Guy delays brother's wedding after he pooped his pants to avoid the public bathroom.

Our bodies are wondrous meat machines that allow us to live beautiful and terrifying lives, but they are also a bit gross at times. Even the most lucky among us have been betrayed by our leaky bodies at one point or another, maybe it was a stray whiff of gas during the silent pause of a first date, or a badly timed sneeze on a packed out train.Whatever the circumstances, it never feels good to be reminded that your body is essentially a collage of weird bacteria colonies battling over whether you get to suffer or thrive.In a recent post on the subreddit Am I The *sshole, a man shared the unfortunate story of how he pooped his pants at his brother's wedding, and the emotional fallout that has followed. "AITA for sh*tting myself at my brother’s wedding? Not a sh*t post, a post discussing sh*t yes, but not a sh*tpost. God I wish it was." OP's tragic story all started out as his brother's beach wedding, where he felt cramps come on but miscalculated the severity. "My brother proposed to his girlfriend of a few years last year, the wedding was 2 weeks ago. Ceremony was held on the beach, we planned to move to a hall just up the road we had booked for the reception afterwards. Before the ceremony formally started I felt rather unwell and had cramps in my stomach, this is when I realized I needed to sh*t." He figured all would be fine, because he could drive home after the ceremony to do his business and head to the reception.But mostly, he didn't want to use the gross beach bathrooms even though his girlfriend urged him to. "Not a big deal, I can hold a sh*t in. After about a minute of these cramps I was in a fair bit of pain and both my dad and my girlfriend who I was sitting next to advised me to go to the toilet as there was still a few minutes until we started the ceremony, and my brother would wait for my anyway. I didn't want to go into one of those public toilets on the beach as they're normally filthy, I would just wait until the ceremony ended, then drive back to my place which was about a 5 minute drive, then head to the reception hall." Unfortunately for everyone in the basic vicinity, OP was not able to hold in his sickness, and it made a loud smelly scene during the ceremony.This was, of course, followed by a sprint of shame to the public bathroom he previously avoided. "It was obvious I was in genuine pain and discomfort and they kept telling me to just use the public one, I really f*cking wish I had. The ceremony started, and less than 10 seconds after the officiant started speaking, I had a huge fart I needed to let out. You know when you try to let a lot of gas out gradually and silently? This worked for a second, and then I convulsed from my stomach pain, and violently shat myself. Everyone within a couple metres heard it, and smelt it, and after a few seconds everyone knew what had just happened. I was gagging and sprinting towards the toilet trying not to vomit from the thought of what I had just done." OP stripped down out of his clothes and attempted to clean himself in a beach shower, before his girlfriend whisked him away to the house where he could shower and change before returning to the ceremony.The groom, being a loving brother, patiently waited for OP to return before continuing with the vows. But this made the scene a bit more awkward, since it was obvious who they were waiting for. "I took all my clothes off, tried my best to clean myself and just sat in a cubicle and cried for a few minutes. I had no idea what to do. Girlfriend drove me home and I had a shower and got some new clothes on, it had been 30 minutes now and they still hadn't started. Me and my brother have a very good relationship and he wasn't passing any judgment, and refused to start without me there. As soon as I was there I sat back down and no-one looked at me, just pretended it didn't happen." While OP's brother completely understands how merciless bodies can be, his new sister-in-law and her family are now livid at him for tainting the ceremony. "The ceremony went well from that part forward, and we went to the reception. His now wife and her parents were giving me dirty looks and I just went home straight away and cried some more. Later that night received a bunch of angry texts from his wife and her parents, and my own father. Telling me I had completely ruined the wedding and that I was disgusting and should have gone beforehand. My brother's wife is constantly upset that her wedding will forever be remembered as 'that wedding where my brother in law sh*t his f*cking pants'. She hates me for it." OP had no idea it was going to happen, but now regrets not excusing himself earlier when he was told to - before the ceremony started. "I have not sh*t my pants before, this is not a common thing for me so no, I did not expect that stomach cramps meant I was going to sh*t myself. I should've gone to the toilet beforehand but I didn't want to hold up the ceremony, AITA?" ZeusMN85 doesn't blame OP for what happened. "NTA. The only asshole here is your literal asshole for failing you when you needed it most." The-Confused-Won thinks OP is a bit to blame, since he didn't excuse himself earlier. "I disagree. OP is a bit of an *sshole. He should have either used the public restroom or excused himself and went home to use the bathroom if he knew he was in pain. The bride's anger is justified. I'd be so mad if this occurred during my wedding because weddings are expensive and be about the couple. You made their special day less about them and more about your incident. Guests are going to remember your incident more than any moment of the wedding." pansyleaf1 thinks OP is the *sshole since the whole scene could've been avoided if he'd sucked it up and used the public bathroom. "YTA? I think? If you knew you were in THAT much pain you should’ve sucked it up and just used the public toilet. It would be one thing if it was out of nowhere, but you knew you had to go bad and were even told to and that they would wait for you. Don’t chance it next time" RunningTriSarahtop doesn't think OP was an *sshole, but does think he should do something nice to make it up to his sister-in-law. "You’re certainly a bit of a dumb *ss. If you’re feeling sick go, gross bathroom or no. Stubborn doesn’t beat diarrhea." "I’m so sorry. I feel so bad for you and for everyone at the wedding. I don’t know how to vote for this one. His wife sort of sucks for being nasty but I do feel bad for her (worse for you, but still bad for her). Her parents suck for involving themselves." "Apologize really nicely as you would for disrupting a wedding- you were sick and didn’t mean it but still, apologize. Buy them a really nice dinner out. Maybe offer to pay for a few prints from their wedding photographer? A way to focus on nicer memories?" paper_based_girl thinks it was all totally avoidable. "YTA. Holding your sh*t in and refusing to go to the bathroom until you sh*t yourself is something a toddler does, not a grown *ss man. You so easily could have avoided this situation, and you made the situation uncomfortable for everyone involved." Whether OP was in the wrong or not, it's clear that at the end of the day this was a sh*tty situation for everyone involved.