Our wedding day was everything we dreamed of – sunshine, laughter, and love. Everything except my sister-in-law Jenna, who scowled through every photo like she’d rather be anywhere else. Three weeks later when we got our pictures back, she demanded we delete every image of her or she’d cut us off completely.
My wife Nina was devastated. She’d included Jenna as a bridesmaid hoping to bridge their strained relationship, only to have her sister threaten to publicly shame us over unflattering angles. That’s when I got creative. Instead of deleting the photos, I simply cropped Jenna out of every single one. After all, she’d positioned herself on the edges of every shot.
The fallout was instant. Jenna exploded when she saw our social media posts featuring our “Jenna-free” wedding album. But something unexpected happened – my wife finally saw her sister’s toxic behavior for what it was. Sometimes the best way to handle a bully isn’t confrontation, but simply removing their power to hurt you.
