What do you think about child-free weddings? (Picture: Getty)
There’s certainly an argument to be made for a wedding with no screaming kids, but usually there are some exceptions to ‘child-free’ nuptials, like if you’re the offspring of the happy couple.
But for one young woman, being the groom’s daughter didn’t account for much.
Despite turning 18 just two days after the wedding, the daughter was not invited to her dad’s wedding due to it being an adults-only event.
Sharing her upset on Reddit, the daughter explained how she had assumed the rule only applied to young children, and that she would still be invited.
The daughter explained: ‘A few weeks before the wedding after I had bought everything (dress, shoes, etc) my dad and step mum ‘Anna’ said they needed to “talk to me”.
‘It turns out, child-free means no one under 18. On the day of the wedding, I was still going to be 17 so, therefore, I’m not allowed to be at the wedding because Anna wants to stay true to the child-free rule even for the daughter of the groom and her about-to-be stepdaughter.
‘The funny thing is my 18th birthday was just two days after the wedding. But still, I wasn’t allowed to go.’
She said she was normally close to her dad and liked her step mum, so was surprised to not be invited.
The poster also explained that she had shared her plight on her own social media profile, causing other relatives to get in touch with the happy couple.
She continued: ‘The family was freaking out asking if that was true and bashing my dad and Anna.
‘I later got a bunch of texts from my dad and Anna calling me immature and a selfish brat and that’s why I was too immature to be at a wedding.
‘I was talking to some friends and they said I was kinda of an a**hole for doing that and I should have just let it go.’
Most of the comments agreed that the poster had not been in the wrong for posting about the situation on social media.
Another wrote: ‘Banning the 17-year-and-363-day-old daughter of the groom from a wedding because it’s child free is a decision. A decision to exclude. To not invite. To make unwelcome.’
One person also added that if they felt their choice was right, they shouldn’t have been embarrassed that it had been made public.
The commenter wrote: ‘What kind of man doesn’t have his own child at his wedding? Anyway, they made the choice, if they believe it was the right choice they should have no issue about it being publicly known.’
The same commenter also said it was important that the daughter made it clear she had wanted to be a part of the big day.
‘People might well assume you weren’t there because you disapproved of his new wife or chose a vacation instead. Ensuring people know WHY you weren’t there saves your own reputation.’
Another asked: ‘I wonder what they told people who must have asked your dad where his daughter was on the wedding day.’
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She turned 18 just two days after the big day.
