“I should have the final say”

He can go hiking.

A young bride-to-be is anxious and annoyed with her mother over who should walk her down the aisle.

In the mother’s mind, this has become the inalienable right of the new boyfriend.

The 24-year-old posted on Reddit that her biological father tragically passed away when she was only 10 years old, and that her mother’s new boyfriend, 50, had just appeared in the photo for about six years.

“Although he was always kind to me, I never considered him a father figure and he came into my life when I was an adult and we were friendly but not particularly close,” she said.

“I told my mom I planned to walk down the aisle to honor my independence and the memory of my dad.”

However, the 48-year-old mother is not so optimistic.

She hit back at her daughter, insisting that not only had her boyfriend “earned” the spot, but that not being stepped on would have “erased” her father’s memory.

But the bride said the latter was “far from the truth.”

“Now her boyfriend is avoiding me and my mom keeps calling me selfish and ruining the wedding before it even started.”

And, despite strong advice from other family members that her daughter confess “to keep the peace,” she is willing to fight for justice.

“It’s my wedding and I feel like I should have the final say.”

Online, some commenters agreed.

“It should be perfect for you and your partner’s needs and desires. That’s not a moot point,” one replied. “Your mother is manipulative and insulting.”

“He’s mom’s boyfriend. There’s no ‘fatherly’ relationship there,” another added.

A third raised the alarming possibility that the wedding is still months away – next summer.

“She wanted her boyfriend to attend the wedding, which was weird because what if they broke up?” they wrote.