Woman Receives Shocking Wedding Invite Asking Her To Babysit For Free

Unfortunately, it gets worse. According to the invitation, the children would be in a "special room" at the church, and the woman would be expected to stay with them throughout the ceremony and the reception. She'd also have her reception meal with the kids.

In addition to providing free child care at the wedding, the invitation came with the stipulation that she and her husband would pay for their meals for $100 each (and would still be expected to give the bride and groom a gift, of course).

To make it even worse, the woman explained that she thought she was close to the bride. The bride's mom is like a sister to her, she explained, and they grew up together because the woman's mom and the bride's grandma were "besties."

"The bride is like a goddaughter … at least I thought she was. I'm gobsmacked here," the woman wrote on Reddit.

The woman and the bride are at least close enough that she "got Facetimed about ten minutes after (the proposal) happened."

"My husband and I cried and laughed and wished them well and ooohed and ahhhed over their story and the ring," she explained. "I was expecting an invitation, sure. But not like this."

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What's perhaps even more baffling is the fact that the woman's husband received an actual invitation to the wedding with no babysitting required. The woman, however, is the one who has been close with the family for years. She's confused as to why he was invited to the ceremony and the reception but she wasn't.

Because her husband knew that she wanted to attend the ceremony and reception, he offered to watch the kids, but the woman's concerned that "the invitation specified that only other FEMALE invitees would be watching the kids so I doubt they'd let him."

Being asked to babysit for free at the wedding surprised the woman for other reasons as well. Because she is disabled and sometimes uses a walker or a wheelchair, she doesn't think she would be the best babysitter.

"I could happily sit in a room and LOOK at kids but I'd be pretty useless to prevent a fall or stop a child from choking or anything else that would require me to move quickly," she noted.

Health issues and money aside, the woman was hurt by the invitation (or really, the lack thereof). "I confess that I feel offended and hurt that I'm nothing more than a babysitter to them who is expected to pay for my supper and babysit for free," she said.

At this point, she doesn't know what to do because the offensive invite makes her not want to attend the wedding that she was initially super excited about.

"Is this a normal thing at weddings now? Do you pick guests to babysit other guest's children?" the woman asked Redditors.

Many Redditors assured her that the invite is definitely not normal. "I’ve personally been to many many weddings and I’ve never heard of such a thing," one person wrote.

"The nerve of these people!!!" another Redditor commented. "They need to HIRE sitters, not force guests to do it."

While the woman was concerned about whether or not it would be rude to decline the request and the wedding "invitation," a lot of Redditors told her that she doesn't need to go to the wedding or send a gift, and she should probably rethink her relationship with the bride and her family.

"You don’t send a gift to thank someone for an insult," one person wrote.

"Send your and your husband’s regrets, and don’t send a gift," another Redditor advised. "These people are clearly not the friends you thought they were."