Going on your honeymoon is an exciting time - you're recently married, you're totally in love, and you're looking forward to all your future adventures together. The last thing you likely expect to happen, however, is your father-in-law to join you on your honeymoon, when you're meant to be starting married life together as a new unit.
However, this is the case for one couple, as an unnamed man took to Reddit's 'Am I the a**hole' forum to explain why his dad had come on his and his new wife's honeymoon temporarily. He claims she wasn't happy about it at all, despite him being there for a very good reason as he was fixing something for the pair.
He wrote: "I (m26) recently got married to my wife (f24). We decided for our honeymoon that we were going to spend a week on my parent’s vacation property that has a dock and a boat and then drive to the closest port for a cruise.
"During our stay at the vacation property, there was an issue with the boat. It was pretty minor and I told my dad about it and he insisted he come over and check it out and fix it. He said he’d be there for a few hours and be out of our hair
"I told my wife and she reluctantly agreed because it was his boat that had an issue. He came over and fixed the boat and I felt bad so I offered to go out with him and grab lunch my treat.
"I felt bad that he drove two hours during a work week to fix up the boat for us to enjoy and wanted to treat him to a few beers and lunch. We left and we got back after two hours.
"He left and we went back to our honeymoon. The issue is that after the honeymoon she complained that I let him invade our honeymoon and that I even went out with him during our honeymoon.
"I didn’t think it was an issue since it was his damaged property and he made an effort to help us enjoy our time. I feel like it’s no big deal, am I the a**hole?"
People were quick to defend the man, saying that his dad had done them a favour and the woman should be grateful for what he'd done.
One wrote: "He didn't invade at all, he came to help y'all and you treated him to lunch as a thank you, I see noooo issue jeez."
"Early red flag?", another asked.
Someone else commented: "Not the a**hole. You guys were AT HIS HOUSE when he came TO FIX HIS BOAT for you to use."
Another said: "He drove two hours to fix it and that’s another 2 hours drive home after working. A lunch and some beers is nothing in the scheme of things even if it was during the honeymoon."
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
