She Excluded Her Stepdaughter’s Boyfriend From Her Wedding, And They Broke Up Over It
At the beginning of August, this 35-year-old woman married her husband, John, 46.
John has a 20-year-old daughter named Jamie.
Unfortunately, planning their wedding was stressful and difficult because neither of them got along with their families.
Instead of having a big wedding, she and John settled on traveling somewhere to elope. They both felt that they’d much rather pay for a vacation and get married in the way they want rather than invite a lot of people whom they have strained relationships with.
While she and John didn’t want to invite anyone else to come with them for their trip and wedding, they did want to include Jamie on their special day.
“But third-wheeling your dad’s honeymoon isn’t really anyone’s idea of a good time, so after talking it over, we decided the best move was having her invite a friend of her choosing (we would cover their flight and accommodations),” she said.
If Jamie had a friend on the trip with her, they could split up as pairs but also meet up to eat together or do fun things together when they were up for it. It would be a good balance for her and John to be able to enjoy their honeymoon together while Jamie would have a good time with a friend.
The idea was that Jamie’s friend could come along to eat with the three of them during the trip, but she and John only wanted Jamie to attend the wedding ceremony and celebratory dinner to follow. At most, Jamie’s friend would only be on their own for about four or five hours for the entirety of the trip.
After explaining the game plan to Jamie, she agreed that it sounded like a great idea, and she said she didn’t think anyone she’d invite would have an issue with this, either.
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“Jamie ended up inviting her new boyfriend, Kyle. They had met away at school and had only been together since May, so we had never met him before. But we told her it was her choice, so we didn’t say anything about it,” she explained.
When they all traveled to the location for the wedding, everything was going well at first. The four of them had dinner on one of their first nights of the trip, and even though Kyle seemed like a decent guy, it was difficult to get him to open up and tell them more about himself.
On the morning of her and John’s wedding, Jamie was begging for them to allow Kyle to attend the wedding ceremony and dinner afterward.
“John put his foot down and said absolutely not and that this was the one and only condition we gave,” she shared.
“We wanted a private celebration and not to spend our wedding night having a ‘get to know you’ dinner.”
Then, Jamie and John argued back and forth for a while before Jamie finally let it go. They later had their beautiful wedding ceremony and a wonderful dinner, just the three of them.
For the remainder of their vacation, Kyle kept his distance, and he didn’t make any effort to talk to them.
Understandably, John was furious about this, but he didn’t confront Kyle about his behavior.
However, John told her in confidence that he wouldn’t allow Kyle at any future celebrations over the holidays if Jamie continued dating him and wanted to invite him.
A couple of weeks ago, Kyle ended the relationship with Jamie, and he claimed that not being invited to attend the wedding was one of the main reasons for breaking up with her.
After the breakup, Jamie called and yelled at them, blaming them for her relationship ending. Jamie added that if they hadn’t been self-centered jerks, she would still be in a great relationship with Kyle.
Despite not believing she and John did anything they should apologize for, she can’t help feeling awful that their wishes for their wedding led to Kyle breaking up with Jamie.
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