Now that’s a great mother!  She nipped the mess in the bud,  she didn’t marry and let her son be abused! ❤❤❤

Im sorry but you dont need todd or his family in your life ..

Man came n go. My son is my blood. I always chose my son.

you ended the wedding just perfectly! yes keep the door open. the child doesn't deserve to be punished for her idiot dad's behavior

She dodged missile fire with that family. I'm glad she ran from the hills.

Good thing she didn’t get married first she’s a great mom it’s a sad situation

South Africa. Don't open  yourself and Son to this evil toxic in laws.

Ava sounds like a keeper and a good friend to your fsmily

Ending it quietly would not have honored her son and restored his dignity. What she did assured her son of her love for him and his importance to his own family.

You did the right thing. Ava sounds like she wants to be friends, see what happens.

Queen creek, Az. Good story. Children are yours forever, men come and go. You did the perfect thing!

Great story great mom! It’s part of why I never remarried until my 2 sons were adults. No one was going to emotionally mentally or physically harm my boys! Loved being a single mom for 16 yrs. Best yrs of my life.

Keep that door open for her and todd needed to know how he mistreated the woman who was to become his wife

Excellent story. Well done!!

That was a good story. The mom handled that just the way she was supposed to

These people! And none of them saying anything about the wedding that didn’t happen.

You did it absolutely well.
Keep that door open.

You did it exactly right!

My children always come first and if no one likes it that is there problem

She did everything just right.
If anyone had tried to exclude any of my siblings from a family thing my mother would have lost her mind... her patience and possibly her volume control.
I was brought up with my mother's values and most of her decision skills.
Even now, after she is gone we have one main family gathering, Christmas (summer here in New Zealand).
We have a couple of tables pushed together on a split level deck. One side (the step) is tall enough to use as seating. I always make waaay too much food (people are told to bring containers so they can take leftovers home so they don't have to cook for a couple of meals).
The set attendees are me, one brother, sister and her partner. The others are told the day we are having Christmas lunch (depends on my brother's work schedule). So most times family friend and her husband will come. Their son is studying overseas, but he knows he's welcome if he's in the country. My best friend usually comes and once called the day before to say she couldn't come because her Granddaughter's plans for Christmas had fallen through and had come to her place. I told her to bring the girl with her for lunch.
I have homemade Christmas Stockings for family each has lollies, mini chocolates, mini chip bags and joke presents in them. I also made stockings for family friend, her husband and their son and another for my friend... I also have 3 or 4 emergency Christmas Stockings just in case.  Anyone comes to my table they get treated with, at the very least, good manners and a warm welcome... and then me, my sister and my brother all make sure they have a wonderful time.  The Granddaughter only came once, about 5 years ago, and she still mentions how welcomed she felt.