'My daughter betrayed me' Reddit post has users divided on a wedding scandal
Andrew Henderson
Published Apr 03, 2026
A Reddit story, “my daughter betrayed me”, has gone viral after a user posted about a situation in his life and asked other Redditers for advice and their honest opinions.
The story all centred around the poster’s romantic life from decades ago and his daughter’s upcoming wedding. Users were quick to weigh in on the family drama and many couldn’t believe the situation that was going on.
‘My daughter betrayed me’ Reddit post has people divided
A Reddit post about a user’s daughter’s wedding has gone viral as the original poster asked for advice. The post was an “AITA” which means “Am I The A**hole”. Essentially, Reddit users share their stories and have other users decide whether or not they are the ones at fault in the story.
This story began with the heading: “AITA for not paying for my daughter’s wedding because she invited my brother and his family.”
The post is by a 46-year-old man who explained that when he was 20, his girlfriend cheated on him with his brother.
Despite the Redditer cutting off his brother, his family remained in contact.
“I told them that I will never again be in the same place as he is. If they wish to invite both, then they should just invite him.”
‘I told her what my boundaries are’
The user then went on to explain that his daughter is getting married next year.
They wrote: My daughter is getting married in spring next year. In our culture both parents are paying for the wedding, 50/50. Unexpectedly, my daughter sat me down and told me that she will be inviting my brother and his family(he married my cheating ex).”
The daughter also wanted her cousin to be a flower girl at the wedding.
The Redditer was angry and said that is his brother is invited, he will not pay for his part of the wedding.
“She became angry and told me its time to let go of the past. I told her it’s not her call to make,” he wrote. “We argued some more and she told me I am making her wedding about myself. I told her I will probably not even attend so it will be all about her. She left crying.”
His ex-wife told him that he was an a**hole and their daughter was “crushed” and his parents said the same thing. His girlfriend also told him to reconsider and apologize, he explained in the post.
Reddit users weigh in on the debate
The Reddit post “my daughter betrayed me” was flooded with users sharing their thoughts on the situation. The responses were largely mixed and while some people sympathised with the original poster, others were on the daughter’s side.
One user agreed that the daughter “betrayed” him and wrote: “This is one of those stories where your daughter has decided that she’s willing to alienate you for someone that betrayed your trust, it doesn’t matter if it was 20 years ago.”
They added that is she wants her uncle there then he should pay the half.
Another person wrote that they didn’t understand why his daughter “decided to connect with somebody who betrayed their father”.
“How much drama would’ve it been to let sleeping dogs lie? I know a lot of people would’ve gotten over this betrayal, but you’re entitled to your feelings,” they wrote.
Others disagreed. One said that while they wanted to “refrain from judgement” they reminded the Redditer that “a girlfriend 20 years ago is not more important than your daughter”.
Another user said: “Is anyone else a little bit bothered by the fact this OP requested that his entire family cut off his brother? If OP wishes to discontinue the relationship, fine. But what makes him think he can or should dictate what his family does?”
A third simply said: “It’s been 26 years. You had a wife, a daughter, and now you have a new girlfriend. Life went on. I understand feeling betrayed, but do you really want to blow up your relationship with your daughter over this?”
