AITA for announcing the reason why I didn't invite my brother to my wedding and exposing him to the entire family?
Betrayal had shattered his world once before, when the brother he once trusted most betrayed him in the cruelest way imaginable.
The pain of losing both a wife and a brother to deceit left scars that ran deep, forcing him into silence and isolation from the family he once held dear.
Now, just as he thought he had found peace and love again, the ghosts of the past crept back into his life.
His family’s insistence on inviting the very man who broke him threatened to unravel everything he had rebuilt, leaving him trapped in a storm of loyalty, pain, and unspoken truths.
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The original poster faced immense conflict between maintaining boundaries regarding his brother's past betrayal and his parents' strong desire to maintain family appearances and unity at his wedding.
Despite agreeing to keep his brother uninvited, the parents' continued pressure and ultimate attempt to invite him forced the OP to take an extreme, public action to enforce his boundary.
Did the OP have the right to publicly expose the root cause of his brother's exclusion to protect his marriage and feelings, or was this public shaming an unforgivable act that destroyed any chance of genuine family reconciliation?
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