"Their Dad hired a "wide load" truck to take the bride to the Church the day off instead of the limo he'd promised to get. The bride laughed it off, but in private she was in tears. She just didn't want them to think she was a "bad sport" or "had no sense of humor." It made me think, because I've seen his mom and sisters do the same thing,"
"I don't like pranks, and now I'm looking down the barrel of a married life spent either keeping the peace with my fiancé's family or being the humorless shrew. Neither sounds like something I want to deal with. Now my fiancé would back me up, but only because he loves me, not because he agrees with me. He thought the "wide load" prank was hilarious and his sister-in-law was a good sport."
A woman is considering calling off her wedding not because of her fiancé but because of his family's habitual pranks. The fiancé's pranks are mild, but his father and brothers have escalated, culminating in a wedding prank where the bride was driven in a "wide load" truck instead of the promised limo. The bride publicly laughed but privately cried. Family responses to objections are dismissal and rolling eyes. The woman fears a married life of having to be a good sport or being labeled humorless. The fiancé would support her personally but finds the pranks funny, leaving unresolved tension about family dynamics.
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