Weddings are meant to be a time of great joy and profound happiness.
Two souls converging and becoming one for all of eternity.
Love is abound like a free wheeling pixie. It’s a glorious sight to behold.
Until it’s not.
Sadly too many people jump into marriage for all the wrong reasons.
They try to fool the world, and themselves, that this is the right thing to do.
But more often than not, the world can see right through you.
Redditor Olya_roo wanted to hear about the red flags and flat out obvious signs they witnessed at a wedding that didn’t give them hope for the couple’s happily ever after…
They asked:
“What wedding moment made you think: ‘They are not going to last long?’”
Let’s talk about love, while it lasts…
Next time skip the Speeches?
“Not the couple getting married but the Best Man and Maid of Honor who were married to each other.”
“Best Man’s speech was all about how hard it was to be married.”
“‘I’ve been married for a year and it feels like 100 years.’”
“Maid of Honor stands up to give a speech and just says ‘Ditto.’”
“It was so awkward and really brought the whole room down.”
“Brother of the bride stood up and gave a nice impromptu speech about teamwork and having a partner to go through life with.”
“How happy the family was to have the groom join their family.”
“Best Man and Maid of Honor were divorced within a year.”
“Couple who got married are still married 30+ years later.”
“I sometimes wonder if the speeches actually were helpful in how not to act as a couple.”
“For me the complex backstory.”
“Bride’s brother is gay and has been in a longterm relationship for 40+ years.”
“At the time he gave his speech about marriage he couldn’t marry the man he loved and I think his passioned defense of marriage was born from that.”
“When people would say they were against gay marriage because it makes a mockery of marriage I’d think of that night.”
“The married couple who had no respect for marriage could easily marry (and did over and over again) and the man who stood up and defended marriage could not.”
“He’s married now and lovingly takes care of his husband as he battles health issues.” ~ designgoddess
Financials…
“When they were doing the vows and the priest got to the ‘for richer or poorer’ part and she said ‘for richer or richer and maybe for poorer.’”
“The officiant was not pleased. I think they made it a year.” ~ crm115
How much is this costing?
“I’M WITNESSING ONE FROM THE SIDELINES NOW!!!”
“My wife’s brother just got married this past May.”
“Bride’s mother is a big DO IT YOURSELF person and went a little nuts with extra flowers, table pieces, decorations, etc…”
“Note I said extra, it was already decorated by the venue, she just took it upon herself to buy and add way more stuff.”
“Anyway, a few weeks ago she sends my MIL (groom’s mom) and email with receipts of all the extra stuff she bought ($7,000 worth!!!).”
“And asked that she pay half since it was technically set up in time for the rehearsal dinner for guests to enjoy.”
“It’s causing a huge rift between the newlyweds since the bride is taking her moms side.” ~ WanderingRaindog
Clothes Speak
“The groom showed up to his own reception wearing a t-shirt with restroom-sign style stick figures depicting a bride and groom captioned ‘Game Over.’” ~ Reddit
Best Ensemble Performance!
“My wife got invited to a client’s daughter’s wedding.”
“The couple were both drama students. Many of the bridal party were drama students.”
“The maid-of-honour’s toast consisted of tearful declarations of unrequited love to the groom, along the lines of ‘if it couldn’t be me, I’m glad it’s my best friend that’s marrying you.’”
“The best-man’s speech was a lusty declaration of ‘if it doesn’t work out, call me, babe… like the previous time you called me.’”
“Other toasts were similarly weird.”
“A guy at the table I was seated at was a friend of the bride and said to me that he was ‘this close’ to standing up during the ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’ thing.”
“I’m still not sure if the whole thing was a bunch of emotionally f**ked-up 20-year-olds, or one big piece of performance art.” ~ sharplescorner
Be Sure to Eat Out
“I was maid of honor.”
“Me, best man and the couple went into a separate little room to do the signing stuff.”
“Bride excused herself to go the bathroom and the groom started making pretty mean remarks about her cooking (something she’s passionate about) to the officiant.”
“She came back, heard they were talking about cooking family meals together and gave him the warmest smile, thinking he had praised her.”
“He scoffed awkwardly and changed the topic.”
“That always stuck with me. He wasn’t laughing WITH her but AT her, behind her back.”
“They lasted 7 months.” ~ Kraken_of_BeverlyRd
BE SURE!!!
“When my sister married her first husband she mouthed to my father walking her down the aisle ‘I can make this work, right?’”
“They were divorced 6 months later.”
“My whole family knew it wasn’t a good idea since the original engagement a year prior.” ~ IMgonnaDIE
Bodily Harm
“He ended up at the emergency room between the ceremony and the reception.”
“He went out out the night night before with his sister and friends and got plastered.”
“They had to hold a cold pack to the back of his neck to keep him vertical during the wedding photos.”
“Marriage lasted 30 days until they had a fight, she left the house and he filled the U-Haul truck with everything but her clothes.” ~ blackhart452
The Family Brawl…
“Well here it goes…”
“My cousin got married probably a decade ago and during the wedding it came out that groom was not the best to my cousin while dating.”
“The bride’s brother did not take this well and during the after party a shouting match became a brawl between the two families.”
“Next thing you know the police show up and literally pepper spray everyone.”
“Including my grandma, kids and anyone near the area.”
“I don’t remember if anyone got arrested but the story got on CBS the early show for the international news.”
“Lol they did not last long to say the least.” ~ mendoza327
Kisses…
“When the bride drank vodka out of a pint glass and spent a significant amount of time making out with another guy on the dance floor.” ~ csdirty
Some of us are just going to die alone, or with a parrot.
And that is ok.
It is better to be alone than unhappy.
Besides if you wait just a little longer, the right one may not be far off.
Don’t say “I DO” until you’re 100% sure!!