First time posting here- fair warning- I’m jet lagged and on my cell so I’m sorry if the writing is not up to par. But I am livid at this super entitled parent that didn’t give a shit about ruining a major life moment for almost 90 people.

So, yesterday our dear friends got married in the most epic and intimate ceremony. They did allow children at this wedding, however the plan was to have the kids in the balcony space so that if someone needed to take a child out they could. I later confirmed this fact with the bride.

Our group gets up to the ceremony and we’re seated. We look around and notice we’re surrounded in all sides by children under the age of 9. We’re all child free by choice so we were giving each other a little side eye but honestly, most of the kids were really good and their parents were able to non-verbally communicate to them when they needed to shush and they got it. The ceremony starts and it seemed like all was going to be fine.

The groom/bridal party walk in and we were all preparing for the bride when this kid behind us starts loudly whining to his mom to give him his cars. “I want my cars, I want my cars.” He was so demanding and instead of her parenting him she starts shuffling thru her bag for his toys. Distracting, but whatever maybe the car will shut him up.

Bride walks in and the ceremony starts. It was a beautiful mix of religious traditions and creative additions of things that were meaningful. The entire time this kid is making loud noises and slamming his toys around. I had to cup my ear with my hand to hear the ceremony and many others were turning around to look and see what the noise was about. Even the bridal party was looking around. Which you would think the mother would notice and get the memo to take her kid out.

But NO. He gets louder and louder screaming about his cars or whatever. His mom does nothing. Finally, during the point in the ceremony when the mother of the bride was trying to recite a blessing, a member of our party turned around and told the mom her child was being very disruptive and asked her to take him out. Which I was very grateful for. She huffed and puffed her way out finally and we think this is over- wrong.

At the reception this entitled mother stomps up to me (I was in the middle of an important catch up convo) she demands to know who I am and who my friends were sitting next to me. I told her we’re close friends of the bride and groom - she then demands to know our names. I told her, whatever. But then she marches around looking for my friend to asked her to leave and when she found him starts screaming “fuck you” at him telling all within ear shot that she can’t believe the bride and groom would be friends with such terrible people.

I walked over and asked her what her real issue was and she said it was my friends tone. I told her that it was very disappointing that we missed the blessing because of her disruptive child. She is pointing her finger, waving her palms in my face saying how it’s her right to have her son there with her.

Because of all the commotion a friend of her comes up to see what’s going on. The entitled mothers goes on about how we attacked her. And her friend then actually says out loud “oh I left my kid at home” with a chuckle. Then the entitled mother comes back at me with her sass hands and demands to know if I have kids. To which I chuckled and said no (thinking in my head- so that I can avoid shit like this) she then flicked her hand in my face and stomped away.

This woman had NO business having her child in the main ceremony room - she refused to honor the request to keep the children in the balcony but also had no parental control like the other people with kids. Like whatever, I’m just a friend- but I know the bridal party was having a hard time trying to concentrate during the ceremony due to this child.

The audacity of this parent will forever be seared into the memory of this destination wedding for us. I mean, wow. This woman was top tier entitled.

TLDR: entitled mother refuses to take disruptive child out of an intimate wedding ceremony and when someone finally said something she lost her shit. Because you know, she has the right to do whatever she wants at someone else’s wedding. What a piece of work.