Woman defended after answering emergency phone call at friend’s unplugged wedding

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A lady has been defended for her choice to take an emergency phone call whereas at her finest friend’s wedding, the place friends weren’t allowed to make use of their telephones.

In a current submit shared to the favored “Am I The A**hole?” Reddit discussion board, a lady requested if she was within the fallacious for being on her phone through the nuptials. She specified that her finest good friend since childhood had “an unplugged wedding,” which means that friends couldn’t to be on their phone at all through the occasion.

She acknowledged that she “totally respected” the thought, earlier than noting that the “entire morning of [the] wedding was beautiful, and the ceremony was unforgettable”. However, the Reddit person additionally defined that when the reception began, she obtained a phone call from her sister, which she didn’t reply. After getting “around 70 calls” from her sister, she determined to reply the phone, which was when she found there was a household emergency.

“It got to the point where I had to answer. My best friend is usually understanding so I thought she would be okay with this,” she wrote. “My sister told me my mom was in an accident. (She’s okay btw, only a concussion) Someone saw me on the phone and told my best friend.”

According to the social media person, when she informed her finest good friend she needed to go away, the bride “yelled at [her] for being on [her] phone”. When she defined the state of affairs to her good friend, she had an unkind response, which prompted the Reddit poster to formally go away the wedding.

“She informed me that wasn’t an excuse and I might have waited ‘till after the wedding. I left immediately, not only because of her stupidity, but because I also had to go to the hospital,” the woman wrote. “She texted me and [cursed] me out, telling me that it wasn’t that tough to not be on my phone.”

She went on to assert that a number of of her mates and the bride’s husband have additionally “called [her] names”. She famous that whereas her household has defended her within the state of affairs, she nonetheless desires to make issues proper with the bride.