The way families look has changed for many people over the years, which means that, in the best of cases, the involved kids have more people to love and care for them as they grow up.
Mature adults are able to put the kids first, and realize that anyone willing to love a child is worth respecting (even if you like having to do it), but others struggle with this concept years after the fact.
Which is what’s happened here.
The original poster (OP) is a dad who split from the mother of his daughter two decades ago. His ex remarried to a man she’s still with, a man who was a stay-at-home dad and quickly bonded with OPs daughter – a fact her biological dad always hated.
AITA for telling my daughter [26F] that I [55M] will not walk down the aisle with her stepdad [50M].
byu/anonymous150000 inAmItheAsshole
Now, she wants both of them to walk her down the aisle at her wedding but OP is refusing to the point of claiming he won’t go to the wedding at all if she insists on her stepdad being part of the process.
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inAmItheAsshole
It probably comes as no surprise to you (or it shouldn’t) that the majority of people on the Am I The A**hole Reddit thread that most people agree he’s the jerk, here (YTA – You’re The A**hole, in Reddit language).
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inAmItheAsshole
Maybe this dad needs to know how to dad better… like a lot better…
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inAmItheAsshole
This makes some people remember their own sh^tty fathers…
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inAmItheAsshole
It’s one after another.
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inAmItheAsshole
In fact…I couldn’t find anyone who disagreed. Rightfully so.
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inAmItheAsshole
Yeah, it’s pretty much unanimous.
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inAmItheAsshole
I hope this man took everyone’s comments to heart, apologized to his daughter, and plans to do whatever she wants on her big day, but based on most of his replies, I doubt it.
And I hope the daughter has a wonderful day, regardless of a father who can’t grow up enough to put her first.