AITA for posting a happiness poll after my aunt forced a wedding invitation on me
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I (17f) recently got invited to my cousin(will refer as C from now on, 20f)’s wedding. It was a pleasant surprise and all things considered, the wedding was really nice. The couple was happy, the food was good, the music was great and all.<br><br>Now to the conflict: during the wedding I was standing outside when I was approached by one of my aunts (mom’s sister). She was posting flyers in some other guests’ cars and when she saw me, she either saw an opportunity or she planned this beforehand and stopped. She started talking to me as usual, asking about school, my brothers and my dad’s health issues but she kept glancing at the flyers in her hands. After some time she asked me if I could help spread these around and that really caught me off guard. I asked her what they were for and she responded that her son (will call him B from now on, 27m) found a new job at a realtor’s office and she was trying to attract some potential clients at the wedding. I apologized to her and had to decline as I was there to celebrate C’s wedding and didn’t want to tarnish the mood.<br><br>Then she offered me some money to do it but I was still unwilling. She kept insisting until I had to bluntly say no but she wouldn’t take that for an answer. Seeing how this conversation wasn’t going anywhere, I excused myself and went inside to find my parents. A few minutes later she came to me, literally shoved one of the flyers in my purse and said “take it, you can give it to people if you want to or throw it away if you don’t but you have to help your family! You can’t say no to your aunt!” and then she left. I was too shell shocked to react so I just stood there frozen.<br><br>Later that evening when everyone was saying their goodbyes, she approached me again, this time with B. She was gloating about how I got to give out a few of the flyers when really I didn’t. I think B knew she was lying because he looked embarrassed but he didn’t say anything. She told me to take the remaining flyers to school and give them out there and I told her I already gave them out. I was planning on using them to wipe with when doing my business but I didn’t tell her that. She asked me multiple times about who I gave them to and I kept responding with vague answers like “some people” or “a few guests” until B told her to drop it.<br><br>When we got home I posted a poll on Instagram stories (no one was tagged) asking my followers if they’ve ever been approached at a wedding to do free advertising for someone they didn’t even know. I think out of 53 responses, only 4 said yes and the rest were no. During dinner my phone kept blowing up which was very obvious as the notification sound plays even when I set the volume to 0. My mom kept looking at me, silently judging me until she snapped and asked me what I was doing. I told her I was just checking the time but she didn’t buy it. After dinner she confronted me about the post and asked if I was trying to cause drama with my aunt and her son.<br><br>I told her that I was just posting about my experience and I didn’t even tag my aunt. She told me to delete it and that I was making her look bad but I refused. The next morning I woke up to around 40 texts from my aunt and cousin, most of them taking my mom’s side. I think my uncle might’ve seen it too because he was one of the 4 people who answered with yes in my poll. My mom asked me again but I didn’t budge. I told her that she was making a big deal out of nothing and I didn’t do anything wrong. She called my dad to talk to me but he backed me up and said that I wasn’t being malicious and didn’t do anything wrong.<br><br>My aunt and mom are still going at me about the post so I asked my older brothers about it and they said that I did the right thing. AITA here?
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