Sister-in-Law wants ME to PAY for her Wedding but DOESN’T Want me Involved
Am I the Jerk?
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🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | My brother wants me to pay for his wedding, but doesn't want me involved. |
| 0:04.6 | Am I the jerk for what I did? |
| 0:06.7 | Before we jump in, make sure to subscribe to Am I the jerk on YouTube and hit that bell |
| 0:10.4 | to turn on notifications. I'm a 31-year-old female and I have a brother who's 29. |
| 0:14.6 | He's getting married next year. We lost our mom in 2012 and our dad in 2016. |
| 0:19.2 | We are each other's only living relatives. |
| 0:21.8 | Have a good job. I earn a lot of money around 150 pounds a year. |
| 0:26.3 | My brother also has a good job, but doesn't earn anywhere near that. |
| 0:29.9 | Somewhere around 35,000 pounds. We were raised to always look after each other and share. |
| 0:34.9 | My partner and I are child-free. Over the years, I have paid for my brother's |
| 0:39.2 | master's degree, paid the down payment on his house, |
| 0:42.4 | our parents rented, so there is no family home. I will also be paying for my future sister-in-law |
| 0:47.4 | who's 26 and my brother to have future rounds of IVF, in vitro fertilization. |
| 0:52.6 | My sister-in-law works part-time and earns about 15,000 a year. Her parents are not well off. |
| 0:58.0 | So, my brother asked if I could contribute to the cost of the wedding. |
| 1:02.1 | I said that I would pay for it as it is small with 100 guests and set up a wedding account for them |
| 1:07.7 | into which I put 25,000 pounds, which they both have access to. |
| 1:12.6 | My sister-in-law's entire family are involved as bridesmaids and groomsmen. |
| 1:17.6 | My husband and I are guests. My brother and sister-in-law have been |
| 1:20.9 | going around venues with her family and I got emailed the cost if it's selected. |
| 1:25.3 | I told my brother I don't mind paying for the wedding but I feel really |
| 1:28.8 | weird that everyone else has involved in the decision and I'm just involved with paying. |
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