Adopted 16-year-old son storms out of dad's wedding after dad fails to mention him in his speech, but addresses his bio children and stepdaughters: ‘He made it clear that I'm not his real kid’

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Aug 15, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

Every time we see someone win an award, like an Oscar or an Emmy, and they don't have a speech written down, we wonder how they manage to remember everyone they need to thank.

It's such a stressful position to be in, and on top of saying something memorable, they have to thank the director, producer, the cast, the crew, their manager, their family, and their kids, among others. Someone is bound to be forgotten, and isn't that awkward when they have to face that person later?

The dad in the story below, however, seems to have left out someone from his wedding speech completely on purpose. He addressed his biological children and his new step-daughters, but left out his 16-year-old adopted son. He basically got up in front of all his friends and family and told them that he had no real connection to his adopted kid.

Safe to say, the son enjoyed his dad's speech, and he stormed out of the wedding, but that did not stop his dad's family from following and confronting him. Keep scrolling to read the full story.

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    AITA for storming out of my dad's wedding because he mentioned my brother and sister and his stepdaughters but not me?

    I'm (16m) adopted. My siblings are my parents bio kids. They're 13 and 11. 7 years ago my parents divorced. It was
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    never explained why but I always noticed that dad was bitter toward mom while mom hid how she felt really well. I did hear
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    a fight between them once where she called him a POS who didn't deserve his kids. At the time it didn't make sense but it makes more sense now.
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    My dad got remarried a month ago. His wife has two daughters (5 and 6) with her first husband who d' d. When everyone was eating dad
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    got up and started to make this long speech about how happy he was with his wife and how blessed they were with
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    their family. He called her an amazing mom and woman and all that fluffy stuff. Then he thanked her daughters for being amazing and he told
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    named my brother and sister. He didn't say a single thing about me. He gushed about my siblings, about his wife's girls. Then he told
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    everyone how the family and named everyone except me was starting fresh from that day forward. How they were lucky to have such great
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    kids. His speech wasn't over before I stormed out of the wedding. I called mom and told her I needed her to come and
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    pick me up and not ask questions because I just needed her. My brother followed me out and so did some of dad's family.
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    My brother asked me if I was okay. The rest of the family asked why I made a scene and when I pointed out the speech they said it was an
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    oversight and I was included every time he said kids and so what if he left out my name, it wasn't the end of the world. I told them it was
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    only my name. My brother tried to say something to dad's family but they told him to go back inside and celebrate and not to make more of
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    a scene at the wedding. They tried to make me go back in too but I told them I was going home with mom.
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    When I told mom what happened I got so upset. She did her best to calm me down and distract me. It was a few days later when she talked to
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    me about what happened more. I told her missing my name once in that speech was maybe understandable but he wrote a long a book
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    and still didn't mention my name. I told him he couldn't have made it clearer that I'm not his real kid. She told me she was so sorry. I mentioned
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    what I heard before and she told me the biggest reason we divorced is he wanted to give me up because they had their own kids. But he fought
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    for me in the divorce with my siblings so she hoped he'd grow eventually. I said he probably didn't want to pay child support.
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    I heard nothing from dad since. His family have tried to yell at me for making a scene at the wedding but mom shut them down. My siblings
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    still go to his house but he doesn't ask about me or seem to care that I don't go with them. And even with that his family
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    still wants to say I'm TA. Which pies me off but makes me doubt myself. AITA?
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    Anonalway NTA He made it clear that your not his kid so act as such. It hits and it s <s and I know the feelings that come with being adopted as I am too.
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    EngoMan56 NTA Dude doesn't give one sh bout you. He never saw you as his son. Just don't have any relationship with him. Nothing more really.
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    Exotic-Rooster4427 Ask your mom to get full custody. Make him pay support. Never look back
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  • If this poor kid ever wins an award, we hope he will make a point to thank everyone but his adoptive father, because he deserves nothing, wouldn't you agree?

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