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Was I in the wrong or was DSis being a bridezilla?

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Weddingdrama26 · 08/09/2026 13:20

Throwaway username for this!

My DSis had an abroad wedding this summer. We were over there for a few days before, during which there was a couple of different ‘events’ including a welcome dinner.

At this dinner, one of her bridesmaids was having what I deemed to be an inappropriate conversation. In ear shot of this, were various older family members who wouldn’t have wanted to hear such (sexual) comments. I followed the bridesmaid to the bathroom and politely suggested she reined in the conversation topics. Which she did.

This was a few days before the wedding. The next morning, my sister sent me a series of shitty messages suggesting I was over reacting, there was drink involved so there would obviously be ‘adult conversations’ and she didn’t appreciate me causing potential issues before her Wedding. I explained why I pulled her up and left it at that. Not all family members present were drinking.

Post Wedding, she is now incredibly off with me and actively avoiding having to spend any time with me.

I have consulted others who agree with what I did but I would welcome some impartial feedback. Should I have left it given the circumstances, or was I right to have said something?

OP posts:
independentfriend · 09/09/2026 18:29

A BDSM concept is that consent includes the consent of the audience. There's a limit about how much sexual conversation the staff working at the place should be expected to tolerate remembering they're at work and can't just leave (unlike elderly family members). Different workplaces will have different expectations and I expect places catering for pre wedding dinners are used to a certain level of explicit conversation but if they're using waiting staff under 18 you need to keep the conversations out of that topic.

Easterchicken · 09/09/2026 18:28

Creepy as hell following someone to the loo to tell them to stop their conversation

You sound insane

Paganpentacle · 09/09/2026 16:50

Jopo12 · 08/09/2026 14:00

I imagine your elderly relatives were enjoying earwigging on the salacious gossip and are still telling their friends about it and having a good laugh! Probably the most excitement they'll have in their lives for a little while.

You shouldn't have said anything, but dsis did over react a bit. However she'll be on an adrenaline high for a few days because it is her wedding so all emotional are going to be raised. Give her a break and try to get things back on an evening keel

Just to let you know older people also have sex.
They're unlikely to tell random dinner guests at the the dinner table about it... anal or otherwise... because they have more class.

Sj07 · 09/09/2026 16:46

If it had been a hen do.. I'd kind of expect to hear things like this.. At a welcome dinner for a wedding? Definitely not. YANBU

AmnesiacsDream · 08/09/2026 20:48

YANBU. I get why you said something to the bridesmaid and I probably would have too, but when your DSis told you she didn't appreciate it I think it would have been better to just apologise instead of trying to defend yourself. It's DSis's wedding, her friend and her relationships with family that it impacts (even if Aunt Delilah and Grandma Dorthy who overheard are your aunt and grandma too).

Your DSis sounds like she was just looking for an excuse to be off with you, though.

Purplecatshopaholic · 08/09/2026 20:13

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 08/09/2026 13:23

Yes and no

YABU - I don’t think you should police other people’s conversations

YANBU - but your sister is being a bit over dramatic holding a grudge

Sums it up. Who made you moderator of the conversations? Your sis is as much a drama queen as you, lol.

Clarabell77 · 08/09/2026 19:58

I don’t think you were unreasonable, there’s a time and a place for that sort of chat and a family wedding isn’t one of them. If it was being discussed openly in a workplace it could potentially be regarded as sexual harassment so why should you and your family have to suffer it.

Radioheads · 08/09/2026 19:52

Clearly it was thankless interfering and probably you would have been better off allowing your sister's low class friend reflect poorly on her and her wedding.

That your sister would be happy with such conversation being inflicted on her elderly relatives speaks volumes about her.

Let her off.

Starburst360 · 08/09/2026 19:44

NovemberMorn · 08/09/2026 19:39

Was she a friend of Skidmark Lil?
I swear when I was young there was a stripper in town who had that nickname.

possibly, but I swear I didn’t work with her at the strip club! 😂

NovemberMorn · 08/09/2026 19:39

Starburst360 · 08/09/2026 19:38

😂 she sounds like someone I used to work with - sticky Vicky!

Was she a friend of Skidmark Lil?
I swear when I was young there was a stripper in town who had that nickname.

Starburst360 · 08/09/2026 19:38

Weddingdrama26 · 08/09/2026 13:32

There was references to anal sex and a story about her going to a works party and sleeping with a colleague, then shortly after also going back to her room with another colleague who unaware of the previous encounter went down on her.

😂 she sounds like someone I used to work with - sticky Vicky!

LakieLady · 08/09/2026 19:34

NovemberMorn · 08/09/2026 19:24

This.

Also, it takes aging to realise that the body may grow old, but the mind does not.
I get quite taken aback when people treat me like a senior; inside I am still a young woman. 😊

I think it's funny when tradesmen etc swear because something's not going well, and then apologise.

My poor plumber had awful trouble plumbing in my new bath, called it "a cunt of thing" within my earshot, apologised and then roared with laughter when I said "No need to apologise, it's one of my favourite swearwords."

NovemberMorn · 08/09/2026 19:24

LakieLady · 08/09/2026 19:14

People often seem to forget that a lot of us olds were wild young things in the swinging sixties, and have remained broad-minded and open about sex.

This.

Also, it takes aging to realise that the body may grow old, but the mind does not.
I get quite taken aback when people treat me like a senior; inside I am still a young woman. 😊

LakieLady · 08/09/2026 19:14

derFutterneid · 08/09/2026 14:06

I'm quite shocked at that and I am in my 50's.

I think anyone older is probably "ehh, Maureen, what's this anal thing they are talking about? And what's going down on someone? Is he proposing?"

People often seem to forget that a lot of us olds were wild young things in the swinging sixties, and have remained broad-minded and open about sex.

LakieLady · 08/09/2026 19:09

BigYellowBus · 08/09/2026 13:33

What is the age at which you stop being allowed to listen to sexually explicit conversations? I need to be prepared...

I'm 71, and no-one's tried to stop me yet!

I think some people must think we olds never had sex, or only did it in the missionary position with the lights off.

ChaToilLeam · 08/09/2026 18:55

I'm by no means elderly but I wouldn't want to hear that conversation at the dinner table either. BM sounds trashy. If you're going to discuss your sex life in such detail, then keep it for when you're on a girl's night out or in with friends.

My auntie would certainly have put her in her place!

QuadrupleH · 08/09/2026 18:51

To me, irrespective of the events, this is in no way Bridezilla behaviour or even in the 5 mile radius of such behaviour based on years on here.

ToWhitToWhoo · 08/09/2026 18:29

The bridesmaid sounds gross, and, no, I don't think drink gives her license to make these remarks.

You were probably a bit overbearing; might have been better to pointedly steer the conversation to a different topic.

But your sister sounds REALLY unreasonable to hold a grudge over it like this! Is she often like this?

fatphalange · 08/09/2026 18:21

You followed her into the bathroom because you didn’t like an adult conversation amongst adults? That’s batshit behaviour. If there were children there you’d have been correct to intervene (at the time, not trailing her into the toilet). To take that upon yourself was overstepping. If someone else didn’t want to hear it they could have said something to her themselves.

khakipant · 08/09/2026 18:11

MellowSubmarine · 08/09/2026 13:24

If I was an “older family member” I’d have thought you patronising to step in to protect my delicate ears. They aren’t children!

This! Older people have seen and heard it all before, you acting like an outraged school ma’am achieves nothing.

Blushingm · 08/09/2026 18:06

The bridesmaid is an adult - what makes you think that you ca. tell her what she can and can’t say……..and following her to the loo to have a word with her????? Wow!

godmum56 · 08/09/2026 17:51

Redpaisley · 08/09/2026 14:37

So OP’s behaviour was worse than uncouth friends’? Is it normal to gossip about bride’s sexual history in wedding related functions?

wait....was she talking about the bride????? That's really uncalled for.
I thought it was her own shenanigans that she was discussing?
as an oldie, i am not sure of the relevance of age to this but I don't think you were BU by saying something...maybe though it would have been easiert to address it more lightly and at the table?

Bearbookagainandagain · 08/09/2026 17:43

It's not your place to tell grown adults what they can/can't talk about. It's also not for you to decide what other grown adults can hear!

I agree that she was inappropriate. But if it really bothered you, you could have I formed your sister and let her decide what to do as the person hosting the dinner.

FriendlyMedusa · 08/09/2026 16:20

Weddingdrama26 · 08/09/2026 13:20

Throwaway username for this!

My DSis had an abroad wedding this summer. We were over there for a few days before, during which there was a couple of different ‘events’ including a welcome dinner.

At this dinner, one of her bridesmaids was having what I deemed to be an inappropriate conversation. In ear shot of this, were various older family members who wouldn’t have wanted to hear such (sexual) comments. I followed the bridesmaid to the bathroom and politely suggested she reined in the conversation topics. Which she did.

This was a few days before the wedding. The next morning, my sister sent me a series of shitty messages suggesting I was over reacting, there was drink involved so there would obviously be ‘adult conversations’ and she didn’t appreciate me causing potential issues before her Wedding. I explained why I pulled her up and left it at that. Not all family members present were drinking.

Post Wedding, she is now incredibly off with me and actively avoiding having to spend any time with me.

I have consulted others who agree with what I did but I would welcome some impartial feedback. Should I have left it given the circumstances, or was I right to have said something?

DSis is wrong to drag it out, but you were a bit of a weirdo for going full prefect.

As an aside, my 76 year old mum told me it was very entertaining to overhear things she wouldn't normally be party to. Don't assume your elders are against piping hot tea or rude jokes!

NovemberMorn · 08/09/2026 16:07

cardibach · 08/09/2026 14:30

This is every bit as ageist as the OP ‘protecting’ them. Why do you think it’s the most exciting thing in their lives? It’s a bit boring really. Old people had sex or you wouldn’t be here!
@Weddingdrama26 if the old people didn’t like it, they are capable of saying so. Don't infantilise.

I'm sure old people have heard things a lot worse.....I know I have.
This does remind me of years ago; I went to the pictures with my then boyfriend (now husband) to see the film 'Last Tango in Paris'. On the row behind us were a group of 5 or 6 elderly ladies.
The butter scene came on...it was pretty gross, and the ladies behind tutted and moaned about it for ages. They stayed till the end of the film though,.😊