'My 5-year-old sister can't come to my wedding unless she sees a psychologist'

A woman is worried her younger sister won’t behave properly at her wedding.

She turned to Reddit to share the situation. Her fiance proposed to her about six months ago, and they are preparing for their wedding .

She has three younger siblings: one is 9, one is 7 and the youngest, Evie, is 5. She started the story by clarifying she loves her siblings more than anything in the world.

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The woman and her fiance watch the kids after school everyday. She thinks her fiance is great with them, and they seem to love him.

When the couple told their exciting news to the kids, both of the older ones were happy. Evie, however, was furious. The reason for her anger was a surprising one.

She wrote: “She started crying and hitting me because she wanted to marry him, and if I marry him, she can't.

“She refused to speak to me for almost a week, and now she's mostly ok, but she gets mad at me and starts crying and hitting me any time she sees me kiss him.”

Evie was supposed to be a flower girl in the wedding, but now they’re worried she won’t be able to sit through the ceremony without bursting into tears.

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She shared her feelings with their dad, explaining that she won’t be allowed to attend the ceremony until she sees a child psychologist. There’s still a couple of months until the wedding in September.

“He's saying she doesn't need therapy, she's just a 5 year old with a crush on my fiancé, I'm overreacting, and she won't forgive me if I exclude her from the wedding.”

She explained that Evie hits, kicks, punches and bites hard enough to draw blood. When she does this, they’ve tried putting her in time out, taking toys, and even telling her the fiance will no longer come around if she keeps at it. Nothing’s work, however.

In the comments, some people wonder if there’s something more happening at home.

One person said: “Obviously there's more at play here than this story, but regardless you should not be enabling anything that might derail your wedding.

“In the meantime, educate yourself on "parentification" It's good that your fiancé is all over your siblings and supportive of you, but this dynamic is sooner or later going to screw up your relationship with him if left to fester.”

Parentification is the process of a child taking on the supportive, parental role in a family that can become inappropriate and burdensome.

Another person said: “She DOES need therapy, but clearly her bad dad isn't going to take her. If you can, see if he'd pay for sessions if YOU take her. You're already doing great at giving her time-outs and not playing with her after she hits.”