My stepdaughter ignored me at her wedding and replaced me with her biological father, but when it...

[@MrBeevee5]

OP was not only rejected as the father of the bride, but they also gave him no place of honor in the wedding at all. He was simply only another guest. No mention of the sacrifice he made. None!! They broke the bond that binds.

[@ThatOleMan]

Well they felt he was in one of the most important parts of the wedding-he was to play the part of the beloved ATM and bank.

[@marchellewilliams5945]

i did think once Sara sided with Emma destroyed that marriage. The marriage was doomed from the moment Sara decided to destroy her marriage with resentment and coldness. Emma destroyed her relationship w/chosing a man who was not a true father. Emma and Sara destroyed the family and ended up playing victims.

[@perkalov]

Women sides with their children... In general. Even when what they have done is bad. This is something any grown man knows. He'd been around for 20 years. The amount of times the kid would have taken priority should have told him the pecking order.

[@watcherquek263]

Still he should have divorced first.

[@astroidroach1873]

Sara could have easy went in her own pockets to pay for things. And if she ain’t prepared neither should I 🫡

[@theribos3235]

20 yrs of their safety net. To them safety net has no feeling.

[@jeanninelockridge5235]

Emma is not his blood so her problems aren't OPs. Go to her "real" father. Don't give in.

[@perkalov]

The whole problem stems from people overvaluing "blood". His feefees wouldn't have been hurt, had no one believed "blood is thicker then water".

[@drayaabraham6320]

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. He gets to be dad and show up when it makes him look good, but not when it financially burdens him?

[@chrisj.1608]

I wouldn't even have shown up at the wedding

[@RabbittTALES]

Wow, my daughter's wedding is only once in a lifetime (well, if you're lucky)... how can you miss it?

[@milescoburn1845]

@@RabbittTALES Please. She was no longer his daughter. SHE cut him out.

[@CindyF1]

​@@RabbittTALES not his daughter by that point.

[@MrBeevee5]

He has not yet fully realized the full impact of what she did. He needed time to sort out his emotions.

[@CenturyHomeProject]

⁠Depends on the situation. Why my father was on his deathbed I was the only one of his children that didn't come. We had a huge blow up three years earlier. It was really bad. The last thing I ever told him is you will never see or speak to me again in his lifetime and when you die you better put an armed guard by your grave site because every time I drive by it I would make sure to use it as a urinal. He begged my to see him before he kicked the bucket. My mother (His ex wife by this time) called me begging me to come to the hospital. I told her that old bastatd died three years ago as far as I was concerned. I don't regret it at all. BTW I haven't used his grave site as a urinal. But he don't know that. 😉

[@hughboyle7251]

Sounds to me that both Sarah and Emma both played you. You were the security settlement.

[@johnmayers6572]

Her nor her mother appreciated what you done over the years. And the fact that she is married now, her husband is to provide for her. Let her call her real father. The moment you start saying NO, everything goes haywire.

[@carolloye3700]

Emma made her bed, now it’s time to lay in it. She sounds very spoiled. Never had to work for anything. Get a divorce dude!

[@treehouse2902]

Where was her mother in all this? She did nothing. Also, at the end of the ceremony, everything is already paid for. He paid for her wedding, college education, and growing up. He needs to move on from her and her mother. I hate it when these OP's complain and do nothing about their situation. He stuck around way too long.

[@henkvandervossen6616]

He had an illusion of being loved. In the end, he was not really loved, nor appreciated. People underaporeciate how much men in a relation want to feel needed and respected. It seems neither wife nor het daughter respected his efforts. When he realised, all broke down. In a way my own experience.

[@nicholetaimi5331]

You're right. Six months after the wedding he should have been filing for divorce. Instead, he went from being sympathetic to being a scumbag. cheating with his wife's best friend. There is no excuse for that.

[@RenatoD.Demavibas]

​@henkvanderv 6me too..ossen6616

[@dallasgarcia5872]

If Sarah and Emma don't like it then how about they get jobs...Sarah wants you to pay for her daughter, time for her to step up. Emma went to college she can work too 😑

[@RabbittTALES]

I agree with you 100 percent

[@watcherquek263]

No college debt so she is way ahead of a lot of people. Don't understand their problem

[@tonya8984]

I really hope OP did not pay for the wedding. The marriage was done when the wife did not intervene. OP made the right choice in cutting ties and seeking a connection with Sophie who is the lifesaver in this story. OP was only looked on as an ATM and not a father figure as the comments from Emma and Andrew was evident.

[@danrossell6375]

The only issue I have is he should have dropped Sarah like a hot potato before taking up with Sophie. Since Sarah couldn’t or wouldn’t accept that her daughter was the problem because of the choice she made for the wedding. There was nothing left of the marriage at that point.

[@kimwoodland9371]

I’m glad you’re with Sophie, and that Sarah is out of your life. It’s obvious she used you. Her daughter is not much better, but at least she knows what she lost.

[@henkvandervossen6616]

There was no relationship to be repaired. It was all in his mind. So when it broke, there was nothing to repair.

[@TwilightMysts]

The funny thing is, at the end when Sara blew up... I just had the thought: "All those years we spent together, all those years of sacrifice, and love, and attention... I called you my wife... And then I stepped out and gave my love to another woman. And now, when I come back and call you my wife, it feels hollow, doesn't it...? You feel betrayed, you feel angry... And you are right, but I want you to consider something. Take that story, but change just a few words. All those years, all that love and sacrifice, Emma called me her father, and then on one of the most important days of her life, she gave that honor to someone else... Take that pain you feel right now, and understand that it is not so different from the pain that I felt. Oh, wait, there is one difference. Imagine that instead of Emma supporting you, she supported me. Because when Emma 'cheated on me with her other dad', you sided with her. She decided I wasn't worthy to be her father, but rather was only a tool to be used when it was convenient and then ignored the rest of the time. And when I was hurt by the betrayal, YOU decided that me not accepting the pain made me unworthy to be your husband. That pain you feel right now? I have lived with that for two years, but I got it from both of you. And you are mad at me for stepping out on the marriage? You stepped out on it two years ago and never came back. I didn't destroy the marriage, I just accepted what you already decided, and I have finally started moving on."

[@Conservativemindset85]

what the hell is wrong with OP divorce his damn wife

[@watcherquek263]

Nothing. I don't understand that before he cheated why didn't he divorce. After 6 months if things don't change don't bother and move on. This is the sunken cost fallacy; "all the effort I had put is gone" rubbish. It can't come back, dude. Mid 40s and still have another 40 years to go, just drop and move on. Both didn't respect you so move on.

[@ace1gl]

Mom and daughter only used him as an ATM provider. Took awhile for him to figure it out, but he soon found out. Normally against cheating. You should just end things and move on, but Mom did it to herself by cutting him off for so long. Yet another lesson. Don't white knight single moms. It never works out and will fill your life with drama.

[@MoniqueMasseyJefferson]

They could have both walked her down the aisle but to shun step dad is crazy. Keep you money in your pocket. 😂

[@kinginteresting]

I went through this, and when they bio dad came back, I became the stranger. The difference is that my wife stood by me, and we are still together 20 years strong

[@Bentriverrusher]

You got to know when to walk away and know when to run. There is always a better option down the road.

[@diannshowers9129]

OP shouldnt have even attended the wedding. I onow if i was a guy and raised a daughter and she had done this i wouldnt have attended the wedding or the reception

[@KathyJohnson-cy2xw]

Should have divorced before the affair.

[@sharonl7493]

Should have ended with Sarah first then get with sophia otherwise I'm on your side in every thing else

[@annnichols3091]

Not 14 minutes in and I'm wondering why OP is still with Sarah.

[@cgib1953]

Here’s the problem. Unfortunately . Every child that doesn’t have contact with that as a parent deep down, wants them to be there for them and unfortunately, it’s hard to be a step parent because you will never be. But why can’t her mother help them does she not work.

[@Jojo_D_Northstar]

He gave mother the same medicine the step daughter and mother gave him.

[@RogerBondie]

get rid of the stupid game scene they ditract people

[@thor7219]

OP was just used as a wallet for 20 years and as soon as he stopped functioning as such, his family dropped him. I will never understand, when women completely disengage from a relationship, they’re surprised when their man leaves. You abandoned your man, so he moved on. PERIOD.

[@Give_Peace_a_Chance123]

Well told with a good spoken voice and good timing 😊

[@nicholetaimi5331]

I was on his side up until he cheated with his wife's best friend. That was a dick move.

[@thomassaige3474]

Divorce her mother now lmfao 😢

[@diannshowers9129]

This is actually classic for spouses who raise kids that arent theirs.

[@joneteldridge9125]

Not true

[@hafizmohd8224]

​@@joneteldridge9125Yeah it's true because it was "Classic" case of doormat husband😂😂

[@diannshowers9129]

He should have left sarah too

[@meechydarko3426]

Simpin aint easy. Keep your head up my man

[@mothertrucker936]

Sara and Emma are entitled to the point of oblivion. Both of them don’t want to understand because that would be admitting they were wrong. Yes he had an affair but they both pushed for it. Emma by whining to her mother about poverty and Sara whining to op about him needing to step it up. Why didn’t Sara work and help her daughter? Op supported them in every way. Even paid for her education. He actually took the responsibility off of Mark’s back. Mark was living the life and laughing through his brew. He doesn’t say who paid for the wedding but those 2 had sucked him for everything and the moment he said no, it was game over. Sara has no business being angry, she is essentially a user that didn’t have to walk the streets thanks to op and the daughter got a college education, why isn’t she holding up the fort? Cause it was easier to ask daddy

[@ritasmith4042]

At the very least, Emma should have discussed it

[@RabbittTALES]

Would you have forgiven Emma? I think this conversation should have taken place right after the wedding or before the wedding, and you might not have turned your back on her stepfather.

[@JeannetteBehou]

Where were her mum when her daughter chose her biological father walked her at her wedding? She kept quiet when her daughter made her choice.

[@yolandababy3]

She could have let the both of them walk her down the aisle.

[@Superman679]

Rewarding bad behaviour is not a compromise. It's still saying I want bio dad to walk me down the isle but you can be there too. You seem to have forgotten that not only did she not want him to walk her down the isle but relegated him to being just an other guest at the wedding, not giving him a place of honor at the front, next to her mother

[@amandaely9983]

Only 1 person to blame…Mark! He ruined his daughters brain

[@watcherquek263]

They knew Mark was unreliable for decades. He didn't ruin the brain, she had the idea hardwired in brain

[@auntieconnie8119]

I was surprised that you even went to the wedding

[@kristinasanchez4608]

He should have canceled payment when he got the invitation

[@jimmurphy5709]

Blood comes first. Emma is NOT OP's blood. By Sarah's OWN logic, OP is in the clear for stepping away.

[@TheNikkinick001]

Where is Sarah ? Where are Andrew’s parents? OP is tired (and rightfully so) of being an ATM and a doormat. Good on him.

[@LovingIdaho]

Everyone has to grow up sometime .

[@PerryHendrickson-ow1eo]

That is why it is imperative to leave single mom's alone.

[@SoraBook]

I think I like story

[@chromonose]

as a woman. Please please just please dont take extra baggage.

[@GravitonSmith]

At the end they made him the villain. He was right up to the point that he cheated. He should have talked to the wife and get her to see sense and if not divorce her. It should have never gotten to a year of her withholding sex.

[@williamsmith8354]

And blood will have to come first when you need money.

[@NiaAveaa]

No this is so depressing and she finally texting him back to and apologizing and she just now noticed that right after the divorce

[@odashogun]

Dude should have seen it coming. All about her daughter and no attempt to give him a kid. Cuz that might have detracted from her "daughter".F the B .

[@henkvandervossen6616]

Having had an experience a bit like that, I feel for the guy.

[@blackthunder0021]

You shouldn't feel guilty. Clearly, your relationship with your wife was dependent upon trying to replace her daughter's father. Now that you realize that your relationship was based on that, and the fact that you are not willing to be the "replacement dad" to fix everything, regardless of how you are treated. She doesn't see you the same way. Bare in mind that I don't believe that your wife consciously did this. It was more of an instinctual response to why she married you. Also not to mention that she never acknowledged your feelings on how you felt and/or were treated. Although it's obvious that your stepdaughter figured it out after you refused the first time. Although she truly didn't understand how bad she messed up until after meeting you at the park. I will admit that I could actually tell that you and your wife were doomed after you said how she reacted when you refused to help. So you really shouldn't feel guilty. At least for moving on that is, however I believe that you should have waited until you had separated first, however in your mindset I can understand.

[@chuckellsworth758]

Blood always came 1st. A message to ALL potential step parents

[@SusanGordon-bf2cg]

Not everyone you lose is a loss ...

[@gxr7777]

Sarah should of dragging the kid to the truth about her fake Bio-dad. Maybe its time to divorce Sarah.

[@donkeyslayer9879]

Sounds like a Karen in training. What a way to destroy the rest of your life.

[@quix66hiya22]

I hate infidelity. Use your words OP and end it before cheating.

[@vickyaustin8013]

I know that hurt you and I agree with you

[@alanmoody1273]

Why do women not understand the concept "no food in the pantry? Go for take out" She withheld intimacy and then is surprised when he found it elsewhere.

[@sherrygrobaski7615]

Headline had nothing to do with the story. He didnt walk out wothout paying, didnt walk out at all.

[@daeshawnhumphries5250]

Something told me they were my future is crazy 😂😂😂😊

[@Uncl3Paul]

OP should of left the moment he strayed. Two wrongs never make a right.

[@JamesMacDonald-xh8rt]

Cannot ever watch this site due to annoying, distracting background…deaf, I only read the stories…can never subscribe

[@madeleinebrewer3498]

Very annoying!

[@jaimimcentire99]

Summary: Step dad is butt-hurt that he doesn't walk step daughter down the aisle, cuts her out of his life. Withdraws from everyone, has an affair.

[@JesseWilcox-vl2oc]

Then you need to divorce your wife if sh doesn't understand

[@Dugar-III]

3:48 like a river in your pants finding a path 😂😂😂

[@eleanorturner4651]

if it's not money she wants then it's for you to let her move in with you andand her mother!!now you're back to being Daddyhe wants you to give her a home or to let her live in your home either way get up and walk away cuz this is all crap and you know it why put yourself back in the frying pan!!here comes the old fake apology don't fall for it!!

[@rons3634]

The story was going well until he cheated. No good guys in this story. No matter how 'right' it feels, it doesnt make it any less wrong.

[@livingintongues]

The internet is always in favor or destruction of family.

[@letha-AnnCooper-e9n]

Tell Sarah that she is welcome to get a job to help Emma! If Sarah doesn’t like it she can move out. You have nothing to ask forgiveness for they are the ones who should be begging for your forgiveness. You did nothing wrong. Nothing at all. They treated you extremely sharply and you are not an ATM. Get a lawyer and end this clown show you were only there to pay for their way and when you didn’t give them everything they wanted when they wanted it you became persona non grata. When a relationship is over, it’s over in the relationship before you cheat.

[@JohnChristopherTonks-e7d]

One problem. A wedding venue will not allow a function to take place, if payment has not been received. Even funerals must be paid in advance. These stories are just silly long winded stories.

[@jimeesewalker1468]

HONESTLY yes he was wrong for moving on with the best friend but the rest he’s not wrong for because it wasn’t right that he raised that girl since she was a toddler while the birth father did nothing and every time it came to praises she would praise the dead beat father but when she needed something she would acknowledge the step father like his feelings didn’t matter and that’s just plain wrong and the wife/mother not once considered her husband’s feelings like I get stick by your child but not when ur child is in the wrong so they got what they got

[@Superman679]

Typical female reaction. Blaming the man for moving on from a toxic relationship. Had it been with someone else and not the best friend, you would have found an other reason to blame him. It's in every woman's nature to blame all men for their problems and their bad decisions because it's also in a woman's nature to not accept responsibility for her actions. The toxic wife blaming him for a marriage she destroyed, proves what I just wrote and the fact that you agree with the toxic wife also proves my point !

[@denlucas3439]

Andrews parents were where? Let him ask HIS OWN dad

[@SCREENNAME3000]

Sofie was plotting for 20 years

[@erniebhernandez6452]

You got played Simp, by both of them.

[@zmmmmkm]

Why it sounds like Michael Jackson narrating the story 😅

[@markbaylor3101]

If it's not just about Emma it's about him too. We'll take your ass to your parents and get the money

[@tnguardguyret1974]

I can't stand this guy. He's hurt so he cheats. Get a dog.

[@sandrabieckmann2187]

This is a sad story..

[@Thebustermann]

I call bs on this.

[@robinkrieger8003]

Step father broke up his marriage ….stupid unless he wanted out…..prodigal son comes to mind….

[@briancomley8210]

My situation just about exactly, Being used as a bank, but as soon as l said no, no one wanted to know me.

[@ecotool5736]

I don’t believe the main character acted with integrity. He should have divorced his wife the minute he kissed her best friend. Full Stop.

[@ectoplasmicentity]

Everyone in this story is horrible.

[@heffa3821]

lmfao the marriage was gone after that ex wife kept trying to push him into a ATM role bc that's all he ever was to them. So if he cheated oh well he was checked out should have divorced first but go be happy. I don't condone cheating but this is rare care I condone OP being free . Wife was withholding love trying to use that against him so wasn't a marriage left to salvage anyway.

[@JuliaBarr-i9b]

You never know any human is capable of

[@robertverbois9232]

I think this story is like a novella, just written for entertainment and attention. I also think it was written by a woman.Look at the dialog, it's written to attract women to listen.

[@Livegoodwithkarlene]

She should have had them both walk her down the isle...both were cold

[@danrossell6375]

I’m not sure he would have accepted that. But at least he wouldn’t have been blindsided.

[@Elmerkeith-c5g]

at the beginning you can tell he is a weak simp

[@spydercontreras3736]

Sounds like op is being played for a sucker

[@tombelin2295]

OP needs to man up and own his mistakes! He created the problem by giving Emma everything while she was growing up and having an affair rather than confronting his wife! It cost him his marriage and step daughter.

[@gidgemo1869]

ESH. I wouldn’t want to be friends with a single character in this story. I was with OP (mostly sorta) until he cheated. However, he had a sense of entitlement regarding the wedding that was beyond normal - he should have laid out expectations and understood the stepdaughter’s expectations as well before wedding planning began so there were no hurt feelings. He could have withheld money then and decided whether or not he’d attend rather than grow such resentment. He’s not wrong to feel hurt, but there were steps he could have taken to minimize the outcome and is not blameless. Another situation that proves “assume” makes an a$$ out of everyone.

[@thor7219]

This is why you never get involved with single mums.

[@proteusxl9814]

Good man, in my opinion💯💯💯

[@milescoburn1845]

I was completely on the poster's side, until that business with Sophie. If life with Sarah was so cold and unhappy he should have divorced her and then, maybe after getting himself together, he could find happiness with someone else. Everybody in this story, including Sophie, is a terrible, terrible human being.

[@MrBeevee5]

It was at that point, I suspect fiction. Sophie didn't sound real.

[@bonniecarter7358]

Can’t listen to or watch this with that busy background

[@blatherskitenoir]

Definitely fake revenge porn from the writing style, but a fun listen.

[@JamesWilliams-st4bp]

Next time include the game you are playing in the description section. Thanks for the story.

[@ragereaver8576]

The game is subway surfer.

[@JamesWilliams-st4bp]

@ Thank you. I am going to look it up now.

[@cjwilliams8350]

Who in their write mind could write this garbage.