"My wife is invited to the wedding, but I am not, and I am furious. The groom's family is paying for the trip, and they say I am not invited for financial reasons. I don't have a great relationship with my daughter. But that isn't the point. I told my wife that if the roles were reversed and she was excluded, I would not go. This may be a deal-breaker for me."
"What I think is it's terrible for your daughter to put her mother on the spot this way. By doing so she is putting a strain on your marriage. You and your wife need to ask your doctor for a referral to a licensed marriage and family therapist so you can hash this out before further damage is done to your relationship. Do I think your wife should forgo the wedding? What I think doesn't matter as much as what she does."
"I am neat and organized, but my wife is the opposite. She's messy and disorganized. I knew it before we married, but we made a handshake deal that she'd make an effort to pick up after herself once we moved in together. Unfortunately, it hasn't happened. Every time she comes home, whatever she's carrying gets dropped on the nearest flat surface keys, bags, mail, you name it. She piles things up instead of putting them away and it feels like there's clutter everywhere I look."
A father is excluded from his 24-year-old daughter's wedding while his wife is invited, with the groom's family citing financial reasons. The father feels furious, threatened by the perceived devaluation of his marriage, and has told his wife he may not attend, calling it potentially a deal-breaker. A referral to a licensed marriage and family therapist is recommended to address the conflict before further damage occurs. Separately, a husband who is neat describes his wife as chronically messy despite a prior agreement, with persistent clutter causing exhaustion, stress, and fear for the marriage.
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