A man has been praised for ‘stealing the spotlight’ at his brother’s wedding by announcing his wife’s pregnancy. He set out to get ‘petty revenge’ on his brother who tried to make his wedding day all about himself with a pre-planned proposal to his then-girlfriend.

So, to get his own back, he decided to return the favour at his own wedding – but with the news about his upcoming arrival. He said on Reddit: “My brother said he was going to propose at my wedding. I told him no. That it was a day about myself and my wife and we did not want any distractions.

“My mum lost her s***. She said that he wanted family he might not see again for a while to be a part of the proposal. I said I did not give a s*** and that if he did it I would have him kicked out. He did it. And my mum said if I tried kicking him out she would leave too. I just remember seething inside.

“My brother got married last weekend. Instead of a welcome to the family toast I used the time to announce that we were expecting our first baby.”

Outraged, his mum was about to scold him in front of everyone – but, thankfully, his grandma stepped in and settled her down.

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He added: “My grandmother told her to sit down and shut up. We spent most of the reception talking to family we would not see again for a while about our coming baby. My mum says I was an a**hole for taking attention away from my brother on his wedding day. She got really mad when I reminded her that she threatened to leave my wedding if I kicked him out after he proposed. I have the screencap of the text messages.

Commenting on his post, one user said: “It’s blatantly obvious which one of you is the golden child. Good job to grandma for shutting mum’s bull*** down. But your brother! He asked, and you said no, he did it anyway. That’s an easy way to wind up on people’s s*** list.”

Another user added: “Yes, Grandma was the queen.” A third user said: “Always sucks when people dote all love and attention to one of their children while casting off the other. I live for that sort of petty. Your granny is awesome.”

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