Man Asks If He's Wrong For Refusing To Walk Estranged Daughter Down The Aisle

As he explained in a Reddit post, his wife had apparently cheated on him with one of his friends, who turned out to be his daughter's biological father.

And while he told his daughter that he still loved her regardless of this revelation and the messy divorce that followed, it was soon clear that her priorities had shifted to getting to know her biological father.

While the man understood and tried to support this, it wasn't long before this shift affected their relationship.

After three months with no apparent plans for further school or work, the man said she would need to do one or the other if she wanted to keep living there for free.

In response, she told him that he isn't her real dad and that would go and stay with her biological father. Although he described this as "breaking" him, the man took her at her word and she moved out shortly thereafter.

As a result, he soon fell into a deep depression and drank heavily, but credits his son for keeping him going during that time.

However, that changed when she got engaged soon after her biological father passed away years later and suddenly asked the man to walk her down the aisle.

But in the man's words, "She didn’t want me to be her father anymore so I learned to no longer view her as my daughter."

So after a long message detailing how she had hurt him, he said he wouldn't be doing this.

When she said it wasn't her fault that she wanted to know her dad, he agreed but said that didn't account for how she treated him.

At this point, he's convinced that she never would have spoken to him if her biological father were still alive.

But while his son supports his decision, the man is nonetheless getting messages from his brothers and other relatives saying he's in the wrong and missing out on a chance to be in his daughter's life again.

This followed the daughter's apparent series of rants accusing him of ruining her day and saying that parents are supposed to love their children unconditionally.

However, it seems the Reddit community he reached out to has decided she's trying to use him for the sake of her wedding.

As one user said, "She decided that you're not her father in any capacity. You've respected that. Now that the other guy is dead, she doesn't get to change the rules. She doesn't want you, she wants someone to play a part."

In the words of another, "She doesn't get to cut you out of her life as a father when it suits her and then decide you need to resume the role no questions asked without complaint when the guy she replaced you with isn't around any more."

h/t: Reddit | herweddingday_