Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
Mom Of The Bride Told She Can’t Bring Her Pet Pig To The Wedding, Does It Anyway And Ruins It
In a world where young families more often have pets than children, bringing your four-legged friend to someone’s wedding doesn’t seem like a big deal. In fact, according to a survey by WeddingWire, one-third of pet owners have included their pets in their engagement or wedding.
But this mother and daughter got into a huge fight about the mom bringing her pet pig to the daughter’s wedding. After the animal caused a ruckus during the reception, the women had a spat in front of the guests, causing the mother to feel publicly humiliated. Still, the bride sparked a discussion about what kind of animals should be allowed at weddings.
RELATED:
A mother brought a pet pig to her daughter’s wedding and got kicked out for it
Image credits: seyfutdinovaolga / envatoelements (not the actual photo)
Since the pig caused a mess during the reception, the bride asked whether her mother bringing it was appropriate in the first place
Image credits: beautifulmomentstudio23 / envatoelements (not the actual photo)
Image credits: GaudiLab / envatoelements (not the actual photo)
Image credits: MadLadyBug8
Emotional support animals don’t automatically get access to public spaces
Image credits: pvproductions / freepik (not the actual photo)
Pets and animals provide us with a great deal of comfort, and a whopping 72% of Americans say they have a pet at home. Interestingly, 18% of those pet owners also have had them certified as emotional support animals.
An emotional support animal (ESA) is not the same as a service animal. Service animals are trained specifically to aid a person with their emotional or physical disability. The main difference between an ESA and a service animal is that they do some sort of task. If an animal just makes you feel better, it’s an emotional support animal.
Still, only people with a mental health condition can get a pet certified to be an ESA. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a licensed mental health professional has to sign off on the certification. “It provides therapeutic emotional support to alleviate a symptom or effect of the disability of the patient/client, and not merely as a pet,” the agency adds.
You can’t take an emotional support animal with you on a plane, since they don’t have public access or air travel protections. The same goes for other public spaces: say, a café that isn’t animal-friendly can deny entry to an ESA if it chooses to.
You can get a pot-bellied pig to be an emotional support animal
Image credits: DejaVu Designs / freepik (not the actual photo)
According to the ADA, dogs are the most common service animals, but sometimes miniature horses are trained to be service animals as well. As for emotional support animals, many kinds can get certified to become ESAs. Most ESAs are dogs as well, but other people have cats, birds, pigs, rabbits, mice, and miniature horses as emotional support animals.
There are no accurate statistics about how many Americans keep pot-bellied pigs as pets, but the estimates are around 250,000 to 1 million. A pot-bellied pig is a miniature or a mini pig. According to the American Mini Pig Association, pot-bellied pigs can grow up to about 120 pounds and 15 to 20 inches tall. However, in some states or counties, they might be illegal as pets. There might be size and weight restrictions, or they might only be allowed as pets in rural areas.
Still, there shouldn’t be any problems with getting a pet pig certified as an ESA. There are several upsides to having them as emotional support animals:
- They’re calm and docile, and love to be scratched and cuddled, so they’re great for reducing our anxiety and removing our worries.
- They help us socialize, as they need to be walked just like dogs. They can even help people manage their social anxiety disorders, as going out for a walk with a pet mini pig can be a great conversation starter.
- They’re only as tall as dogs when they reach the age of 5, so they have the perfect stature, not too small and not too big. Some owners even allow their pet pigs into their beds or on couches to cuddle.
- Pot-bellied pigs are trainable, and you can train yours to behave in public and walk on a leash properly. If they’re not trained, they might behave like the pig that the mother in this story owned. They meander, investigate every scrap of litter, and have a restless appetite, which prompts them to always be on the search for food. Experts note that a lot of time and effort go into correcting this type of behavior in miniature pigs.
Most people sided with the bride: “She was entitled and rude as hell”
However, others blamed the bride for not banning the pig from the wedding more firmly
Poll Question
Total votes ·
Thanks! Check out the results:
Total votes ·
Newsletter
Subscribe to Access
Exclusive Polls
By entering your email and clicking Subscribe, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Privacy Policy.
Thank you! You've successfully subscribed to newsletters!
Explore more of these tags
What do you think ?
StumblingThroughLife 3 months ago
I was getting hopeful that no one would say ESH or YTAs ... and temporarily forgot that her mother wasn't the only self-important narcissistic d****e bag out there... 100% NTA. An old friend in Spain has a mature PB pig as a pet and doesn't even allow it in the house (has its own piece of land and fancy shelter) since she grew to adult size, and can be dangerous, size-wise if she barges around. The fact that her mother even pushed for it is a red flag.
XenoMurph 3 months ago
The husband and his family are Muslim. That pig should have been nowhere near, and she should have refused entry in support of her husband.
Load More Replies...
Tabitha 3 months ago
Should’ve had security escort both of the pigs—-the actual pig and Mama Pig—-out of the wedding venue. You know subconsciously Mama wanted to thumb her nose at OP’s new husband and his family by bringing her pet (not Emotional Support Animal, there’s no such thing officially, but her PET pig) to her daughter’s wedding where the in-laws are Muslim. What a nasty racist b***h Mama is. Hope OP and her husband go 100% NC with her, and any of her flying monkeys. Sorry Mama, no Granny button for you, b***h.
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
According to the ADA, which was slightly misquoted above, only dogs can be service animals. Real service animals for people with diagnosed mental (not emotional) or physical disability. They are trained to perform specific tasks in response to the handler's condition. The sole exception is that miniature horses may be used a guide animals for the blind.
Zoe Vokes 3 months ago
That’s silly. I’ve heard of other animals being service animals. Some animals are highly trainable and some people are allergic to dogs. What are they supposed to do?
Load More Replies...
Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Taking a pig to a Muslim wedding, and she doesn't see a problem? Got to be fake. Anyway, station people outside - they can take turns, but don't let your guard down.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
TBH, a person like my own mother is completely oblivious to anyone or any culture outside of her own, so she would have NO idea that other cultures view pigs as unclean animals. She's so self-centered that even if someone told her, it'd go in one ear and out the other. And while pot-bellied pigs aren't common pets, they were a fad/trendy pet in the US for a while, and it seemed like the people who did adopt them were near-fanatical about how they were pets "just like a dog" and "super clean" and "just as smart as a dog" and so on (I'm not saying they aren't, but saying that pot-bellied pig owners sometimes seem fanatical about having their pig pets seen as the "same" as a dog or cat in terms of "normal animal to keep as a pet".) My mother is too self-centered to love a pet, but if she HAD a pig as a pet, she would act EXACTLY as OP describes her mother acting: the pig goes everywhere with her and everyone and everything must cater to its needs and care and presence.
Load More Replies...
Angela Corvaia 3 months ago
One comedian said, “Emotional Support Dog? what the heck, All dogs are emotional support dogs. You ever meet a German Shepherd that makes you feel bad about yourself?”
Bookworm 3 months ago
OP dropped the ball big time. Every time her mom brought up the pig she should have firmly told her "the pig is not allowed at my wedding. If you show up with it you'll be denied entry.". Then have at least 2 people, one for mom and one for pig, at the entrance with clear instructions to block anyone trying to bring a pig in. This was easily preventable if she'd spoken up and followed through.
Jumping Jellyfishes 3 months ago
Wasn't this a Green Acres episode where Arnold the pig got loose at a wedding?
Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
Swiffle's Pig, I believe it was the second season.
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 3 months ago
I was getting hopeful that no one would say ESH or YTAs ... and temporarily forgot that her mother wasn't the only self-important narcissistic d****e bag out there... 100% NTA. An old friend in Spain has a mature PB pig as a pet and doesn't even allow it in the house (has its own piece of land and fancy shelter) since she grew to adult size, and can be dangerous, size-wise if she barges around. The fact that her mother even pushed for it is a red flag.
XenoMurph 3 months ago
The husband and his family are Muslim. That pig should have been nowhere near, and she should have refused entry in support of her husband.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 3 months ago
Should’ve had security escort both of the pigs—-the actual pig and Mama Pig—-out of the wedding venue. You know subconsciously Mama wanted to thumb her nose at OP’s new husband and his family by bringing her pet (not Emotional Support Animal, there’s no such thing officially, but her PET pig) to her daughter’s wedding where the in-laws are Muslim. What a nasty racist b***h Mama is. Hope OP and her husband go 100% NC with her, and any of her flying monkeys. Sorry Mama, no Granny button for you, b***h.
Lady Eowyn 3 months ago
According to the ADA, which was slightly misquoted above, only dogs can be service animals. Real service animals for people with diagnosed mental (not emotional) or physical disability. They are trained to perform specific tasks in response to the handler's condition. The sole exception is that miniature horses may be used a guide animals for the blind.
Zoe Vokes 3 months ago
That’s silly. I’ve heard of other animals being service animals. Some animals are highly trainable and some people are allergic to dogs. What are they supposed to do?
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 3 months ago
Taking a pig to a Muslim wedding, and she doesn't see a problem? Got to be fake. Anyway, station people outside - they can take turns, but don't let your guard down.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 3 months ago
TBH, a person like my own mother is completely oblivious to anyone or any culture outside of her own, so she would have NO idea that other cultures view pigs as unclean animals. She's so self-centered that even if someone told her, it'd go in one ear and out the other. And while pot-bellied pigs aren't common pets, they were a fad/trendy pet in the US for a while, and it seemed like the people who did adopt them were near-fanatical about how they were pets "just like a dog" and "super clean" and "just as smart as a dog" and so on (I'm not saying they aren't, but saying that pot-bellied pig owners sometimes seem fanatical about having their pig pets seen as the "same" as a dog or cat in terms of "normal animal to keep as a pet".) My mother is too self-centered to love a pet, but if she HAD a pig as a pet, she would act EXACTLY as OP describes her mother acting: the pig goes everywhere with her and everyone and everything must cater to its needs and care and presence.
Load More Replies... Angela Corvaia 3 months ago
One comedian said, “Emotional Support Dog? what the heck, All dogs are emotional support dogs. You ever meet a German Shepherd that makes you feel bad about yourself?”
Bookworm 3 months ago
OP dropped the ball big time. Every time her mom brought up the pig she should have firmly told her "the pig is not allowed at my wedding. If you show up with it you'll be denied entry.". Then have at least 2 people, one for mom and one for pig, at the entrance with clear instructions to block anyone trying to bring a pig in. This was easily preventable if she'd spoken up and followed through.
Jumping Jellyfishes 3 months ago
Wasn't this a Green Acres episode where Arnold the pig got loose at a wedding?
Lee Gilliland 3 months ago
Swiffle's Pig, I believe it was the second season.
Load More Replies...
Related on Bored Panda
36
51