A bride has been defended after she asked her uncle to walk her down the aisle instead of her stepfather. In recent post shared to the popular “ Am I The A**hole?” Reddit forum , the mother of the bride shared that she welcomed her daughter, who she referred to as Sarah, when she was in college. She acknowledged that her late husband and daughter’s father unfortunately passed away “because of a heart complication,” which happened after Sarah’s second birthday.
After confessing that her late husband’s passing was a “very hard time” for her, she shared that four years later, she met her now second husband – who she referred to as Robert – on a blind date. She then explained the close relationship that he had with her daughter over the years. “Even when we were dating, he was very hands on with my daughter, and it did not take too long for my daughter to call him ‘papa,’” the mother wrote.
“Even until we got married and when I got pregnant two years into the marriage and gave birth to twins, he still acted like a father to Sarah.” However, she explained that things changed when Sarah turned 18, noting that she started calling Robert by his first name, which both he and his wife were “taken aback” by. When the couple asked Sarah about the change of attitude, she described how she overheard Robert’s conversation about taking a father’s day trip to a hostel, owned by his friend.
“His friend asked him if he forgot to include Sarah, since m.