Reddit is a platform where individuals share personal stories and seek advice and opinions from fellow users on various decisions they face.
Recently, a teenage girl revealed that her father and his fiancée decided to exclude her from their wedding, and she provided the reasons behind this painful decision.
“I (f18) was always pretty close to my dad. Closer to my mom but I often visited my dad (about 3-4 times a week). A few years ago he started dating “Anna”. Anna and I always got along when my dad proposed I was happy Anna seemed like she would be a great stepmom,” she started her post.
“Well a few weeks before the wedding after I had bought everything (dress, shoes, etc) my dad and Anna said they needed to “talk to me” Anna and my dad decided to have a child free wedding which I get especially for young kids. Well turns out child-free means no one under 18. On the day of the wedding, I was still going to be 17 so, therefore, I’m not allowed to be at the wedding because Anna wants to stay true to the child-free rule even for the daughter of the groom and her about-to-be stepdaughter.”
“The funny thing is my 18th birthday was just 2 days after the wedding. But still, I wasn’t allowed to go. The wedding was just last weekend (the 12th) and my birthday was yesterday (the 14th). I haven’t talked to Anna or my dad since they told me I couldn’t attend the wedding since I wasn’t an Adult. My mom ended up taking me on a birthday vacation and yesterday I posted birthday pictures on Facebook and said finally an adult I’m so glad my dad and Anna didn’t allow me at their wedding since I was under 18 I feel more mature since yesterday.”
“The family was freaking out asking if that was true and bashing my dad and Anna. I later got a bunch of texts from my dad and Anna calling me immature and a selfish brat and that’s why I was too immature to be at a wedding. I was talking to some friends and they said I was kinda an AH for doing that and I should have just let it go.”
Other redditors shared their thoughts and agreed that the original poster wasn’t in the wrong for informing the family about what her dad did to her.
“Didn’t find out mine remarried until about 2 weeks later. He had no plans to actually tell us himself, we only found out because he told my mum in spite because he was angry with her.
Her three kids were there.
Some people are just sh***y people, and worse parents.”
“The no children was made for you. I’m sorry but let that sink in. She made that rule to keep you out. You now know where you stand in their marriage…you don’t. I’m so sorry. NTA. I personally think it was EPIC. Harsh but epic. They deserved more than that. I would even update it with pictures of their texts.”
“NTA banning the 17 year and 363 day old daughter of the groom from a wedding because its child free is a decision.
A decision to exclude. To not invite. To make unwelcome.
Not just in their wedding but on their lives.”
Original post is here.
