A newlywed couple decided to kick another couple out of their wedding after they decided to get engaged during the bouquet throw.
The bouquet throw occurs when the bride throws her flowers into the crowd. Whoever catches the bouquet is the person who is getting married next – allegedly.
During one bride’s bouquet throw her friend, who is referred to as Rachel, caught the bouquet.
After she caught the flowers, her boyfriend reportedly decided to propose.
At this point, chaos ensued as the proposal caused a seismic problem for the bride and groom.
Writing on Reddit, the husband explained what happened. He said: “My wife and I got married two weeks ago. At our reception, her cousin “Rachel” caught the bouquet.
“Apparently her boyfriend “Ross” had been carrying a ring around waiting for the right time to propose and decided her catching the bouquet was a sign.
“So, immediately after Rachel caught the bouquet, Ross ran out to the dance floor and got down on one knee to propose to her. She said yes and so obviously this shifted all of the attention onto Ross and Rachel.
“Everyone surrounded them to congratulate them and then Rachel asked the DJ to play “their song” for them to dance, which derailed the next few things we had planned.”
He added: “What really upset me was that I could see that my wife’s feelings were obviously very hurt that they were stealing our thunder.
“My wife is really not the type of person to want a lot of attention or to be comfortable spending a lot of money on herself, so our wedding was the one special day when she was able to do so without feeling guilty about it.
“I decided to ask Ross and Rachel to leave, and at the time my wife agreed with me. So, when I next had the chance, I pulled Ross aside to tell him that I didn’t appreciate him upstaging us and that I thought it would be best if he and Rachel left early so we could enjoy the rest of the night.
“Ross started arguing with me saying that I was acting nuts, which caused more of a scene than I expected or wanted because a small group of our wedding guests overheard the conversation and jumped in with their opinions.”
The man added that the proposal and fallout from it became the hot topic of conversation for the rest of the night.
He explained that the reason why they wanted Ross and Rachel to leave “was because we didn’t want to keep being reminded all night of the stunt they had just pulled on us instead of being able to simply celebrate our marriage with our friends and family.”
After the wedding, the man said his wife believed it was wrong to kick the pair out and that they should have pretended to be happy.
The story caused a stir of debate on Reddit as thousands of comments were left about whether or not it was the right call.
One person said: “While I get it was a spur-of-the-moment engagement it was not appropriate.
“That could almost have been forgiven if they hadn’t pushed it further. Then going to the DJ to play “their song” was completely out of line.”
Another person said: “I don’t blame you for kicking them out. Even though it ended up being more of a talking point.
“IF you are invited to their wedding (which you might not be, as they might worry that you will retaliate) I would stand up and give a sincere congratulation and then say something like ‘Don’t worry, we have no intention of upstaging you two on your big day, this day is for you’, then leave it at that.”
