments in your life but no one in this situation is an asshole. &quot;ThrowAwayFriendSally&quot; wrote: Agree NTA for starting on time. But I don&#39;t understand why she is still mad at her parents for being late once she knew what happened. They left home early but got into a car crash. What did the OP want them to do? &quot;grey_sky&quot; wrote: I don&#39;t know about OP but both my parents and my SO&#39;s parents were in the wedding. Everyone in the wedding showed up 3 hours before the ceremony for makeup/helping the bride get ready/pictures. EVEN if the parents aren&#39;t in the wedding, they are TA for not getting there SUPER early for their daughters wedding to help her and be there for moral support. &quot;Zupheal&quot; wrote: Honestly tho, who plans to show up exactly when the ceremony is supposed to start? Every wedding I have been to people arrived an hour or so prior to the ceremony. &quot;crochetjunkie&quot; brought up a great point: The piece of info I think is missing is: are your parents usually late or are they very prompt? If they&rsquo;re chronically late I wouldn&rsquo;t fault you for starting on time. However, if your parents are always on time my first thought certainly would have waited at least 10 minutes So, there you have it! The general opinion was that nobody is directly in the wrong here, but the bride could&#39;ve waited a little bit longer and had faith that her parents wouldn&#39;t want to miss their daughter&#39;s wedding.

Weddings can often bring out the worst in people...  While weddings are meant to be beautiful and emotional celebrations of love with friends and family, they&#39;ve become TLC reality TV dramas whether you&#39;ve chosen city hall or a 500...