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“This was in America, and the wedding was in a Buddhist temple. Parents of the groom stood up and objected because they didn’t believe the bride was of the same class. They spoke in another language, so most of the English-speaking guests didn’t know they were objecting. My husband was the best man, and those closest to the couple knew this might happen. The Buddhist priest said he would handle it if the parents tried anything. After the parents spoke for a while, the priest said to the groom, ‘You’ve heard what your parents had to say, what do you want to do?’ The groom replied, ‘I want to marry my bride.’ So, the priest asked the parents to leave.”
“At this point, the rest of the guests are clueing in that this was not a nice part of the ceremony, and that the parents were actually objecting, so, as the parents walked out, some of the guests were berating them, saying things like, ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’ and ‘How could you do that?’ And even though the groom was not happy with his parents, that was very hard for him to hear.
That was 30 years ago. The couple is still married. They have two beautiful, successful children. After the groom’s mom passed away, the groom’s father came around and was involved in their lives until he died.”
—u/Bayou_Mama
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/wedding-stories-someone-objected-reddit
