AITA for not asking my kids to come to my wedding after they RSVP'd no.
He had loved his children fiercely, even as their mother chose a different path.
Though heartbroken and humiliated, he honored every obligation with unwavering dedication, never missing a moment to be there for his kids, quietly supporting them with the strength of a father who refused to give up. When illness shattered the fragile peace, the past seemed to blur into a painful present.
Watching the woman who once left him face a brutal battle alone, he was haunted by a quiet ache — a sorrow for what was lost, and a deep, unspoken regret that lingered long after goodbye.
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The original poster (OP) finds himself in a difficult situation, balancing his right to move forward with his life and new marriage against the deep, unresolved grief of his adult children concerning their mother's recent death.
The central conflict is between the OP's adherence to previously made plans, which he views as reasonable given the decade-old divorce, and his children's expectation that he should have paused or significantly altered major life events out of respect for their mourning process.
Should the OP prioritize maintaining his es**blished boundaries and commitment to his wedding date, even if it causes significant distress to his children, or was the obligation to postpone the ceremony to accommodate his children's acute grief over their mother a necessary act of familial support?
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