Part of having kids and being a parent is showing up for your kids and continuing to show up for them through their lives. So, when you're absent from one of the most important events in your life, what are they supposed to think? Further—when their spouse calls to let you know how much you've let your now-adult child down and you have the audacity to call your child back and declare that their spouse has a temper, don't be surprised when you get completely cut out of their life.
This post is just living proof of the fact that we're all the heroes of our own stories. We play the victim when our own anxiety, stresses, and fears take hold of us when, actually—we're responsible for how our anxiety, stress, and fear affect other people.
This father shared his experience with Reddit's popular r/AITA subreddit community, wondering whether or not he was in the wrong for leaving his son's wedding early (immediately after the ceremony), claiming it was due to his dislike "for parties and large gatherings" and seemingly forgetting that he wasn't there for himself—but for his son.