AITA for scheduling my wedding 6 days after my sister’s 30th birthday?

I (26F) am getting married to my fiancée (27F) next year. We found a venue we love and an available summer date (at the same price as a non-summer date, which is big in the wedding industry). We’ve considered a lot of factors for this date (niece and nephews school schedule, our work schedules, when my temporary contract ends, friends school schedules, weather, budgeting, travel, etc.) The date happens to be 6 days after my sister’s (28F) 30th birthday. When I told her the date she immediately thought I was joking because there was no way I could possibly have suggested a date that close to her birthday.

I explained to her how we are not having a bridal party and there won’t be events leading up to the wedding so she has ample opportunity to celebrate how she wants. She has nothing planned for it yet but says doesn’t want to have to plan “around someone else’s event”. She also said that it’s inconsiderate of us to have the wedding where we live because our older/sick family members will have to travel (I’ve spoken to them and they are happy about location). She also asked why we don’t just get married in 2028? or elope? and suggests that a 1.5 year engagement is really rushed.

After this I decided a phone call would be better to communicate bc this was all on text leading up. She said that she didn’t even think she would make it to 30 so how inconsiderate of me to not want her to celebrate it. She made many other uncalled for remarks like “I only get one 30th birthday but you can get married as many times as you want!”. And “since you won’t understand my point I’m not going to even try and understand where you’re coming from”. We basically got in a screaming match because I told her she kept guilt tripping me and making everything about herself. Not to mention this was the third conversation I had brought up about the wedding where she had reacted with judgement and self centeredness.

We didn’t talk for four days because everyone told me to give her time to cool off. I came back wanting to resolve things but she was not letting up. Her main points are that 1. Im not being flexible, 2. She now has no autonomy in planning her birthday, 3. I misled her into thinking she had a say in the date. My main points are that 1. She has so many options to plan a birthday celebration considering it is over a year out, 2. There are so many other factors at play in scheduling a wedding outside of her.

She has been so mean and disrespectful to me in these conversations that I have sobbed for the last few days and am practically begging her to recognize how the things she’s said to me have truly hurt me. She refuses to apologize.

I don’t know what to do at this point. I have apologized to her for getting heated, but not for the date because I genuinely think she can still have an amazing birthday celebration. Am I the asshole ?

14 thoughts on “AITA for scheduling my wedding 6 days after my sister’s 30th birthday?”
  1. My sister got married on my husband’s thirtieth. My other sister got married a day after our anniversary. It honestly never bothered us. We got to see everyone and celebrate all of our family things together.

  2. NTA. Your wedding is one day. If she can’t find something in the other 29 or 30 days of that month to celebrate her birthday that’s on her.

  3. >She has nothing planned for it yet but says doesn’t want to have to plan “around someone else’s event”.

    She doesn’t have to, your wedding is almost an entire week *after* her precious birthday.

    >and suggests that a 1.5 year engagement is really rushed.

    It’s not like there’s some kind of rulebook here, lol. Husband and I had a 6 month engagement. 30 years happily married. 😀

    >She said that she didn’t even think she would make it to 30 so how inconsiderate of me to not want her to celebrate it.

    <hard eyeroll> Wow. She really is all about herself, isn’t she.

    Listen, this is YOUR wedding. You aren’t having it ON her birthday. True, it is the week after but that shouldn’t make any difference because you’re keeping it simple and small.

    She’s expending a lot of energy trying to make your wedding all about her. You don’t deserve to be so upset because of her unreasonable tantruming.

    You are NTA. You’ve done more than enough with apologizing for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Let her be. She seems bound and determined to be miserable. Be careful if she shows up to your wedding though…she might pull something to make it “her day” since she seems to think you’re doing this to make her birthday, your day.

  4. NTA obviously. You sister is a loon. Is she one of those people who ‘deserve’ a birthday month? Or in the case of a milestone, a birthday year?

    Schedule your wedding and enjoy every minute.

  5. you are NTA.

    She’s THIRTY. She’s old enough to recognize that wedding trumps birthday. Your wedding isn’t even on the same day.

  6. She does realise once she’s 30 nobody truly cares anymore? She can’t dominate an entire week or month! Her 30th is 6 DAYS before your wedding.. she has her moment leading up to the date of her actual birthday and her birthday then nobody cares she’s not 5 anymore! she’s being spoilt, petty and selfish! Have your wedding stop negotiating with someone with the brain capacity of pea and have a good time! Don’t change your plans to suit her 

  7. Didn’t read past the first paragraph… NTA… She gets a BirthDAY, not a week, not a month a single DAY!!.

  8. It wouldn’t even occur to me to make it an issue if someone had a wedding 6 days after my birthday. Come to think of it one of my sisters did have her wedding pretty close to that (9 days after my 30th birthday).

  9. Dear lord. I cannot stand ADULTS who make such a BFD about their birthday. Even a “big” one like 30. And it isn’t like you are getting married ON her birthday! Or even the day before/after!! Your sister needs to grow the F up. NTA.

    1. Right she doesn’t even have plans made so it was never even a big deal to her
      Most people I know playing their 30th birthday 6 months to a year out if they’re planning on doing something big

  10. NTA

    “I hate to hear you’re unable to attend. I’ll place a photo of you at the family table, as I know you’ll be there in spirit.”

  11. Her birthday is the weekend before. She can celebrate as she sees fit. She’s turning 30 not 16.

    NTA

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