Daughter Wants Both Father And Stepdad To ‘Walk Her Down The Aisle’ But Father ‘Won’t Allow It’

One of the most unforgettable aspects of many ladies’ wedding days is walking down the aisle to their future spouse.

They’re committing to sharing their love with the one who means the most to them for the rest of their lives. This is just one of the many reasons why the person who takes the bride down the aisle is so important to her.

In January 2022, a father went to Reddit to vent his complaints with his 22-year-old daughter, Chloe, and seek help from other users. Chloe, like most brides, wanted her father to be the one to walk her down the aisle. Her scenario was a little different, though, because she wanted both her biological father and her stepfather to walk her down the aisle with her.

The father revealed how he and Chloe had been estranged for a long time but had been working on repairing their connection in recent years. He was never married to her mother, who married when Chloe was five years old.

Since he had been in Chloe’s life for 22 years, she regarded her stepfather as a father figure, but her real father was furious that she wanted both of them to walk her down the aisle. He effectively issued an ultimatum to his daughter, stating that he would not allow her to force the two of them to walk her down the aisle together.

This has caused numerous conflicts within the family, particularly between the father and Chloe’s mother. Even Redditors were dissatisfied with how the situation appeared to be progressing.

The original poster (OP) began his Reddit post by discussing his relationship with his daughter. He attempted to rekindle his relationship with Chloe when she was 16, after being absent from her life for a long time. Although Chloe’s stepfather is her legal parent, OP has continued to build on his relationship with his daughter.

“Chloe’s getting married in February,” the OP explained. When she informed me she was thinking about having both me and her stepfather escort her down the aisle, I was taken away. I went to chat to her about how uncomfortable I was with the concept.”

Chloe noted that her stepfather had a significant part in her life and that having him at the wedding was essential to her. “Of course,” OP responded. “I won’t discredit her feelings or dispute how positive of an effect her stepfather has been, but I simply don’t feel comfortable with it. I told her it’d be fine if I was just a visitor there, but she said she really wants me to be a part of this.” “I told her it was either me or her stepfather because I couldn’t do it with him.”

This produced a major gap between OP and Chloe, who was enraged at her father for forcing her to make a decision. “She lamented that I was ruining her wedding by making it about my resentment of her stepfather,” OP explained. “The disagreement became so heated that I threatened not to attend the wedding if she continued to press the matter.”

However, the debates did not end there. “Her mother phoned me, calling me selfish, envious, bitter, and other things, claiming I was eager to harm Chloe’s feelings out of spite just because she dared to show appreciation for the man who stepped up and was more of a parent to her than I’ll ever be,” OP said.

Chloe hasn’t spoken to her father since then. He attempted to speak with her fiancé, but the fiancé simply stated that Chloe believed OP was prioritizing his own feelings over hers. “He told me to do this one thing for her since it’s important,” OP said. “But even thinking about it makes me feel uneasy, so I don’t think I’ll ever be OK with it.”

Redditors were dissatisfied with OP’s attitude toward the situation and chastised him for it. They urged him to think about it and do something good for his daughter. “How selfish are you?” one user wondered. Put your ego aside for a few minutes in order to make your daughter’s wedding as memorable as possible.”

“Walking down the aisle takes, like, 90 seconds?” asked another user. You can’t put someone else’s feelings and wishes first for 90 seconds on one of her most important days? You can’t even keep yourself together for 90 seconds to perform a single act of love for your daughter? Is it honestly worth it to you to ruin any relationship you’ve managed to develop with your daughter, as well as any opportunity you have of earning her respect for the rest of your life, because you won’t feel ‘uncomfortable’ for 90 seconds?