Left out
That was his only request for the wedding, which he was funding, and it didn’t seem like too much to ask for. But his stepdaughter and her mother didn’t agree. After finding out that he wasn’t even the one to walk her down the aisle, he expected his stepdaughter to respect his only request.
More than he was raged, the stepdad felt personally offended. None of his family or friends were important enough to make the cut for the wedding, which was also a big day for him. After he already told them to save the date, he was feeling humiliated as well.