I tricked my parents into being on time for my wedding

"I accept it was a d**k move," the groom confessed. So, did they make it to the Church on time?

A groom has pulled a swifty on his parents to ensure they weren't late for the most important day of his life. And his bride was behind him all the way. 

The 33-year-old admits that his mum is the tardy one and has been for his whole life.

"Graduation ceremonies, birthday parties, even my father's retirement dinner. It is completely my mother's fault. She is a wonderful mother, and I love her dearly; she does not understand the concept of punctuality," he shares in an online forum. 

He admits the family has accepted her lateness and given up trying to get her on time - until he set the date for his wedding. 

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"If there is a d*ck move, it was completely mine"

"My now wife (F28) told me in no uncertain terms that if my mum were late for our wedding, she would do terrible things to me. She was only half joking. But she witnessed my mum and dad arriving halfway through my cousin's 18th birthday party."

So, the groom orchestrated a way to get his parents there on time, even if it meant pulling a "d*ck move" to get her there. 

"When we were getting invite samples for the wedding, I talked to the printer and had one special invitation printed with the start time, one hour earlier than the actual start time of the ceremony."

On the wedding day, the groom shares that his mother was "beside herself when they left the house and thought they would miss the wedding."

But she was right on time because her arrival time was the actual start time of the wedding. 

The bride and groom thought they got off scot-free and were thrilled that the groom's mother didn't miss the big day—until a rogue cousin spilled the beans at a family gathering afterwards.  

Mother of the groom almost misses her son's wedding. Source: iStock

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"I came clean"

"I came clean and told her about the 'special' invitation," the groom writes. 

"She is pissed at me for not trusting her and making her look foolish in front of everyone. If my cousin had just controlled himself, she never would have known."

He asked the group if he was being unreasonable, and added that he thinks his mother is upset because she framed the invite, which was all a lie. 

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"It's just pure selfishness"

Thousands of comments flooded the feed, with an overwhelming majority in the groom's corner. 

"How can she complain? If you had sent her an invite in real-time, then she would have been 45 minutes late. She should appreciate the fact that you wanted her to be there enough that you took the time to make her a special invite to ensure she arrived on time," the top commenter wrote. 

"Flip it on her," said this peacemaker. "Say you did it because you wanted her to be there for your wedding, and you knew how sad she would be if she had missed it. You couldn't bear the thought of the ceremony without her there. And now she has a unique invitation that nobody else has that is a testament to your love."

"It's just pure selfishness with a sprinkle of control issues, as in, 'nobody tells me what to do !' type stuff. Waiting for them reinforces the behaviour, unfortunately," another writes. 

This user didn't hold back: "Just keep repeating that she was 45 minutes late. Flat out tell her that had you not lied to her, she would have missed your wedding, and that not only will you never apologise for doing what you did, but YOU also want an apology from her for being 45 minutes late in the first place."

The poster shared a family update; his sister recently got married. Despite his mother's heavy involvement with the planning, "To prove that I'm just an immature asshole, she said that she would be on time and not miss anything."

When it came to the wedding day, his mother was 35 minutes late. 

"So that's that. My mum will never change."

Originally published as I tricked my parents into being on time for my wedding