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One conversation changed everything I thought I knew about my son’s relationship.
Jake, 25, had just proposed to Alice, his college sweetheart. I was thrilled, even offered to pay for their whole wedding—venue, flowers, everything.
But two weeks before the big day, I told him I was pulling out.
Why? Because over coffee, Jake casually mentioned he’d been on Tinder “just to look,” and ended up flirting—with Alice. She had made a fake profile to test him.
They fought, “worked through it,” and moved on. But I couldn’t.
Jake broke trust by browsing a dating app while engaged. Alice broke it by catfishing her fiancé. That’s not a relationship built on honesty—it’s a minefield of manipulation.
I love my son. But I can’t celebrate a marriage built on secrets and betrayal. I’m not forbidding them from marrying—I just won’t pay for it.
If that makes me the bad guy, so be it. I’d rather stick to my values than fund a wedding I can’t believe in.
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