‘I just wanted this to be a special day about only us.’ (Picture: Getty Images)
There are some pretty standard rules when it comes to wedding etiquette: don’t wear white, don’t ‘object’ before they say ‘I do’, and definitely don’t propose to your significant other.
But this man took it one step further – when he asked to propose during his best friend’s ceremony.
Yep, you read that right: during.
The 27-year-old groom took to Reddit to explain that his best high school friend had been helping him manage the load of ‘stressful’ wedding planning.
But some rather large cracks have appeared in their bromance, after the best friend asked if they could have a ‘talk’. During this conversation, he asked if he could propose to his girlfriend, not just at their wedding, but during the ceremony.
Writing on Reddit, the groom said: ‘The wedding venue has a patio that overlooks the ocean and he thought that would be a nice place to propose during the ceremony.
‘I told my friend my fiancé and I would have to discuss it privately which he visibly seemed annoyed about.
‘I told my fiancé that I was uncomfortable with that and he agreed. I have been looking forward to my wedding day my whole life and I just wanted this to be a special day about only us.’
However, when the couple informed him that they wouldn’t be allowing that, he got ‘extremely mad.’
‘He started yelling at us and telling us how selfish we are for this and saying that after being friends with us for so long he expected better from us’, the post continued.
‘He then said that he would not be attending the wedding and left the room. I’ve tried contacting him sense to explain further why we don’t want him to do that at our wedding but we haven’t been able to reach him.’
To no surprise, the comments were sympathetic towards the groom.
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‘He wants to propose during the ceremony??’ asked one baffled user. ‘Proposing at someone else’s wedding is bad enough but during the ceremony is extra tacky’, another chimed.
Another agreed: ‘Can you imagine people noticing it as it’s happening, and the attention being drawn away from the actual couple getting married, during the ceremony.
‘How much of a main character do you have to be to think this is ok?’
Others said proposing at someone else’s wedding – whenever you choose to do it – is a hard no.
‘It is a fact universally acknowledged that a proposal should never happen at someone else’s celebration. Period’, another said.
‘It’s an unwritten rule that you shouldn’t take the spotlight off the couple at a wedding. They need to respect that and do their proposal somewhere else’, someone else wrote.
‘This is your special day and you have every right to be “selfish” about it.’
Another said simply: ‘He wanted to turn your moment into his moment. You’re not being selfish. He is.’
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‘How much of a main character do you have to be to think this is ok?’