A woman was left in shock after her dad gatecrashed her holiday with her husband in order to tell her he might not be her father - and to demand she takes a paternity DNA test.
The flabbergasted woman explained she and her husband recently went on their first holiday in five years and had been staying in a house that her dad owns because it was convenient for their trip.
But while they were there, the woman's dad turned up and asked if he could take her out for a coffee without her husband - where he dropped the "bombshell" that he may not be her biological father after all.
In a post on Mumsnet, the woman, who described herself as "40-something", said: "So myself and my husband are on our first holiday in five years. My husband has a medical condition that requires medical treatment while abroad so my father offered us the use of his house abroad. When it came to the holiday and logistics we decided that it might be easier to stay near the treatment facility where it would be easier to get to and from.
"About two weeks before we departed my father announced he was going out to his house and would be there during our stay. I was surprised as his partner wasn't going with him, just him alone, but decided it would be nice to see him whilst out here.
"The first morning while my husband was at treatment, my father asked to come to meet me for coffee. During this coffee, he dropped a bombshell that, actually, it turns out he's possibly not my father after all and wants me to take a DNA test. (Yes I'm actually serious)."
The woman was left "in shock and very upset" by the revelation, and said she was particularly gobsmacked that her dad has waited this long to tell her, as her mum passed away 10 years ago and he hasn't said anything until now.
And what's more, she's devastated that her dad has decided to break the news to her in the middle of a "much longed-for holiday", which has now been ruined by his bombshell.
She added; "He's decided after 40-something years and about 10 years since my mother passed away that he wants to know for sure if I'm his. So of course I've been in shock and very upset that I've been lied to for years and years, but I'm more upset that he's decided to do this now during our much-longed-for holiday after a very tough few years of health and family issues.
"I'm also obviously annoyed that I've been lied to my entire life, but he also has basically banned me from discussing it with anyone outside of my husband. Am I being unreasonable to be so upset at the fact that he has destroyed our holiday?"
Commenters on the post were quick to show their support for the woman, with many saying her dad was "selfish" for waiting so long to bring it up, and for ruining what should have been an idyllic holiday.
One person said: "Not unreasonable at all, how awful for you. I understand him wanting to know, but why now? I get there would be no right time you tell you something like this but there definitely would have been a better time."
While another added: "I think I'd be rather pleased to find out that this selfish k**b wasn't my father! What a bombshell for you and what terrible timing. Selfish t**t."
In follow-up posts, the woman said her dad has known there was a "slight possibility" she wasn't his daughter since she was born, but has never done or said anything about it.
She also said she doesn't believe his motives are inheritance related as he has four other children with her mother, and instead thinks he just wants to "clear his own head".
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