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AIBU for telling my daughter that I won't attend her wedding?

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GladCat · 20/05/2024 08:36

Hi, I'm going to keep it short. My daughter is 27 years old and has been living in the UAE for a few years now. She works as an English teacher and the pay + benefits there are great. She's a very sociable person so she has a large circle of friends there, surprisingly made up of mostly natives (Emiratis). It was through one of these female Emirati friends that she was introduced to her now fiancé. They're getting married in January 2025. Even though we met the man and he seems like a good one, there's just one tiny problem: he already has a wife and 2 kids. My husband and I are aware that in Islam men are permitted to have up to 4 wives (and apparently the fiancé's wife is cool with this since it's common throughout their social class), but we're still very uncomfortable with the practice 'cause it feels archaic (and frankly oppressive) to us. We told our daughter that she can do whatever she wants as a grown woman and we'll always want her to be happy, but we don't condone dynamics like this and don't wish to attend the wedding events. She's obviously quite pissed at us. AIBU?

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DahliaSmith · 20/05/2024 08:40

You pays your money and you takes your choice. You want her to be happy unless you don't agree with the scenario, you need to decide what's more important. If not going feels like the best long term option for your relationship with her then don't go, it's certainly sending a clear message.

But where will that get you?

RosieMilkJug · 20/05/2024 08:40

You need to go so that if it all goes tits up your daughter knows that she still has a safe haven at your house.

DisforDarkChocolate · 20/05/2024 08:39

I'm with @chilliprawn.

Support your daughter, she will need it.

Chickychoccyegg · 20/05/2024 08:39

I also wouldn't attend, for the same reasons as you , sounds like it will all end in tears for dd

chilliprawn · 20/05/2024 08:38

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