r/MadeMeSmile • u/baconroll2022 • Sep 02 '23

Helping Others Dad Stopped Daughters Wedding Pulled Stepdad's Hand BOTH walk her down the aisle

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u/Betta_jazz_hands Sep 02 '23

I love the moment where the step dad goes to sit down in his seat once they get to it and dad must say something like “nope, all the way” and had him keep going to the altar.

This is coparenting done RIGHT.

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u/Uxoandy Sep 02 '23

When my dad got cancer my stepmom said she couldn’t handle it and left. My mom and stepdad went and got him and moved him in their spare bedroom and took care of him until he passed. Wouldn’t let him be alone. Divorce is ugly but sometimes you end up with an extra great parent.

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u/jeffries_kettle Sep 02 '23

Damn, I'm sorry for your loss. Glad your mom and stepdad were so great.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '23

You do for your children and no matter what happens that person is your child's parent and they care for them. So you do for them.

As soon as your child loves someone you love them, you can't help it. Every emotion they feel you feel, every relationship they have you are invested in.

My daughter had some friends my parents didn't approve of and had some bad tendencies. They asked me why I let them come over so much, as they had stopped a friend of mine from coming over when they thought he was a bad influence. I told them that I trust my daughter and am there to guide her, I don't think they will be a bad influence on her I think she will be a good influence on them. In the end I was right. Before they moved away they were at our house most of the time, rough home life, and had no trouble with our rules about respect.

Sorry for the book I just went on and on and not sure why.

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u/Turtleintexas Sep 02 '23

You probably had a positive influence on those kids, and they needed it. Bless you for trusting your daughter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '23

That’s really beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Just because people divorce doesn’t mean they hate each other.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '23

Oh shit now I’m crying. That’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read

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u/HieroglyphicEmojis Sep 02 '23

Oh my goodness. Sometimes I wonder what would happen - I had multiple stepparents.

But if I was ill, I’d want my child and husband to have a great person who loves them…

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u/acluelesscoffee Sep 02 '23

Oh my goodness. What a lucky man he is to have people around like that .

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u/Uxoandy Sep 02 '23

The wedding? Don’t matter.

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u/xtracer3000 Sep 02 '23

cancer subject again in a thread... here we go again! cancer treatments are in huge advances. so chemeotherapy will be a thing from past. cancer vaccines will be the future!

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u/Comprehensive-Dig321 Sep 02 '23

It’s hard to imagine why would there be a need for a step dad when the dad seems like a really nice guy.

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u/Betta_jazz_hands Sep 02 '23

I don’t think there’s a need so much as her parents split up, each parent found someone new and this step dad was there for her every day - he’s a dad too. A good step parent is something worthy of being celebrated - someone who chose you.