Wedding Red Flags: People Share Signs Marriage Won't Last

From Redditor /u/Hodifer:

The groom spent almost the entire wedding talking to his female work colleague. The bride had to pull him away for their first dance. They went somewhere together afterward; a friend tried to follow but it was too dark to find them. The bride showed clear hurt all day.

Before the wedding, the groom took his colleague abroad for his stag 'do, just the two of them despite the bride's protests. In his wedding speech, he pointed out his colleague and told her he had had "the best time of his life" that weekend.

They are still together now, but this is not the happy ending the bride wanted.

From Redditor /u/Rayemonde:

After the ceremony, the bride, who has epilepsy, had a seizure. Her family moved her to a side room away from guests for care until she recovered. The groom did not help look after his wife; he stayed drinking and partying with his friends. Even after the bride recovered enough to rejoin the party, he did not stay with her or comfort her. She sat there crying for half the night.

It lasted a couple of years.

From Redditor /u/jacobrice8:

The husband slept with a bridesmaid a week before the wedding.

From Redditor /u/ltblck:

The groom kept talking about the marriage like a prison sentence. He constantly spoke about how it ended his freedom and how he would be tied down by "the ball and chain." They divorced in under a year.

From Redditor /u/PM_ME:

My cousin's fiancé hit on every male cousin on the day of our grandfather's funeral. She bit me on the [bum] so hard she left purple bruise-lined teeth marks.

On their wedding day, my cousin's mother offered to pay for everything if he wanted to cancel. I see no bigger red flag than your own parents saying, "I'm willing to spend five figures for you to stay single."

From Redditor /u/harlot-bronte:

The groom hated the bride’s family; the groom’s family did not approve of the bride. It was very awkward at the wedding. The bride made promises (like "I promise to try and be worthy of your family"), and everyone raised an eyebrow. The groom’s speech focused on how he helped his bride change for the better and made her who she is. Eyebrows are nearly falling off. It has been a few months; we will wait and see. I thought it was very controlling.

From Redditor /u/McBlemmen:

The groom said the wrong name during the vows.

From Redditor /u/Eyerockets:

I posted about this before. It was my wedding. The groom stopped the entire ceremony (held at our place) so he could watchThe Simpsons. He did this without any prior discussion.

No, we are not still married. Shocking, I know.

From Redditor /u/SpaceNerd07:

The bride spoke at the wedding. She talked about how the groom changed his personality for her and how that made everything perfect.

From Redditor /u/keys752:

I play keyboard for wedding bands. I have seen many wedding red flags. One stands out: the groom aggressively ground on two bridesmaids at once. One of them was the bride's sister.

From Redditor /u/RobCo5000:

I was the best man at my friend's wedding. The bride hit on me.

From Redditor /u/FeralBottleofMtDew:

I did not attend a family wedding. Looking at photos and videos, I angered my mom by saying I would wait two years, maximum. The groom appeared in twice as many pictures with his mother as with the bride and groom. The pictures were odd. Mom clung to the groom so much; their touching looked like they were a couple. They separated about eighteen months later. The bride and groom. I know the groom and his mom are still together.

From Redditor /u/ mang1982:

The bride's father spoke. He said he saw his daughter 'organizing' the groom over time. Instead of telling their love story, he told how she started controlling him. It was cringey. This lasted three years.

From Redditor /u/cbeeeee:

I was a bridesmaid. Right after the ceremony, the bride told me it wasn't a real wedding. The groom could not marry her because he was still married. She was three months pregnant. She threw a fake wedding to please her religious family and collect money and gifts. They divorced within a year.

From Redditor /u/Kdogg573:

At my brother's first wedding, his fiancé's dad entered the getting-ready room. He told my brother that if he left, he would take care of everyone inside and would not be angry.

My brother did it anyway. They divorced four months later.

From Redditor /u/Spartan1819:

The pastor spoke to hundreds of people. He said, "Can you believe that just two months ago, (bride's name) was in my house, crying because she was lonely and wanted to marry so badly? And now look at her two months later, getting married to a guy she met the next day!" Even her elderly grandmother laughed.

From Redditor /u/r3dl3opard:

The groom refused to get dressed. He wore a black T-shirt and sneakers. The bride looked amazing in her gown; he looked like he was running to the store for cigarettes.

From Redditor /u/mountaingoat05:

The groom wanted to postpone the wedding for a last-minute Taco Bell run.

They divorced within eighteen months.

From Redditor /u/PuddleOfHamster:

After the ceremony, she put on a very fancy, tight, purple, laced-up going-away outfit. He put on an old t-shirt and shorts that smelled of stale student-bachelor sweat. He said, "Oh, I didn't know we were dressing up." She gave him a look of pure hatred and disgust. They separated six months later.

Redditor /u/GreyFoxNinjaFan:

Their first dance song was "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2.