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Just Said Yes June 2021

fbil hasn't earned Best Man Position

Sara, on February 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Posted in Family and Relationships 0 6

This past summer i moved in with the In Laws, before i did, FBIL decided to move back in with his GF of less than 6 months too. Long story short the FBIL has a short fuse and the GF has mental health issues, wasn't on her meds, and causing fights between the brothers because she was afraid to talk to my FH. The first fight resulted in my FH coming to my apartment crying because he felt betrayed by his little brother, and that his brother was throwing their very close relationship out the window for a girl he has know for six months who occasionally picks up and leaves him with out any goodbye. Through out the summer there is at least one big fight per month between Parents and FBIL or between brothers, and then he eventually went after me, and the parents moved them out to another apartment in the next state over. The FBIL has a bad temper and throws violent fits like a child, he's 23, and plays the "baby card" to get pity from his parents. He also blames my FH for making him feel bad about how his own life has turned out, because my FH has a career that pays well and does a lot for his parents. Little brother works in a warehouse for dad, didn't want to finish school (that parents paid for), and spends his weekends and week nights getting High. My FH has been debating on having him as his Best Man. he was on the fence about it for a while. It was always his plan to have his little brother as his best man. Well this week, little brother is visiting, and my FH and his parents are all out of town. Little brother decides to leave all his dishes in the sink, unrine in the toilets, and come in and out of the house loudly at 11pm and 1230pm in the middle of the night, (my work week), and be on the speaker phone with his GF when she is having a fit about something. this to me, reads as a blatant sign of disrespect towards me, because we doesn't do this if his parents are home. I feel like If he can't respect me, i don't want him in my wedding party. He and his GF will be invited to the wedding, but this entire experience of seeing who he is deep down has put me off to the idea, and i don't trust him to make a nice speech as the Best Man either. am i off basis to not feel like he deserves to be in the wedding party?

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Latest activity by Megan, on February 27, 2020 at 2:16 PM
  • Emily
    Super August 2020
    Emily ·
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    I feel like ultimately FH’s call. I would assume he will still want him in the wedding party but not as Best Man!
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  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    You're allowed to feel however you feel, but it's ultimately not up to you who your FH has as his best man.

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  • Mandi
    Master October 2020
    Mandi ·
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    You can feel however you want to, but your fiance gets to choose whomever he wants.
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  • Mcskipper
    Rockstar July 2018
    Mcskipper ·
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    There’s a lot of dirty laundry here that has absolutely nothing to do with his role in the wedding.
    His status as best man or not should be fully up to your FH, and based on their relationship entirely. If FH doesn’t want him to be his best man because their relationship is tumultuous— that’s absolutely fine. If he does still want him there because he’s his brother and it’s just what he’s always wanted to do— that’s fine too. I would manage expectations from him (maybe mention to another groomsmen that he shouldn’t be left alone in charge of the bachelor party), but that’s fine. The best man doesnt *have* to give a speech. You could skip it altogether or FH could ask a closer friend if he wanted to. No big deal.

    It’s okay for you not to like your husband’s brother because he is a difficult personality or a different lifestyle. But it’s not okay to interfere in your husband’s relationship with him. Just be civil and keep interactions to a minimum. If he ends up best man, it shouldn’t really affect your end of the day— it’s really just a few pics you’ll have to suffer through together.
    I also don’t think anything about his actions read as intentionally disrespectful *toward you* . He sounds like an inconsiderate person, sure , but, it doesn’t sound personal. Just sounds like who he is. He may grow up or he may always be that way, but he will always be in your husband’s life, so you will have to put up with him— so I’d try to learn to shrug him off a bit, not take his behavior as a personal offense and just that his personality and behavior isn’t on par with yours. He has bad manners. It would be great if he changed, there are some things you could ask for when you’re together (“hey if you’re staying here, can you do dishes?”) —- but this stuff shouldn’t play into the bridal party, and is a separate issue. I’d still personally step back and let FH make his own decisions about his groomsmen. Seems like he recognizes his bro’s flaws but is still considering him, so if he wanted him up there, it’s probably something that is deeply internally important to him. I wouldn’t get in the way of that, regardless of how I felt about him and his behavior.
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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    Who is a best man or groomsman is 100% your fiance's decision. I'd deal with the deeper issue first, your FBIL's lack of respect for you & your fiance and how you both will deal with that going forward and having a united front.

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  • M
    Expert October 2021
    Megan ·
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    This is not your call--FH should choose who his best man is. If you feel that he's been blatantly disrespectful to you, have spoken with FH about this, and he's deciding to include him as best man, then that's a problem between you and FH you'll need to address.

    Small pet peeve of mine: no one "earns" a title like maid of honor or best man, it's just the person with which you're closest.

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