Wedding debacle: 7 stories about those who were abandoned at the altar (8 photos)

A wedding is always a special day for newlyweds, one that they should remember for a lifetime. But for these people, it was not remembered at all as planned.





This collection contains real stories from Reddit users whose partners not only changed their minds about getting married, but put on a real show: from running away on the wedding day to scandalous revelations right during the celebration. There is everything here - betrayal, family conspiracies and even murder (thanks to one determined grandmother). It is also useful to learn such stories because they not only open your eyes to potential spouses, but also help you learn that girlfriends can ruin a marriage before it even starts, and mothers are almost always ideal mediators in a crisis situation.

1. A Honeymoon That Lasted One Day



"They seemed like the perfect couple. They had a lavish wedding with 250 guests. The next day on the plane to Tahiti, the groom turned to his bride and now wife (my cousin) and said, "It was a mistake."

She returned home on the next flight. He stayed in the suite. Relatives said he was partying hard with other women there.

A month later, he crawled back, but it was too late. She was already returning gifts and writing thank-you cards guests.

Now she has three children and a happy marriage. Apparently he made room for someone who really deserves her."

2. Bride Replacement





"My brother went to an engagement party. Everything was great, nothing special. The wedding is in three months, he shows up and the bride is completely different. Same groom, same date, same guests... just a new bride. No explanation was given."

3. Sisterly feat



"My wife's family has a story from the early 1900s. Young people, the bride and groom, communicated with each other almost all the time by correspondence. On the wedding day, the bride suddenly got scared, decided that she was making the biggest mistake in her life. The family sits, racking their brains: what to do? And then her sister decisively says: "And I will marry him!"

The groom thought for about five minutes and agreed.

The wedding went like clockwork. According to family legend, they lived together for more than fifty years and raised many wonderful children."

4. "Surprise" from a friend



"The best friend decided to announce the bride's pregnancy at the wedding. There was just one snag. The groom was deeply religious, remained celibate until marriage, and the bride supported this decision (at least in words). There was never any physical intimacy between them.

As it turned out, the bride had been cheating on him for almost the entire period of their relationship. It seems she was counting on waiting until the wedding night and passing off the child as premature.

The groom's parents were furious, because their son had broken his vow. The bride's parents were delighted with the imminent arrival of their grandson. And the chatty a friend unwittingly saved a guy from living a lie."

5. The monster mother-in-law



"The story is twenty years old, but it's still a joke in our circles. The groom is from a very rich family, the wedding is taking place in California. Everything is very pompous and expensive.

The mother-in-law mocked the bride throughout the entire celebration. At the very beginning of the banquet, this lady comes up and whispers something nasty - like, she'll put up with it anyway, like always. That same night, the bride flew home, and her family quickly took all her things out of the apartment."

6. Betrayal on Social Media



"March 2018. My fiancé and I postponed our wedding. It seemed like a normal thing to do. But on the very weekend we were supposed to say "I do", he went to his parents' place (even though we lived only an hour away) and left me without any connection (no mobile, no internet, not even a landline). And then the circus began.

His parents triumphantly posted on social media something like "Hooray, my son won't marry her!", "Meet his NEW girlfriend!"

My mother acted as an angel of vengeance. She took screenshots of all the posts, rushed in an hour later and uttered the historic phrase: "Well, shall we sort this out?"

I took a hot shower (to wash away the insult), cried heartily to cry out the stupidity, and left the letter on the table along with the ring as a final chord.

His pathetic "Do you really want this?" was shattered by my iron argument "No. But I need it."

7. Grandma's radical solution



"I don't know if this is considered a wedding cancellation, but here's a family story. My grandmother killed her first husband on their wedding day.

She was only 15, the marriage was arranged, divorce would have been an indelible shame. She thought that since she couldn't get a divorce, she could kill.

I must say that in the past, cruel husbands often died in their sleep or went on a business trip from which they never returned. "You shouldn't offend the person who cooks your food."