Bride Refuses to Let Mom's Boyfriend Walk Her Down the Aisle on Wedding Day: 'I've Never Seen Him as a Father Figure'

Mar. 15, 2025

Bride walking down the aisle (stock image).Photo:Neustockimages/Getty

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A bride is refusing to allow her mother’s boyfriend to walk her down the aisle.

In a post onReddit’s popular “Am I the A——?” forum, the bride-to-be, 24, explained how her mother, 48, has been “pushing” for her boyfriend, 50, to be the person to walk her down the aisle in place of her late father. But she wants to walk alone.

“My dad passed away when I was 10, and my mom started dating her boyfriend about six years ago,” the bride wrote in her post. “While he’s always been nice to me, I’ve never seen him as a father figure, he came into my life when I was already an adult, and we’re friendly but not particularly close.”

Mother and daughter arguing (stock image).2020 fizkes/Shutterstock

2020 fizkes/Shutterstock

She continued: “Now her boyfriend is avoiding me, and my mom keeps calling me selfish and saying I’m ruining the wedding before it even starts … But this is my wedding, and I feel like I should have the final say.”

Some family members have advised the bride to let her mother’s boyfriend walk her down the aisle just to “keep the peace.” But she asked Reddit users to weigh in.

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“This is your wedding and, hopefully, your only one! It should be perfect according to your and your partner’s needs and desires. Not an area for point of contentions,” the top comment partially reads. “Your mother is being manipulative and insulting.”

source: people.com