24-year-old bride's "traditional" in-laws demand that her parents pay for her wedding, stepdad refuses despite having paid for his bio son's wedding: "They can get married at the courthouse like we did for less than $100"

Back in the day, when people got married, the bride's parents would offer a dowry – a piece of land or large sum of money – meant to compensate the groom's family for the cost of taking care of their daughter. Even though at the time women were expected to cook, clean, and raise children, they were still seen as a nuisance that needed to be paid for. Dowries eventually evolved into having the bride's family pay for most, if not all, of the wedding expenses. Both practices are thankfully being done away with, but there are those who still cling to the old ways.

In our story today, a man's stepdaughter is poised to marry soon. Her fiance comes from a more "traditional" family who expect her side to cover the cost of the wedding – the word being in quotes here because it seems that the family only follows traditions when they can get something out of it. Our protagonist and stepfather to the bride outright refuses, causing a bit of a stir considering he shelled out money for his bio son. Scroll down for more.

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AITA for paying for my son's wedding but not my stepdaughters?

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Why isn't there more pressure being put on her bio dad? It's not fair that this is all falling on our protagonist.
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They don't really sound more like opportunists and moochers than people with traditional values.
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