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A teenage girl said that her sister got angry with her after she sang an impromptu song at her wedding reception
The teen did it after seeing some family members sing songs at the reception, not realizing that their songs were "pre-planned"
"I just assumed this was something any guests could do," the teen wrote
A teenage girl is "embarrassed" after her sister told her off for singing a song spontaneously at her wedding.
InReddit's Am I the A–-----?' forum, the 17-year-old wrote that her older sister got annoyed with her after she randomly sang a song at her wedding reception, despite other family members singing songs at the party.
"During the reception, my aunt had requested a song from the DJ and went up to the microphone by the dance floor and started singing along to a Katy Perry song," the teen explained. Shortly after that, her other sister went up to the microphone and sang another song.
The teen assumed that her aunt and other sister sang the songs "spontaneously" and that "this was something any guests could do," so she went up to the DJ and requested "Yellow" by Coldplay to sing.
"My sister (the bride) was giving me a weird look with her hands on her hips the whole time," she recalled.
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The teen's sister came up to her at the end of the reception and asked why she got up to sing. "She called me embarrassing … I said that I didn't understand the problem and pointed out that our aunt and other sister also sang," she shared.
The teen said that her sister explained to her that the songs her aunt and other sister sang were both "pre-planned as a surprise and songs that she wanted them to sing" at the reception. Her sister then criticized her, saying that she "sings really badly" and she "should've checked with her" first.
"I was really taken aback because no one mentioned to me they were planned to sing, how was I supposed to know?" the teen wrote. "I felt really embarrassed and apologized (although I didn't really mean it I just wanted the conversation to be over) and she said that her wedding isn't about me."
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Some readers said the teen should have asked her sister first if it was ok to sing.
"This wasn't a random karaoke party, even if you thought it was, you could have simply checked with either your sister first," one person wrote in the comment section. "Everyone knows a wedding reception isn't spontaneous karaoke ... read the room," a second said.
Another reader disagreed, blaming the woman's mistake on being "young."
"The person at fault here is the DJ," a third said. "At my wedding, the DJ did not take any requests that were not approved by my husband or me. The sister should be mad at the DJ and stop beating up on a 17-year-old. I doubt one song ruined her whole ceremony!"
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