There are countless wedding traditions that many of us still follow when we tie the knot, and one of the most popular ones involves having the father of the bride walk her down the aisle to her groom.
If the bride's dad has sadly passed away or she has no contact with him, then it's common for another father-like figure - such as a grandad, stepdad, brother, or even the groom's dad - to be asked to do the honours instead.
But one bride-to-be who is currently planning her wedding has caused a rift in her family after she said she wanted her half-brother to walk her down the aisle instead of her stepdad.
The woman explained her dad died when she was a child, and her half-brother Mike became "like a dad" to her, so she now wants him to walk her down the aisle when she gets married.
But her stepdad, Dave, believes he has "earned the right" to do it and should have been asked instead of Mike.
In a post on Reddit, she said: "I have an older half-brother, Mike, from my dad's side. My mum was 20 years younger than my dad when they had me. When I was 4, my father died.
"Mike was always a part of my life and when our dad died he became like a dad to me. When I was 6, my mum married my stepdad, Dave. Dave and my mum had three boys, my maternal half-brothers.
"I kinda like Dave but he was always very pushy. He wanted me to call him dad, he hated when Mike came around and when I spent time with my father's family.
"My mum was always in the middle. She never stopped me from seeing Mike and my paternal family but said that Dave has done so much for me that I should just call him dad. Over the years, the fights were constant, but since I moved out they stopped.
"I am now engaged to the love of my life. A few days ago, I asked Mike if he could walk me down the aisle. He thankfully said yes. Dave found out and he got mad. He said he was more a dad to me than my 'bio' dad and he had earned the right to walk me down the aisle."
Commenters on the post were firmly on the woman's side, as many of them said no one has "the right" to be involved in anyone else's wedding if they haven't been asked to be, and that decision should be hers.
One person said: "It's your wedding, no one 'has the right' to be there except you and your fiancé. You two decide who is allowed to be there, no one else."
While another added: "It's your day, you choose. And why should you choose someone who tried to force his sentiments on you?"
And a third wrote: "You get to decide who walks you down the aisle, not your pushy stepdad. The irony is if he had allowed the relationship to grow at your pace without pushing the 'I'm your dad now' thing, you might be in a place where you do call him dad and/or have him walk you down the aisle."
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