My daughter chose her real dad over me for years, so I refused to walk her down the aisle.

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My daughter, 26 year old's female, and I haven't spoken in years. When she was 15,

we found out she wasn't my biological daughter, and my wife had cheated on me years ago with a friend.

As it turns out, this so-called friend was suddenly interested in playing dad.

My wife and I divorced. My daughter learned the truth, and I told her I still loved her no matter what.

Of course, she was interested in now getting to know her biological father, and while it hurt,

I tried to accept that. She started pulling away from me after that.

Even when still trying to do things together as a family, she was no longer interested.

The last draw was when she was 20 and living at my house. We were arguing because she dropped

some of her college courses, hasn't done anything for three months, and was mad because I told her

she either needed to go to school or work if she wanted to stay here for free. She told me that

I'm not her real dad so stop pretending like I am, and she'll just go stay with her real father.

That broke me honestly, but I told her if that's how she really feels, then there's nothing left

to say between us. And she did move out to go live with him. I was depressed for a very long time,

and drank quite a bit. My son, 24 year old male, was my only reason to keep moving forward.

For the first couple years, I reached out to my daughter. She wanted no contact. I learned to

accept that and moved on. It helped me find more peace in my life. My son stopped talking to her

for a while over this and was angry with her as well. They still chat sometimes, which doesn't bother

me at all. Through him, I learned her biological father died in October 2019, also that she's engaged.

She reached out to me and first said that she knows we haven't talked in a while,

but wants to ask me if I'd be willing to walk her down the aisle.

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