Groom Accuses Sister of 'Ruining' His Wedding After She Told Him a Secret About Their Dad
A teenage girl is questioning whether she was right to share some sensitive information about her brother's wedding during the reception
According to a post shared to Reddit's AITAH (Am I The A------?) forum, a 16-year-old girl told her brother at his wedding that their dad had used ChatGPT to generate his speech
"I didn't mean to cause drama," she wrote in the post, sharing that her family members told her that she had ruined the wedding with her comment to her brotherA teenage girl is questioning whether she was right to share some sensitive information about her brother's wedding after her whole family became angry with her.
In a post shared to Reddit's r/AITAH (Am I The A------?) forum, a 16-year-old girl opened up about attending her 25-year-old brother's wedding the weekend prior. According to the teen, "It was a beautiful ceremony, until it wasn't."
"My brother and our dad have always had a tense relationship," she shared. "They're civil, but there's a lot of unspoken resentment there. My brother always felt like Dad wasn't emotionally available growing up, always worked too much, missed birthdays, etc. Dad, on the other hand, insists he 'did his best' and doesn't believe in 'dredging up the past.' You get the picture."
According to the Redditor, her dad knocked on her bedroom door just two nights before the wedding to ask her to help him write a speech for the big day — but he wanted to AI-generate it.
"He said he was 'too tired' to be sentimental, but knew he had to say something," she shared. "So he asked me to help him figure out how to use ChatGPT."
"I showed him how to log on, typed in a prompt and that was it. He copied it, edited maybe two words, and saved it in his Notes app," the teen continued. "I asked him if he really wanted to say something he didn't write himself and he just shrugged and said, 'It says it better than I ever could,' I didn't say anything else at the time but I figured that he wouldn't ACTUALLY do it."
According to the Reddit post, the wedding day turned out "beautiful," and people were moved by her father's speech.
"People were crying," she shared. "Even my brother looked really emotional like he was actually touched. He hugged Dad afterwards."
"Later that evening, after a few drinks and while things were winding down (of course I wasn't drinking) my brother found me and said, 'I didn't expect Dad to say all that. Do you think he meant it?' " the Redditor continued. "I hesitated of course but I ended up feeling bad so I figured I'd just tell the truth. I ended up saying something like, 'I mean he used ChatGPT to write it. So maybe?' "
She shared that everything quickly blew up after she told her brother the truth, adding that she "didn't say it in a mean way" and that she "wasn't trying to ruin anything."
"I genuinely thought he had a right to know. But I could see the exact moment his face changed. He went quiet and walked away. I didn't see him for the rest of the night," she added.
The following day, the teen said that she woke up to nearly a dozen text messages from family members — including her mother, who is divorced from their dad — who all said that she "crushed" the nice moment between her brother and father and told her that she "could've kept my mouth shut."
"I didn't mean to cause drama," she finished the heartfelt post, before asking the Reddit community if she truly was in the wrong. "I just didn't like seeing my brother connect with something that wasn't even real. He's now barely speaking to Dad again, and to me either."
Many replies had mixed opinions about the situation, as commenters argued that while the teen's dad was wrong to fake such a sentimental moment on a major day in his son's life, it was still not a good idea to share that information on the wedding day.
"Sure, your dad took the easy way out by having AI write the speech, but he did choose to use those words and who is to say that they did not reflect his true feelings and that is why he chose to use them," one reply read (although the original poster later clarified that her dad only "skimmed" the speech after generating it).
"Bottom line is, he read those words and I'd give him the benefit of the doubt that they were sincere. So I'd say [you're the a------] because I think you outed him because of your own resentment, not a deep desire for the truth," the reply continued.
"Massive YTA," another commenter added. "I know you still have a lot of growing up to do, but you really need to work on how to treat others."
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Others agreed that while the original poster [OP] probably should not have shared this information at the wedding reception, she was simply a teenager whose family put her in a "lose-lose situation."
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"You had a choice between lying to your brother in order to save the night, which would have led him to probably resent you for the lie later on, if you ever decided to set matters straight, or if the truth came out (which I believe it would have, given that your brother was genuinely surprised by, and curious about, the speech) - or you had the option of telling him the truth, as you did," another reply argued.
"While it sounds like you could have handled the matter a little bit more sensitively, it feels like your family are shooting the messenger in channeling their anger towards you, rather than your dad, who's ultimately responsible for having played his son's emotions by reading out an AI-generated speech," the reply continued. "... I don't think you're an a------, OP - I think you're 16 years old, and need to learn to handle things with a little bit more sensitivity, but that you were put in a really awkward position, and picked the lesser of two evils."
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