My friends tried to tell me, and I wouldn’t listen.
What could either of them say?
Note: Some responses were pulled fromthisReddit thread byu/Skyguard.
31, Illinois
2.
“I called off my wedding four months before the day.
I was supposed to marry my high school sweetheart.
I had zero motivation to plan my wedding.
At that four-month mark before the wedding, I only had a venue.
I didnt have a photographer, a cake, or a DJ.
“I called my dad, and I told him I couldnt marry my fiance, and he understood.
I do regret how things went down, but I dont regret the decision to end things.
30, Illinois
3.
The morning of the wedding, I went to her place to pick up the bridesmaids' gifts.
I remember thinking, ‘Good for her!’
because she hadn’t dated anyone during our four years together.
I just let myself in, like always, prepared to tease her about her hookup.
That is when I saw she was making out with my soon-to-be husband/her BROTHER!
I didn’t say anything.
I just turned and walked out.”
I never did figure out what was really going on with them.”
32, Oklahoma
4.
He became super controlling and would leave for work early and come home very late.
He became addicted to running and neglected me emotionally.
I tried my best to save the relationship (couples counseling, etc).
He was incapable of hearing me.
I was getting super depressed and sicker by the day thinking about planning our wedding.
(He liked to ‘joke’ about how he would kill me)."
35, California
5.
“I called off the wedding a month before after accidentally meeting his girlfriend.
I accepted the apology, and we planned another wedding.
I cried at my wedding, and it wasnt tears of joy.
I knew I was making a mistake.”
Ten years and three kids later, I divorced him best decision I ever made."
23, California
6.
My friends tried to tell me, and I wouldn’t listen.
What could either of them say?
Food, drinks, and cake already paid for.
55, USA
7.
Multiple texts and/or calls one after the other if I fell asleep or was unavailable.
The codependency, psychotic behavior, and anger issues started showing quite fast."
“I practically had to choose between him and my education and career.
27, Australia
8.
“Three months ago, I saw him cheating with my friend.
So, I let go of my fathers hand and walked right back up the aisle!'
34, Rhode Island
9.
“I overheard him telling a friend that he was only marrying me to get his ex jealous!”
29, Florida
10.
“I called my wedding off one month before.
Something just didn’t feel right.
He told me he was totally OK with postponing and waiting.
30, Pennsylvania
11.
The groom was very possessive, and things just got worse on a slow build.
There were issues.”
u/getwet
12.
I drive home on Friday for the ceremony the next day.
I correctly guessed that that morning, the wedding had been called off.
When he started dating this woman, things were very normal, and the family loved her.
After the proposal, she started showing another side of herself.
She was erratic and irrational.
She started getting in between the groom and his family.”
The best part was that his groomsmen decided to throw him a re-bachelor’s party.
They just got completely wasted, had blowup dolls, and random stuff like that.
The ex-bride-to-be got super pissed when she saw that on Facebook.”
u/CharlieMonks
13.
“I didn’t call it off the day before, but I’ve still called off a wedding.
We were both making little-to-no money, and our respective families were going to have to straddle all costs.
only a few times out of the week eventually took its toll on me.”
“I cracked, and first cancelled the wedding and eventually broke it off all together.
Life can take you in so many directions.”
u/peeweekiwi
14.
They decided to have an open relationship once the groom found out that she was cheating on him.
Her parents spent a small fortune.
Sure enough, the day before the wedding the bride disappeared. "
Oh, and this was apparently the second time this bride called off a wedding."
Anonymous
And finally…
15.
“There were plenty of red flags I ignored because I found someone who I thought loved me.
‘The fact that you said CLOSE friends when we are supposed to be BEST friends speaks volumes.'”
Oh, and did I mention we were together for three years and friends longer?
So, yeah, I am doing a lot better without him!"
33, USA
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
