Wife Slammed for Accusing Husband of Being Too ‘Intimate’—With His Sister

A newlywed man has divided opinion after his wife shared what upset her during their otherwise picture-perfect wedding.

In a now deleted post shared on Reddit’s r/AITAH subreddit, where it has gained more than 12,000 upvotes and thousands of comments, the poster, SeaContexts, explained that he, aged 28, recently married his wife, aged 26.

“My wife wanted to talk about something serious,” the post began. “She brought up our wedding and talked about how my sibling dance with my sister was too intimate.” Initially, the husband thought his wife was joking, but she was, in fact, serious.

The wife claimed that although no one else at the wedding mentioned it, she believed that everyone was too scared to voice their opinions.

In his defense, the husband argued that close friends who attended the wedding would have spoken up if they found the dance inappropriate. He emphasized that he and his sister have always been affectionate and that it seemed natural to them.

Her upset even prompted her to demand they return his sister’s wedding gift—a high end espresso machine.

“I told my wife she was being completely irrational, and that’s the most ridiculous thing she has ever said,” he explained, admitting that his response may have been a little harsh.

In a subsequent comment, the husband provided more context, mentioning that the dances with his sister included slow songs such as “At Last” by Etta James and “All of Me” by John Legend.

Carole Lieberman, Beverly Hills psychiatrist and bestselling author, told Newsweek: “It’s interesting that the wife waited until after the wedding and honeymoon to bring this up. It was obviously still bothering her. But, was the groom’s dance with his sister really too intimate, or is this the wife’s projection?”

She suggested talking to a trusted wedding guest to ask what they thought about the dancing to get to the bottom of the situation.

“If it really was too intimate, was the husband aware of this or oblivious to it? What needs to be determined is whether there are some inappropriate incestuous feelings between the husband and his sister,” said Lieberman. “If there are such feelings, then the husband needs therapy to sort them out because they do threaten the stability of his marriage. If the groom and his sister weren’t really dancing too intimately, then it’s the wife’s problem. She needs therapy to understand why she projected her insecurities and paranoia onto them.”

In thousands of comments, Reddit users were quick to share their opinions.

“I need to see the wedding video,” said shampespiral60.

While RedstnPhoenx agreed and said: “I… feel like we need more context? Like, genuinely, how can one make a distinction without seeing this dance Sure, maybe your wife is crazy. But you’re also on AITA asking about your brand new wife right after your wedding, and l… that’s weird?”

Some said they did feel that a slow dance with a sibling was unusual. “Multiple slow dances with your sister IS weird,” wrote AsparagusOverall8454. While Y_Are_U_Like_This disagreed: “NTA [not the a******]. Unless you are the siblings in that Folger’s commercial, she needs to grow up.”

Newsweek was not able to reach out to SeaContexts for comment. We could not verify this story.