A father left his own daughter fuming after he missed her wedding because he walked his step-daughter down the aisle.
The man took to Reddit and explained that his stepdaughter sent out an invitation for her wedding one week later before his daughter also sent out her own.
The problem started when he noticed that their weddings fell on the same weekend, with his stepdaughter’s big day taking place one day before his daughter’s. Both of them had requested that he walk them down the aisle.
“My daughter has always been resentful of my stepdaughter and growing up, we’ve had to deal with a lot of issues related to this resentment,” he wrote.
“The unfortunate reality was that my ex and I had shared custody so naturally, I saw my daughter less then my stepdaughter.
“My stepdaughter’s biological father passed away and I’ve treated her like my own since she was two. I love them both equally and I’ve never shown preferential treatment towards my stepdaughter, something my daughter always accuses me of.”
The father said that he tried his best to attend both weddings despite the 13 hours drive.
“I did the math and I calculated that if I left my stepdaughter’s wedding at 10 pm and drove through the night, I’d make it with two hours to freshen up and get ready.
“Unfortunately, I got lost along the way plus traffic and I missed the actual wedding ceremony. My daughter’s stepfather ended up walking her down the aisle by himself.
“I feel like I tried my best to make both my children happy but I failed one of them completely. My stepdaughter and her husband have been attacked on Facebook by my daughter’s friend who is claiming that my stepdaughter planned it on purpose.”
The father continued: “I gave my daughter and son-in-law an additional gift of money to go to Japan, which has always been their dream. It was a lot of money but I hoped it would be a sort of way for me ask forgiveness.
“They had to postpone their trip because of Covid but my daughter refuses to even consider any sort of forgiveness.
“The few times she picks up my calls always ends with her bringing up the wedding and getting angry at me again.”
His post sparked debate, with one person writing: “He can’t split into two and attend two weddings? The daughters planned this horribly. Granted they don’t talk, but still. And some people bring up that he went to the step daughter’s wedding, but that’s only ‘cos it was happening first and then he would drive to the second one. He didn’t ‘choose step daughter’, it was just horrible planning from his daughters’ part.”
Another wrote: “Word of advice – the reason why she isn’t satisfied is because she never wanted the money or expensive gifts she just wanted her dad.
“I feel like this was a pattern for her growing up. I know it was beyond your control and you say there was no favouritism. It probably came off that way.”
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