Not in the Wedding?

[preciousjeni]

Ok...I'm EXTREMELY irritated right now. My brother is marrying this horrible girl who has done so many atrocious things to him that I am having trouble not hating them (her parents and her).

I'll give you a short list:
1) When my grandmother died last year, my brother was very upset, so he called his girl. She refused to come because she had plans with some friends.
2) Last week, my brother flew back to Georgia (he's living in North Carolina) to visit friends and family. His fiancee picked him up and took him to HER family home. In the entire time of his fall break, his fiancee couldn't "find the time" to take him to see our parents. Ok...maybe she was busy. But THEN, when it was time for him to go back to the airport (a 2 hour drive), all of the sudden, NO ONE COULD TAKE HIM!! He had to pay for an CAB RIDE to the airport!!!!!

To top off the insult, her parents called my parents last night to discuss the rehearsal dinner and condescendingly suggested that my parents might not be able to afford the place where the girl wants to dine. The sick thing is that these folks are already living beyond their means (they couldn't even afford to fix their own house so they hired my brother to do some construction) - who are they to even suggest that????

Now, here's my deal. I've done my very best to be a supportive sister and act in a Christian way even though I don't think this girl loves him. In fact, I'VE been the one defending the girl against my parents' anger!!

I just found out that she's not going to put me in her wedding, but that her brothers are going to be my brother's groomsmen!!! This is in a SOUTHERN WEDDING!! My parents, as etiquette dictates, are paying for the rehearsal dinner, which I'M NOT INVITED TO!! Oh my gracious!!!

I had to get that out.

ETA: I'm his only sibling.