I called my sister out for breastfeeding at my wedding – I felt she was embarrassing herself but people think I’M wrong
BREASTFEEDING in public has always been a controversial practice, with some mothers insisting it’s natural but critics deeming it inappropriate.
Now one man who takes issue with his sister’s public breastfeeding habit has revealed what happened when he confronted her about nursing her baby at his wedding.
The man initially posted his story on Reddit, but it has since been shared on a TikTok account run by a woman named Lola.
“Am I wrong for calling out my sister for breastfeeding at my wedding?” Lola began narrating the story in a clip.
The 34-year-old man started by complaining about how often his sister would breastfeed in front of others.
“She breastfeeds wherever she goes. We visit her house, she’ll breastfeed in front of us.
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“Visiting our parents, she’ll breastfeed. Going out in a public setting? She’ll sit on a bench in the park and breastfeed.
“Going out to a restaurant? She breastfeeds everywhere.”
The frustrated man said he’d never spoken to his sister about it because he knew she would get mad and offended, but breastfeeding at his wedding is where he drew the line.
“During the reception dinner, she just did it again. I kindly approached her and asked her why she didn’t bring formula, or at least pump milk out and put it in a bottle, so she wouldn’t have to do all this at that moment,” he said.
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When the man questioned his sister, she responded by letting him know that she felt like it was her own decision to make and that she was most comfortable when breastfeeding. Pumping the milk felt more painful.
The unrelenting newlywed man felt his sister could just make the compromise and sacrifice for one day, instead of breastfeeding in front of the 250 guests at his wedding.
His sister communicated that she couldn’t do much about it, as the baby had to have their milk.
In response, the man said that she should have been more thoughtful about that instead of “completely embarrassing herself” as well as he and his wife by breastfeeding.
“I told my wife what the deal was and she said that I’m an a**hole and should immediately apologize to my sister. My parents also sided with my sister.
“Now pretty much everyone thinks I’m an a****le since I’m the only person who had a problem with it.”
The man claimed that the only reason he decided to call his sister out is that he considered it to be “bad etiquette” and “tacky” to breastfeed at a formal event.
He felt strongly that she could’ve just found another solution for that night.
“So, am I the a**hole?” Lola concluded, reading the man’s story.
People in the comments section of Lola’s recording were not supportive of the man’s actions.
“If that’s not a red flag for his new wife, IDK what is!” one person wrote.
“He said her feeding her child… Was tacky?? What?” chimed in another perplexed viewer.
“Him: She embarrassed herself. Also him: I’m the only one who had a problem with it,” quipped a third.
“Good for the new wife for standing up to him.”
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“Not to mention that not all babies will take a bottle. Neither of my babies would take a bottle.”
“If he thinks that her child isn’t allowed to eat in public then he shouldn’t either IMO,” a final spectator asserted.