Man gets into furious fight with his sister after bringing his entire family of SIX - including four young kids - to his niece's wedding WITHOUT checking it was OK... so, who do you think was in the wrong?

The man brought his entire family - wife and five kids - to his niece's wedding  He said the invite was addressed 'to family' and assumed they were all invited An  etiquette expert chimed in saying he interpreted the invite the right way

A Reddit user who was shamed for bringing his entire family to his niece’s wedding has been vindicated after an etiquette expert stepped in to defend him.

In the since-deleted Reddit post, the man explained he had received the invite, which was addressed to his ‘family’ – assuming that included himself, his wife and their five children, who are all aged between 17 and nine.

‘There was no child-free marriage or minimum age warning,’ he noted, adding his brother also bought his two children as the invite was also addressed to his family.

The man, who posted the qualm to Reddit’s ‘Am I The A**hole,’ explained that his niece Ayla was older than his kids, but had always had a lot of contact with them.

A Reddit user who was shamed for bringing his entire family to his niece’s wedding has been vindicated, after an etiquette expert defended him (stock image)

‘Ayla’s wedding was just for family and close friends,’ he added. ‘With a total of 50-60 people without table markings.’

After the ceremony – which he said was ‘wonderful’ – the man’s sister, also the mother of the bride, approached him and asked if his whole family was really in attendance.

‘I confirmed, she didn’t say anything else and I didn’t think about anything else,’ he  said.

However, the next day the man received a text from his sister, saying he had been ‘inconvenient’ to bring extra people to her daughter’s wedding and people had almost missed out on seats.

‘[She said] I should have asked the bride and groom if I could take all my children,’ he wrote.

‘I said that due to the invitation, Ayla included just “OP’s family” as guests and I thought all my 5 children were included,’ he explained.

‘I wouldn’t mind just me and my wife going, but there was no limitation or warning in the invitation,’ the man pointed out.

However, his sister argued back saying that as his family is so large, he should have checked with the bride and groom first.

‘I sent a message to my niece to clarify, but she confirmed that it was a planning error of her, but that she liked everyone there in the end,’ he said, even though she had  imagined that only the older cousins ​​would go.

Although many users said he could have contacted the bride and groom to ask if his kids could come, they don’t think he was in the wrong.

Although many users said he could have contacted the bride and groom to ask if his kids could come, they don’t think he was in the wrong

‘NTA, right there. The bride isn’t mad, and the bride said she was the one in error, and that she was happy to see your kids there,’ one user pointed out. ‘There’s no issue here. Your sister is being angry on behalf of someone who doesn’t have an issue.’

‘NTA. It’s the responsibility of the couple getting married to communicate clearly on their invitations,’ another wrote. ‘In this case, what they wrote communicated that all children were invited. If she didn’t really mean that, that’s on her for being bad at addressing invitations.’

‘Invites should always specify and not leave things for the guest to guess about. Just the wife? Say +1. Just the oldest cousins? Specify by name,’ added another.

While Reddit users debated the man’s interpretation of the invitation, etiquette expert Elaine Swann told Fox News Digital that she doesn’t think the man did anything wrong.

Instead, California-based lifestyle and etiquette expert said, the real error was how the bride’s mother behaved and the lack of clarity in the invite.

‘When you say “to the person and family,” you are referring to their household – so that’s mom, dad and kid,’ she pointed out.

The expert continued explaining a wedding invitation for just the couple should be addressed ‘Mr. and Mrs.’

‘This family bringing their five kids — there’s there’s nothing wrong with that, based upon the way they were invited,’ Swann said.