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“‘Till death do us part” is a classic, time-honored wedding vow that, nevertheless, many couples manage to break. After all, divorces are quite common these days, often for good reasons. Not every relationship is a winner and not every partner is loyal. But in most cases, the marriage does at least last a bit of time after the wedding itself.
Someone asked “People who went to a wedding and the couple broke up soon, what happened to them?” and netizens shared their best stories. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and stories in the comments section below.
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#1
The groom filed for divorce half a year after the wedding, because he "got rid of the depression thanks to [bride] and since he's now healed, he wants to see what life has to offer him."
Took the bride some time to get over it, but she started dating again after three years of healing and is really happy now.
Tabitha 1 month ago
I dated a couple guys like this. The second they were feeling strong and good about themselves again, because of all the normalcy and emotional support I—-I, ME, I—-gave them, they dropped me like a hot potato and went looking for the exact same kind of a*****e people who caused them to be so depressed in the first place. Like addicts looking for d***s the second they’re clean and out of rehab. One even tried to come back to me a few months, and a new depression, later. I didn’t let him inside. I just loudly talked to him in the doorway. “WTF, man? You really expect me to waste my time on you again, just to end up having you dump me AGAIN once you feel good? You’re the fool here, I’m not. Now go away and don’t come around me again” (not verbatim, but the gist of what I said), then I closed the door on him. I am no one’s bottle of happiness they only open when they’re feeling down, then throw away.
#2
Shortly after the wedding, Bride was in a traumatic 2 vehicle car accident involving multiple family members. Two family members died. Bride was in an induced coma for some time, missing the funerals even. She broke her back, shattered 3/4 of her face, and had several other injuries. A few weeks after she returned home, her new husband told her she needed to get over the accident.
They didn’t last 6 months.
Shark Lady 1 month ago
So much for "in sickness and health". She's definitely better off without him, but what a s****y way to find out.
#3
Wife caught the husband having sex with the pastor.
#4
Groom smashed wedding cake in to the bride's face on a Saturday.
By Monday she had retained a divorce lawyer.
I saw her a few months later and got an update, and told her I was very proud of her. I have no idea how things turned out.
Just a boring person 1 month ago
Why would anyone continue doing this tradition, it isn't funny and also a waste of food as well tissues and water(for cleaning)!
#5
Turns out the guy cheated and infected himself and her with HIV. She found out when she tried to donate blood.
#6
I was at an Indian wedding. The bride and groom were on stage and the grooms mom came on stage to feed the bride a sweet, some syrup fell on her dress and the bride lost her s**t and started cussing at the grooms mom. The groom got up grabbed his mom and his family as well as the rest of the people that were attending on his side and walked out.
#7
My sister had a kid with a guy and they decided to get married. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, she noticed he was disrespectful and a little controlling. I stupidly told her things like that could be worked through and marriage takes work and compromise from both parties.
The wedding was a mess: two hours behind schedule, the groom had no vows prepared, and they were never legally married. After the wedding, the guy's mask came off and he turned fully abusive and controlling. She tried to make it work, but he had no desire to change, so they ended up splitting after less than a year.
But because they had a kid together, he's still in her life and still trying to control her using the kid and weaponized child protective service check-ups (which turn up nothing). The kid's now 10 and he's picking up all the abusive language and behaviors from his father.
The moral of the story is (as always): if someone shows you who they are, believe them.
#8
My friend dated an Italian girl for a while. About a year in, durring the pandemic, they had a courthouse wedding so she could stay in country. Afterwards, they had a ceremony in our town, and then one in her hometown in Italy.
A couple months after that, she let her real self slip. Durring an argument, she threatened to slit his throat in his sleep if he did anything to jeopardize their perfect couple image / her pending citizenship. A couple days later, she flew back to italy for work (she was in imports)
He filed for divorce, got a restraining order and his lawyer told immigration, and she was barred from reentry. Also, She apparently really didnt understand his financial situation. His family is 10th generation in our town, which is one of the highest property values in the US, so they are quite wealthy, even if they dont act it.
She apparently didnt understand that most of 'his assets' were really part of the family trust, just allocated to him for management/ use.
She thought she was getting half of their $4M house. And part of the 2M investment account he used to create his buisness. Neither were in his name. She ended up getting a geotracker that barely runs, and like $5k. His uncle who was the lawyer who oversees and whose father created the trusts was his divorce lawyer and saw to that.
He and i recently had dinner, and i brought out a bottle of aperitivo id bought during the wedding in tuscany, and we were joking about how the bottle outlasted the marriage.
#9
That would be my own wedding, it was arranged and my parents were super confident him and his family were great people. He had a pretty good income, they presented themselves as religious and very educated. Three weeks in and he started making disrespectful comments about my dad and family overall, I separated and knew I wasn't going to spend the rest of my life with a person who couldn't even respect my parents.
After 8 months of narcissistic abuse during the separation, he turned my whole life upside down and by the time we had divorced, I lost and gained a lot of weight, had severe hairloss, depression, and thought I was going crazy/imagining things he did or said because of the constant gaslighting, failed all my exams and wasted over 6k of my tuition fees because I couldn't focus on my exams so i pretty much failed my whole semester which set me back academically and I ended up taking 2 gap years. I couldn't hold chunks of the previous 24 hours of my memory often because of all the psychological abuse.
Its been 3 years and im doing a lot better now though, regularly attending therapy, got back into uni and am working part time to support my studies. I look forward to a happier future.
Last I heard of him, he got re-married almost instantly but I know karma will get him good one day. One way or another, God will serve justice and ill just watch his downfall from afar ✌🏻😌.
#10
3 times. All 3 where folks who enter a relationship because they wanted a relationship not because they found a person they loved. Then they went and got married too young because “that’s what you do” after a certain amount of time in a relationship.
Please people, take your time picking your person.
quentariel 1 month ago
And please live together even a little while before marriage. Everyone can put a good foot forward if you only meet sometimes, but it's really hard to fake a persona when living together.
#11
The groom went missing between the ceremony and reception. Bride found him banging the best man in the toilets. She smashed a glass in his face.
#12
Bride cheated on the Groom with one of the groomsmen 2 days after the wedding. The groomsman was from out of town and was staying at the couple's house. They did it on the couch while the Groom was asleep.
They divorced immediately. She left halfway across the USA to be with the groomsman without much of a word to anyone due to immense guilt. She didn't even tell her own family; the Groom told them.
Groom was in shambles for months. Seems to be doing better now. Happened in February of this year. 7 years down the drain.
Edit: He found out because the bride was so stricken with guilt that she told him the next day.
#13
Two days after the wedding, he ran off with the upstairs neighbour. They are still together 40 years later. He was a total s**t for going through with the wedding in the first place.
#14
Brides dad and brothers were proud military men. Groom bonded with them initially over his service as well because it was sort of how they defined themselves.
Bride’s family encouraged groom to wear his uniform for the wedding, so he did. All wedding pictures, the Groom in his uniform was prominent.
Found out shortly after wedding, upon being pressured to take out a GI loan for a house, that the groom admitted he was never in the military, and had bought his uniform off e-Bay.
#15
My cousin & her ex-husband were both teachers. Turned out that she legitimately enjoyed educating kids, while he liked to diddle them.
#16
I'm a photographer. I was photographing a wedding and the bride was a NIGHTMARE. Signed a contract outlining exactly what I'd do, what she would receive, etc.
Immediately started demanding extra services, more images (I had already over delivered), images of things that didn't even HAPPEN, nor was the desire for them ever communicated to me so I could set them up.
She tried to get people to bomb all my socials with bad reviews, but apparently nobody else actually likes her either because they just messaged me telling me what she was doing.
She occasionally messaged to demand "all the other photos"and abruptly stopped like four months later. Turns out she was just as ridiculous and demanding with her new husband and he bailed.
#17
Was in the ER at the same time a wedding party came in with multiple stab wounds and various injuries from a brawl. Apparently it was some sort of Romeo and Juliet situation. During the reception, the Bride and Groom's families started outright brawling and trying to k*ll each other. Bride was sobbing by the side of the stabbed groom. Her white dress was splattered in blood and makeup was streaming down her face. Police came in and were interviewing everyone.
I was in for anaphylaxis and was across from the groom's room. My mom was in the waiting room. We compared notes when I was released.
Would love to know more details and if that couple is still together.
#18
The bride had gotten a personal trainer to look good for the wedding. The marriage lasted 3 weeks because it turned out she started sleeping with the PT. Was a nice wedding tho.
#19
I was at one where the bride and groom both got drunk at the reception, the groom punched the bride in the mouth, and the bride’s brother beat his a*s. Everyone got arrested, and they filed for an annulment as soon as they were bailed out.
#20
Spent so much money on a destination wedding. They didn’t even last 6 months! He cheated on her with a 70 year old lady!… we are all 33-34 years old!
#21
I got married and found out 2 months later that she had been cheating since 6 months before the wedding. Could have saved a lot of money!
#22
According to my buddy, he just realized they were better off as friends than married so they divorced. It was amicable and totally uninteresting. They haven't kept in touch.
Another friend found out his wife was cheating on him. She went on a trip to visit friends in San Francisco. When he texted her after her plane was due to arrive, she told him "SF is great, I just got there" and it stuck in his mind as weird that she said 'there' instead of 'here'. He already apparently had some suspicions so he reached out to the people she was supposedly visiting and they told him she wasn't there. I guess they were prepared to cover for her only to the extent they didn't actually have to lie. Anyways, this all played out on Facebook back when the posts started with "Your Name is...." so he put "Bob is wondering who his wife is with." It's the reason I joined FB, to follow the drama. Anyways, he's happily remarried with kids.
#23
My best female friend got married pretty quickly to this guy who none of us knew too well. The night of her wedding I had a get together with some of my friends who were at the wedding. During the party my friend shows up but without her husband (which we all thought was strange). She said he went out with some of his friends 🤷. A few months later he hit her and she noped out of that marriage.
#24
Pre-wedding night, after many drinks and celebration with family and wedding party, everyone returned to their hotel room. Bride & Groom got into an altercation mid-coitus. She was 5'11" and he was 6'4", ex-amatuer baseball player. Bride punched the living daylights out of the Groom while straddling him. Groom takes off in nothing but a towel. My date was the Best Man and the entire wedding party were woken up by family members to go find the Groom to make sure he doesn't off himself.
Groom was found and talked down from the ledge at 6:30am. Everyone knew what happened but no one knew if the wedding was going forward. I was packing my luggage to leave, when I was approached by the mother of the Groom to put makeup on her son to cover his broken nose and bruises around his eyes. They did not take him to the hospital. Bride walked down the aisle like nothing happened and it's her happiest day while he looked like a battered panda with a chipped tooth.
They managed to be married for 9 months....9 longer than we all anticipated.
#25
She got into a bad car wreck and changed. Physically she recovered but mentally she was a totally different person. Before the wreck she was committed to her career and wanted a house and a family. After the wreck she became a hippie, experimenting with d***s and travels the country in a van.
Unclear if it was the concussion/brain injury or the PTSD from the whole ordeal.
Teutonic Disaster 1 month ago
Or, and here me out please, the accident made her realize that all her previous aspirations were superficial BS that she felt she had to do to fulfill expectations and decided to instead live the life she truly wanted.
#26
I went to a wedding of friends of my husband a long time ago. There was a betting board for how long the relationship would last AT the reception - pretty much everyone, including the grooms parents, bet on a square.
They had been together since high school and university. They were both starting good jobs and were not pregnant.
For them, it appeared as though they were both just doing the "next logical step" in the relationship instead of asking themselves if they really wanted to be together. Lasted less than a year.
#27
Bride basically immediately started cheating on the groom with their next door neighbor and who knows how many others. She got herself a bachelor pad apartment and moved out insisting they needed to work on the marriage.
We all assume he only ended up filing after a couple months because his family forced the issue once they found out what was happening. Dude was crying about “winning her back” during covid and is now at the *very least* emotionally cheating on his second, current wife with the first wife.
We are all simply waiting for them to blow up their current second marriages and remarry and watch them pretend they’re both not spineless scumbags.
#28
They married in Feb, divorce started in July. She didn't want to accept his kid from a previous relationship. Like literally none of her family knew about the kid. The woman was jealous when her husband bought flowers for his grandmother. She used to stay over with her sister and brother in law and sleep between them in the same bed. Super cuckoo.
#29
They married at 18, each to escape overbearing parents and home life. Her parents were helicopter parents obsessed with their kid doing everything ‘first’ in their extended family. His family were extremely religious and abusive. ( the woman in this scenario is an extended family member)
After getting married he enlisted in the military, signing a multi year contract without telling her about it until the night before he shipped out for basic training.
She wanted to divorce right away but her parents were too ashamed to have her divorce only 2 months after the marriage. So they convinced her to stick it out for another year before they filed for divorce anyways.
#30
Ex wife divorced me for the guy she cheated with, married him the day our divorce was final, 4 months later, called me to come pick up our son as they were having a tift, and he wanted to leave, called me again before we made it back home begging me to come stay with me, I said no, but my son said
“Dad, please let mom come over, at least till she can find a hotel or somethin”
So I agreed to allow her to hang out for a bit, she gets there, and with in 30 minutes of her arrival, her current husband shows up, and starts being a d**k immediately, I very politely told him
“Bruh, you gunna have to take your a*s away from my house, I’m only doing this cus my boy wanted me to, don’t get hurt over her f****n around,”
He respects my statement, and does as I requested, she leaves like 3 hours later to go to a hotel somewhere, and the next morning her divorce paperwork was served to my door, it was odd telling the sheriffs deputy she wasn’t here and I dunno where she went, and having him not believe me.
What do you think ?
Donkey boi 1 month ago
I have a friend that married because her partner was terminal. They were together for 3 months before he was diagnosed. She confided in some of us closest to her that she never saw herself being married to him, and was already thinking of breaking up when the news came. Nothing wrong with him, just not someone she saw having a future with. He proposed to her within days of his diagnosis, with a life expectancy of about a year he pretty much said that he didn't expect her to stay with him, but he could die happy if she was his wife. She said yes, thinking that she could bring him that peace and care for him until he passes. That was 4 years ago, he's still holding on and she's pretty much a full time carer for him. If you see them together you never think for a moment that she doesn't dote on him completely. She said that she made a promise to herself to make sure he felt loved until he passes and she'll see it through.
Hphizzle 1 month ago
Acquaintance knew that ex was cheating before wedding, but went through with it because ‘so many people were involved in the wedding it was too late to cancel.’ (Also religious and cultural pressure) I was flabbergasted. Flash forward kid, custody battle, restraining orders, risk of kidnapping, etc. 19 year old me learned real quick that marriage and weddings are two very different things.
B C 1 month ago (edited)
This isn't applicable to all of the situations above, but why do people rush to the altar? Maybe this is a controversial take, but I believe that people should date for a few years and live together before considering marriage. It doesn't matter how much you like each other. You need to see how this person lives, how they respond to change, and if you still enjoy each other after the novelty has passed. I'm no marriage expert, but this seems like common sense. What's more, I always told myself that I wouldn't get married until both of us were done with all schooling and had legit income—a union of two self-sufficient adults. My partner agrees, and we're sticking to this plan. We've been together 3 1/2 years and are content wait until I'm done with my masters and she's done with her DMA. In the end, we love each other, legally bound or not. This way, we may be able to comfortably afford the wedding we want and will already be an experienced team who know how to thrive together.
Aelin Wildfire 2 weeks ago
Sometimes, even time and living together aren't enough... Especially in the case of abusive a-holes.
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 1 month ago
I have a friend that married because her partner was terminal. They were together for 3 months before he was diagnosed. She confided in some of us closest to her that she never saw herself being married to him, and was already thinking of breaking up when the news came. Nothing wrong with him, just not someone she saw having a future with. He proposed to her within days of his diagnosis, with a life expectancy of about a year he pretty much said that he didn't expect her to stay with him, but he could die happy if she was his wife. She said yes, thinking that she could bring him that peace and care for him until he passes. That was 4 years ago, he's still holding on and she's pretty much a full time carer for him. If you see them together you never think for a moment that she doesn't dote on him completely. She said that she made a promise to herself to make sure he felt loved until he passes and she'll see it through.
Hphizzle 1 month ago
Acquaintance knew that ex was cheating before wedding, but went through with it because ‘so many people were involved in the wedding it was too late to cancel.’ (Also religious and cultural pressure) I was flabbergasted. Flash forward kid, custody battle, restraining orders, risk of kidnapping, etc. 19 year old me learned real quick that marriage and weddings are two very different things.
B C 1 month ago (edited)
This isn't applicable to all of the situations above, but why do people rush to the altar? Maybe this is a controversial take, but I believe that people should date for a few years and live together before considering marriage. It doesn't matter how much you like each other. You need to see how this person lives, how they respond to change, and if you still enjoy each other after the novelty has passed. I'm no marriage expert, but this seems like common sense. What's more, I always told myself that I wouldn't get married until both of us were done with all schooling and had legit income—a union of two self-sufficient adults. My partner agrees, and we're sticking to this plan. We've been together 3 1/2 years and are content wait until I'm done with my masters and she's done with her DMA. In the end, we love each other, legally bound or not. This way, we may be able to comfortably afford the wedding we want and will already be an experienced team who know how to thrive together.
Aelin Wildfire 2 weeks ago
Sometimes, even time and living together aren't enough... Especially in the case of abusive a-holes.
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