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AITA for giving my brother a fake couple’s massage for his honeymoon?

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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My brother got married last weekend and I paid for a 5-day honeymoon at a luxurious bed and breakfast in the mountains to celebrate. He has been with his wife Sarah for almost 7 years and we all assumed he’d marry her. Instead, he eloped to Vegas with a woman named Jess in September. <br><br>Jess is very nice but it was a shock to everyone, obviously. My mom and dad were heartbroken, not because they hate Jess (they think she’s nice) but because it was a shock to everybody and my parents had always assume Sarah would be like a sister to us if my brother married her. My parents were disappointed but they moved on pretty fast.<br><br>We all met Jess for the first time in November and she’s very sweet. My mom immediately liked her. My dad was a bit cooler, but the parents figured they’d like her more once they got to know her. My 2 sisters were instantly protective of Sarah but now they’re all friends and my sisters love Jess. <br><br>The problem is my brother got mad when I invited Sarah to Christmas dinner. I told her she was always welcome at our place because she’s like family and he got mad at me. He said she was cheating on him and I needed to move on. I said I couldn’t blame her for wanting to cheat every time he ignored her for a whole holiday dinner but that I wished they had worked things out. <br><br>He insisted I uninvite Sarah from Christmas but my parents said we couldn’t uninvite her. My parents were impartial but HER family was also there and they couldn’t uninvite a whole family. <br><br>So my brother and his new wife didn’t come to Christmas at our place. My mom was sad they weren’t there but my dad said he 100% made his bed and could sleep in it. My sisters and I agreed Sarah did nothing wrong and if my brother couldn’t see what he did wrong by ignoring her then he needed to live with that. <br><br>So my parents and sisters went to my brother’s place for Christmas dinner. I did not go. I told him I’d see him at his wedding since I was in his wedding party. <br><br>Now onto the honeymoon. My family and I put a lot into the honeymoon because my parents believed it was a once in a lifetime thing. We booked them for a couple’s massage and a couples tennis lesson, wine tasting, and a bunch of other things like that. We paid for a room with a private hot tub and 24 hour room service. It was a really nice place. <br><br>My brother and his bride went on their honeymoon and we all thought it went well until they got back. Jess messaged my sisters saying I got her a fake couple’s massage. She said she was expecting a couple’s massage for her and my brother but it was just her and another woman. <br><br>She was really embarrassed and said that the other woman was very hairy and had B.O. My sisters told me and I told them I wasn’t going to pay $200 for 2 massages that are non-refundable and give them to 2 strangers when I could give it to a friend. I said the massage place was told it was for 2 women and that’s all. <br><br>My brother called me furious. He said what I did was beyond gross and it was a honeymoon, not a girls day out at the spa. I told him he has no right to call me gross. I told him I didn’t think he deserved a honeymoon but gave him one anyway.<br><br>He said a couple’s massage was for HER and HIM. Together. I told him he 100% knew I was getting the massage for him and Sarah. I told him they were the ones who broke up. I said I paid for a couple’s massage but if he wanted to waste that money he could have but I wasn’t going to let it go to waste. <br><br>He said I was being petty and immature. He said what I did was gross and inappropriate. I said he was the one who was gross, not me. A couple’s massage is two massages, it’s not a sex appointment. <br><br>Now my mom is getting involved and she’s really mad at me. She said I should have changed every appointment involving a “couple” and gotten a singles massage instead. I told her I paid for a lot of stuff and I wasn’t going to waste the money. I said it was my gift and I could do with it what I wanted. <br><br>My mom told me I was wrong to give my brother the key to the house when he got married in June because Sarah and I have the same key and she lives there now. <br><br>My mom said I should have treated the honeymoon as my brother’s “first real wedding and first real honeymoon” but instead I’m treating it like he doesn’t deserve one. <br><br>AITA?

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