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Not invited to stepdaughter's wedding

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Chewitally · 05/11/2024 18:37

I've been with her Dad for over ten years. Her mum's partner is invited.

We don't have a good relationship for reasons irrelevant to this but I never thought she would stoop so low as to not invite me to her wedding.

OP posts:
Chewitally · 05/11/2024 20:26

permanently · 05/11/2024 20:19

OP give him your blessing to go alone. Book yourself the most marvellous spa day imaginable. Dodge unbelievable stress. Play the long game for when she starts looking for childcare!!

They already have kids and her mum does all that, my dp barely gets to see his grandkids

OP posts:
PinkArt · 05/11/2024 20:26

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 19:03

Would people really be happy if their partner's went to a wedding without them

It is very disrespectful

It's not 'a wedding', it's his daughter's wedding. If he puts you first here then I hope he understands that that will be the end of his relationship with her.

ForGreyKoala · 05/11/2024 20:26

Once again I am amazed at how different from the real world MN is. Whether or not OP and her SD get along when you invite someone to your wedding it is customary to also invite them to bring a partner and as SD's father is OP's partner she very much should be invited. Honestly, I very much doubt OP is going to start a raging fight at the wedding.

So many selfish people in the world these days! I'm sure there weren't all these bridezillas around when I was young.

getsomehelp · 05/11/2024 20:26

For the love of God, do not ruin her wedding day & potentially her relationship with her father for life.

You hurt/betrayed her Mother, & SD wants her Mother to enjoy the day.
She doesn't have to like you.

Wish her happiness & suck it up, like an adult.

Jolie12345 · 05/11/2024 20:26

Wow. Sounds like you might be a bit controlling and that could be why she doesn’t like you. He should not be choosing you over his daughter’s wedding.

LBFseBrom · 05/11/2024 20:27

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 18:47

I was not the OW.

Her dad says he won't go without me but of course he wouldn't, why would he?!

Because it is his daughter who is getting married. He should go, or does he not get on with her either?

MyAquaStork · 05/11/2024 20:27

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Msmoonpie · 05/11/2024 20:27

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 20:26

They already have kids and her mum does all that, my dp barely gets to see his grandkids

Perhaps he should make an effort.

Not going to her wedding is hardly likely to make the relationship better.

remember11 · 05/11/2024 20:27

If my sd's mum had done the same maybe they would not have divorced

😂

We're not allowed to troll hunt?

Reverse??

WearyAuldWumman · 05/11/2024 20:28

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 20:26

They already have kids and her mum does all that, my dp barely gets to see his grandkids

Even so, you should encourage your husband to go to the wedding. Relationships will just become worse if he doesn't go.

YouAreOne · 05/11/2024 20:29

This op sounds truly horrible.

FoxLoxInSox · 05/11/2024 20:29

permanently · 05/11/2024 20:19

OP give him your blessing to go alone. Book yourself the most marvellous spa day imaginable. Dodge unbelievable stress. Play the long game for when she starts looking for childcare!!

Have you actually read the whole thread, or are you just an incredibly different sort of human to the rest of us?

BluePapillon · 05/11/2024 20:29

So this is all about status to you? You think being in a relationship with this woman’s father means you should have a spot at the table at her marriage celebration. I disagree as it’s her day with the people she loves and would like to invite to celebrate with her. That doesn’t include you because you don’t like each other. She doesn’t have to get over anything it’s up to her, you can’t force her to get on with you.

What you seem to want to do is now continue to force this imagined status onto her and her dad by deciding he would not want to go without you (sure he came to that decision all by himself). That’s controlling, egoic and makes you look like a petty insecure bitch frankly. It’s this woman’s wedding it’s not about you and should not be.

And if you encourage this man to do anything other than attend and be there to celebrate his daughters day then you have shown your character - and people will notice and judge you accordingly. So do you want to be a petty small little bitchy insecure woman or do you want to put your pout away accept she doesn’t want you there and leave the boyfriend in peace to attend his daughters big day?

Pretty sure you’ll choose being a spoilt petty little child but at least his daughter will have the people who really care for her around her.

or you could choose to grow the fuck up.

saraclara · 05/11/2024 20:29

Imagine a wedding where one of the guests hates the bride, is hated by the bride, and is hated by the bride mother.

At best it would be horribly awkward, at worst it would end up like an episode of EastEnders. But whatever happened it would ruin the wedding for the couple.

Any father who refuses to attend his daughter's wedding because his partner (who doesn't like his daughter) isn't invited, isn't fit to be called a father.

HolyPeaches · 05/11/2024 20:30

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 20:26

They already have kids and her mum does all that, my dp barely gets to see his grandkids

So surely he’ll see them at the wedding then won’t he? That’s if you allow him to go alone, and he’s man enough to go without you.

wildthingsinthenight · 05/11/2024 20:30

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 18:42

What reason would be a justification for having her stepdad there but not me

Does she get on well with her stepdad?

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 05/11/2024 20:30

Your husband has to go to his daughters wedding.
I get you are disappointed to not be invited but you need to encourage him to go without you.
it is his daughters wedding. Missing it (except due to serious illness) is unforgivable and will cause irreparable damage to his relationship with his daughter.

Dontsayyouloveme · 05/11/2024 20:30

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 19:00

People have not understood the situation

I was friends with her mother and also my partner when they were married, our kids were at school together. Her mother and my partner got divorced, I was still friends with her mum but then my partner and I got together and since then her mum has wanted nothing to do with me

My stepdaughter is under the control of her mother that is the issue

The mother is NOT the issue! Your partner daughter clearly has better morals than you, who shagged her friends ex husband!

BooFiend · 05/11/2024 20:31

This is really bad form to keep your husband from his daughter’s wedding out of spite. Be the bigger person.

Llttledrummergirl · 05/11/2024 20:31

My father had a second wife with your attitude, I didn't bother inviting either to the wedding, and he never met my dc.

His loss.

Catsmere · 05/11/2024 20:31

CoffeeandCheesecake · 05/11/2024 20:17

I think people are being unfair to the OP.

Obviously we don't know the complete ins and outs of OP and Stepdaughters relationship.

Going by only what's been said . . . If Stepdaughter's holding a grudge only because OP used to be friends with her mum and is not inviting OP only on that basis. Then I think Stepdaughters being a twat, and it's not unreasonable for her dad not to want to cater to that since (as she's getting married) she's obviously a fully grown adult!

Nah, if you read all OP's comments it's clear she betrayed a woman she called a friend - not as the OW, but by shagging the exH of that friend who'd confided in her about her marital problems. That alone is crossing a line, and she's now essentially calling the friend she betrayed a controlling liar. It's also very obvious OP dislikes the daughter whose wedding she's demanding to attend.

Rockmehardplace · 05/11/2024 20:31

Thepossibility · 05/11/2024 20:01

My DH has been to many weddings without me, he is my partner not my right tit.
You are making yourself sound like a real witch here. Preventing him from going to his own daughter's wedding is wicked.
Of course if her mother is going to be uncomfortable with you there then she won't want you there. She wants a happy day that is about her and her partner getting married, not giving her father's girlfriend (and her mother's ex-friend) so called “respect" at the cost of others.
You earn respect, you don't demand it.

"my partner not my right tit" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 after a rotten day this has made me laugh so much!! My new mantra!!!

saraclara · 05/11/2024 20:31

Whether or not OP and her SD get along when you invite someone to your wedding it is customary to also invite them to bring a partner and as SD's father is OP's partner she very much should be invited. Honestly, I very much doubt OP is going to start a raging fight at the wedding

Going by OP 's posts here, I suspect it's highly likely that she will start arguments.

MyAquaStork · 05/11/2024 20:31

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FoxLoxInSox · 05/11/2024 20:32

Chewitally · 05/11/2024 20:26

They already have kids and her mum does all that, my dp barely gets to see his grandkids

Diddums.

Seems the daughter doesn’t want his sort (or your sort) influencing her children. She sounds a far better parent than he is.

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