Groom Refusing to Let Bride's Teen Daughter Make Wedding Cake Sparks Fury

A bride-to-be is being urged to dump her fiancé after he took offense at the idea of her daughter making their wedding cake.

While marriage traditions have changed and evolved over the years, wedding cakes play a prominent role in celebrations. According to Loria Stern, a professional chef and caterer, that's because of the opportunity for wedding cakes to create something that reflects a happy union.

Stern told Brides: "They represent a huge part of wedding tradition and the bride and groom can really make the flavors and design personal, reflecting themselves as individuals becoming a couple."

For one soon-to-be-married woman, her wedding cake offered a chance to celebrate the coming together of two different families. Writing in a post shared on Reddit under the handle throwawaywedcake13, she explained how ahead of marrying her fiancé, she came up with an idea to incorporate her 16-year-old daughter into the special day by having her bake their wedding cake.

The woman said that her daughter "loves baking" and is "incredibly good at it."

"It's been her passion since she was 3 and I encourage her to follow it and discover more ways to become better at it," she wrote. "I even enrolled her in a few classes in an academy to learn more."

She said her daughter was "so excited" when she learned that her mom wanted her to make the wedding cake. However, the bride quickly discovered her 41-year-old fiancé was less than thrilled.

During a private chat, he allegedly told her "I can't believe you're being serious about this" and said it was a "f**king joke" and he did not want to let a "child" bake their wedding cake when there are thousands of professional bakers out there.

The bride-to-be noted that the couple was planning on having a small wedding with just their "family and loved ones." When she tried to defend her daughter from his remarks he responded: "I do love what she bakes but let's just stick to the muffins and brownies."

She accused him of being "unreasonable" but he refused to back down, telling her he did not want to get "embarrassed on his wedding day." They continued to argue with things escalating further in the days that followed with the groom's mom calling the bride to tell her she needed to be "rational and look at things from her son's perspective."

Though her potential future mom-in-law was adamant they needed a "professional" cake, the bride said she had grown increasingly frustrated at the idea of others "forcing" her to do something she doesn't want to do.

But while she stopped short of suggesting any drastic action, for those following along on social media, the entire episode felt like one giant "red flag" and a valid reason for calling off the wedding altogether.

StonewallBrigade21 asked: "You really want to marry this guy?" while JusticeIsBlind urged the woman to "dump" her fiance. "He went crying to mommy to fix it," they said. "This will not stop. She will be the third person in your marriage."

Opposite-Employer-28 commented: "if you don't want to dump this guy for your sake, do it for your daughter's. You don't want her to settle for someone like him, so you shouldn't either."

"The wedding is getting closer and he's showing his true colors," Stitches-For-B*tches said. "Not only is he being dismissive of your wishes and feelings, but he's also being incredibly dismissive and derisive of your daughter, her abilities and her feelings."

Damned_pancakes said: "It's the reaction that's concerning not that he wants a professional cake." User Bofh agreed, adding: "it may be that the daughter is a terrible baker...The issue here is how he is handling this disagreement."

Newsweek was not able to verify the details of the story.