My Grandparents think they Can Decide who comes to MY WEDDING… They were in for a Rude Awakening

Am I the Jerk?

youtube.com/amithejerk

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

👉 Subscribe on 🔴 YouTube - youtube.com/amithejerk?sub_confirmation=1 📷 Am I the Jerk? on Instagram 📷 - instagram.com/amithejerk Am I the Genius? on 🟢 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0kb6l0leZvREWgHDG14i4o?si=0ab70d199ba64141 🐤 x.com/amithejerk 📘 facebook.com/amithejerk 👉 SUBMIT YOUR OWN STORIES HERE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉http://amithejerk.com/submit This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/AMI and get on your way to being your best self Sign up at butcherbox.com/jerk and use code jerk to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year plus $20 off your first order! Visit GhostBed.com/jerk and use promo code JERK at checkout to get 50% off your order! Head to factormeals.com/aitj50 and use code aitj50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month! Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/AITJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	My grandparents think they can decide who comes to my wedding.
0:04.3	They were in for a rude awakening.
0:07.8	I got married last year.
0:09.3	Hooray!
0:10.6	But a year before that, me and my now wife settled on a venue and then started the
0:15.2	process of whittling down guests.
0:18.1	We had a ceremony capacity of 80. I come from quite a large family with few friends.
0:23.9	She has a small family, but lots of friends. Mostly, we share her friend group. However, this did
0:29.8	lead to us making a couple of rules. Only inviting family members to the day part of the wedding,
0:35.4	we had both actually seen during our five-year relationship.
0:38.7	None of the random cousins or uncles who never enter our lives?
0:42.3	No one below 16.
0:43.9	We came to our own conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that we would rather have more adults
0:48.5	there who were more likely to enjoy the day instead of kids who might not.
0:53.0	Also if we invited all the kids in the family, it
0:55.3	would be a quarter of our capacity. So when we got engaged, my grandparents, the only ones
1:00.6	I have left on my side, were very happy and immediately told me to invite who we wanted
1:06.0	and to sod everyone else, do what we want. Once we made the decision regarding venue, the decision around the inviting children
1:13.0	followed pretty much immediately after.
1:15.9	Now, this is where the drama begins.
1:18.1	I'm the oldest grandchild, to their oldest son.
1:21.4	They had three sons, my dad and two uncles.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 19 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from youtube.com/amithejerk, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of youtube.com/amithejerk and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.