" Yes , they are still together . No , they are not even close to being well-chosen . "
Recently, weaskedtheBuzzFeed Communityto share stories of couples they know that should NOT have gotten married — here’s what they had to say!*
- Along with some stories from roentgen / WeddingShaming .
1.“At the wedding party, she stabbed a voodoo doll of him. From what I’ve heard, it’s gone downhill from there. Once she pooped on his bed (they sleep in separate beds), so he took a whiz on her wedding gown. They never liked each other before getting married either. … They actually first met when he accidentally kicked a soccer ball into her face in college. It’s a wildly unhinged relationship, and I truly cannot believe that I live on the same planet as these people.”
— Anonymous
2.“I wish I was making this up, but I’m not. At my cousin’s bachelorette party, my cousin (the bride) found out that her MOH had been sleeping with her groom. They fought, but my cousin just demoted her from MOH to a bridesmaid. Fast-forward to the wedding, the replacement MOH caught the ex-MOH and groom hooking up the night before the wedding. The new MOH told the bride, but she still went through with the wedding. The ex-MOH was dancing all over the groom at the reception, which I thought was weird (but I didn’t know about the affair at the time). When she got back the wedding photos, the ex-MOH was next to the groom in every wedding party photo.”
" I mentioned that it was weird to the 2d MOH , and then she gave me the lowdown on the whole thing . Not trusted if it ’s still happening or how long it lasted for , but the Saint Brigid is pregnant with their third minor ( since getting married five years ago ) . The ex-wife - MOH is still in their life and regularly posts pictures with the Saint Bridget / groom / their Thomas Kid . It all freaks me out ! "
3.“The groom was my friend who, at the time, was 30 and revealed he was dating his 20-year-old intern. The girl’s family were all land-owning old aristocratic people, and she is easily the coldest, most miserable person I’ve ever met. She’s permanently disinterested and unenthusiastic about everything. But after a few months, thinks it probably makes sense that she moves in with her boss/boyfriend. She tells her incredibly pushy, stuck-up mother that she’s planning the move, and the mom is all, ‘Why bother with that silly little phase! Cut to the chase and just get married ASAP!’ My idiot friend thinks it’s a great idea because he’s basically fallen in love with their whole old-money lifestyle, summer houses in the south of France, and generally what the whole family represents.”
" So a crowd of us grudgingly do the few - 60 minutes drive across England to go to their deep Quaker ’s land where the wedding is adopt office . We arrive in gracious apparel and heels , our guy friends in suits , hair done , lipstick , and abruptly realize that in comparison look like we ’ve rolled in off the band ofThe Only Way Is Essex . Everyone ’s dressed in hemp shirt and jumble dresses , daisy in their hair and no shoes in sight . They ’re all send for Kitty or Titty or Pandy or Toffee . There ’s a massive collapsible shelter in the heart of the field , unadorned , looking like it ’s on loanword from Fyre Festival . We go to baby-sit down and get this thing over with , only to find out that everyone has been separated and is being sit down with complete and utter strangers . Like , couples not even allowed to sit down at the same board as each other .
The mother of the bride gets up and does a month - long lecture about how hot her Word in law is . Someone brings out cake specifically for her to blow out the candles — no , it was not her natal day . She end her actor’s line by trying to marry off her four other girl , like we ’re cosplayingPride and Prejudicenow .
When asked if the bride would like to say something , she snorts and say SHE ‘S TOO BORED to say anything . AT HER OWN WEDDING . She has spent the whole daytime wheel her middle and being surly . I expect her how she ’s doing , and she shrug .
So the stableman step up to give his speech . Which , as it sour out , is a half hour declaration of love for his mother - in - law . I am , at this point , incertain whose wedding I ’ve come to . His deeply enthusiastic and adoring speech does n’t mention his St. Brigid once .
The amusement was her teenaged cousin play the acoustic guitar and singing really shit songs he ’d written in his bedchamber . Then someone donate a £ 50,000 pyrotechnic display as a wedding gift . What does a 50k pyrotechnic display look like , you call for ? I ca n’t remember . It was that unmemorable . Having eventually had enough , all of the stableboy ’s friends excused themselves early , and we all went to the pub .
And yes , they are still together . No , they are not even closelipped to being happy . "
— uranium / Wileykid
4.“There was a couple I used to be friends with years ago who got married, and literally everyone knew it was doomed from the start. First of all, she was cheating on him with multiple guys. And I’m pretty sure he knew, but just felt like he’d never do better than her so decided to go through with it anyway. I was surprised they even made it to almost three years before getting a divorce. And she was already living with her new boyfriend in the condo she and her ex had lived in together before the divorce was even finalized.”
— samantham46531ff01
5.“My mom married her post-divorce rebound after years of being on and off with him. In general, he was extremely controlling and hypocritical, but what really shows how unsuccessful this marriage was going to be is how he proposed. He proposed to her as a grand gesture in the middle of a relationship-ending fight with a ring he had on stand-by for whomever his future wife may be that he had gotten through questionable means during his ‘gangster’ days. She said yes, and they sent out save the dates to everyone. They decided to move in together (even though that hadn’t worked out previously) and had a huge fight in the process, and we ended up not moving in, and the wedding was canceled. But of course, they ended up getting back together and married.”
" The marriage did n’t last a year . I was so happy to be free of that gentleman . "
— buffcat
6.“My husband’s best friend was with his high school girlfriend when my husband lived with him in college. She ended up cheating on him with one of his oldest friends. The two of us convinced him to move on and start seeing other people. What do you know, she comes back into his life, and they get back together. She starts getting very pushy about getting serious again quickly and getting engaged. My husband and I were really hesitant about them getting together, but our friend seemed happy, so what can we do. After five years married, she cheats on him with a married coworker. Now my husband and I have an agreement that if she ever tries to come back, we’re sitting his best friend down for an intervention.”
7.“My dad and stepmom. Well, ex-stepmom now. When they finally got married, it was 10 years into the relationship, which was very off and on for a while. Growing up, people and family would tell me things, like she dumped him while he was in the hospital for getting snipped EVEN THOUGH SHE MADE THE APPOINTMENT. She also broke a beer bottle over his head at a bar. She was mad that my mom showed up to my great grandma’s funeral — my dad and stepmom were only together for less than a year at this point, and my mom was at my great grandma’s house multiple times a week helping care for her. She made my dad send an email to his family apologizing for being an abusive husband (he never laid a hand on her).”
" The skillful part of all is perchance halfway through their marriage , my daddy had asked if I like her . I lied and said yes . I get back to my mammy ’s that night and send off him an atomic number 99 - ring mail . Basically the electronic mail went like this : ' Hi Dad , please keep this to yourself . Remember require if I wish XYZ ? Well , I do n’t . For bombast blah reasons . ' AND HE SHOWED HER . The next weekend I ’m scheduled to go to their house , and guess who pick me up . She did not say a Bible for the 40 - minute elevator car drive . And then the next day they made me read the letter out loud to them . They deny all accusation I made including the ones where I witness her contumely him . It ’s been almost 10 years , and I now experience she did abuse him , and even his friends have witnessed it . Oh , and he stayed with her for about a year after I had mail that email . I make love he was a victim of hers , but I do n’t think he realizes that I also was , too , and he was keeping me in that family relationship . Though she never physically abused me , I am deeply marred from her , their relationship , and what it did to my puerility . "
8.“I knew going in that [my friend’s fiancé] was emotionally abusive, but I wanted to be part of the wedding because I worried that he was isolating her from people who cared about her. Here’s a sample list of the things the groom did.”
" 1 . Before the wedding , he was not hunky-dory with her being walk down the aisle . He refused to stand at the end of the gangway , instead trying to insist that she needed to walk first alone and wait for him , so that he could walk down the aisle last and have a grand entryway that was about him . They apparently compromised because they walked down the aisle last , together .
2 . He also stated before the wedding that the wedding weekend was ' about [ him ] and the boy . '
3 . She was excited to get her nail done , but when she showed them to him , he said they did n’t look good and would n’t fit her outfit ( they were a achromatic colour thatdidmatch ) .
4 , During the rehearsal , he give no input , instead sitting down and shrugging .
5 . During the first looking at photos before the ceremony , one of the first thing he say to her was that she did n’t expect good , that her makeup and hair did not look dependable , and he was pointing out her gray tomentum that ' stood out ' ( they did n’t , I had no mind she even had gray hairs ) . As a resultshe was hold back tears throughout all the exposure .
6 . She was very worried that he would n’t like her vows , but she put them together on her phone , and they were very sweet as she read them off with sincerity . She told me beforehand that he would be doing his without notes because he weigh himself a good public loudspeaker system . After she read her vows , he take up his by turning to the interview and saying , ' I do n’t have anything to read off of because I at leasttriedto memorizemine . ‘Cue awkward laughter . turn out he was n’t very good at memorizing whatever he was going to say . He did say one squeamish affair about her , but then I think he got stuck because he devolved into articulate at least three times some variation of ' I vow to massage your [ insert consistence part here ] every night ' ( which also , way to takevowsseriously , I doubt he even massage her feet that first Nox ) . He ended his vows by say that it ’s very significant for him to face good all the time , and that he appreciates how she tries ( tries ! ) to meet that energy .
7 . Half of her bridesmaids werehisfriends , and the assigned speech from one of her maid of honor ended up being a girl who said , ' I ’ve been friend with him for a long fourth dimension , I only hung out with her initially because he forced me to ( because I was a fille and he desire to hang out with the guys ) , but I guess I ’m happy I got to make love her . ' Another bridesmaid took the mic unplanned to follow up with , ' The first time we hung out all together , she was with another guy and establish up covered in bruise … Oh , haha , should I not tell that story ? Anyway … ' It did not cease well either .
8 . I left shortly after the first saltation , but he also did not sit down with her during any of the dinner . He was barely with her unless it was for a photo , and supposedly , there was scream before the closing of the Nox because she commute the play list and he did n’t approve .
… I did and have evidence her directly , including after the wedding , that I will always be there for her and she can always call me . Twice during the wedding ceremony I proffer to sneak her out and drive away . "
— uracil / affablysurreal
9.“A few years ago, my aunt died, leaving behind three girls (5 to 7 years old) and her ex-husband. About eight months later, my uncle was engaged to a woman that everyone thought was perfect. She was pretty good with my cousins, she was nice to my family, and she was good for my uncle (it seemed). Well, when they started planning the wedding, ESM (evil stepmother) said that the wedding could only be on one date: the one-year anniversary of my aunt’s death.”
" This waste the girls , of class , and I ’m certain it bothered my uncle , too . But it HAD to be on this Clarence Day because it was the ONLY daytime ESM ’s mom could get off work to occur to the wedding . Yes , a random prat Tuesday was the only day that this wedding ceremony could happen . Riiight .
Everyone in the family tried to discourage it for the saki of the kids until ESM turn bridezilla and jeopardize to uninvite my uncle ’s side of the syndicate entirely . She dug her heels in and insisted that the wedding would be all white , including her attire even though she was married double and had two kids from the old marriages . Nothing wrong with that , but she shame my mom for having been divorced once ( ESM cheated in her marriages , my mum escaped an scurrilous situation , huge difference of opinion ) . She had to get married in the St. Louis Cathedral ( a pretty large and famous church building in LA . It ’s a magnanimous deal to get married there ) . ESM blew the budget bountiful time , according to my mom .
Ok , make a motion on . So since we were all still grieve , particularly the girls , we were n’t all too excited for the hymeneals , the parties , the rain shower , etc . And ESM took this very personally — she uninvited my uncle ’s girl from the wedding . Five , six , and seven - year - previous grieving trivial girls were left at abode with a babysitter while their Father-God married the biggest misunderstanding on the satellite . This was not a childfree hymeneals by any mean value . Her kids were there , my buddy and I were there — there were plenty of kids .
To this twenty-four hour period , even now that the old is 17 , they all detest each other ( the girls detest ESM , and she hates them forNOT CALLING HER MOM ) . "
— u / UniqueUserName_93
10.“The only couple I knew from high school that got married (and is still together, supposedly) is the worst. The guy was a complete jerk with a serious anger problem. He got into multiple physical fights with mutual friends and acquaintances, often over nothing more than a perceived ‘look.’ The gal was his #1 enabler, and she had a reputation of concocting stories of guys ‘hitting on her’ only so her boyfriend would beat them up. She was arrested twice for stealing from her parents. I believe he had two children by other women while she was serving time. One of those poor kids was removed from their custody recently, according to old classmates. Unbelievably, they’re still married and posting glowing love notes to each other on Facebook. Yikes.”
— kminfl
11.“My brother spent a lot of time, effort, and money choosing and buying an engagement ring for his fiancée. A week after getting engaged, he gets a call from his future mother-in-law asking if she can buy her daughter a new engagement ring that was bigger and clearer because the old ring ‘showed up yellow in pictures.’ After expressing our concern about her superficiality, he decided to marry her anyway. They divorced a few years later after learning she was cheating on him with a much wealthier man.”
12.“The pastor of our church, his son, started dating an ‘Instagram model.’ She was a bit of a firecracker, and didn’t really treat the son that well, but he tolerated it because she was hot. They both had severe drinking problems, so much so, the pastor dad had to ban them from drinking at family gatherings. One time during a night out, Instagram model disappeared. The pastor son found her later in some guy’s van doing coke. She also used to punch and slap him, call him the worst names you could think of. They were forced to get married because the son wanted to move to Texas to be with her, and they couldn’t live together out of wedlock. No one thinks they’re going to make it, but so far, three years later still married, and now they have a baby.”
13.“I have a friend who had been single for about 10 years. He dated some women, but he’s a bit wishy-washy, shy, awkward, selfish, and has some unhealthy views of what he wanted in a relationship and a partner. In 2020, a month before COVID lockdowns started, he met a woman who said yes to more than two dates; by date three he asked her to move in. This whole time he abandoned/ignored his child from a previous relationship; apparently, this woman has a problem with the fact he has a kid, and she has done everything to make sure the kid is never around or that he doesn’t spend time with his own child. If the kid is around, this woman sneers at them.”
" Well , scoot onwards a few months and he propose , and a total of 18 months after confluence , they got married . As it turns out , he start to have regrets and second opinion after he propose . According to him , she has mental wellness issues and refuses to look for assistant ( even though she demanded he see a therapist when they got together ) , she refuses to acknowledge his shaver ’s beingness , wo n’t have anything to do with his Quaker and family , wo n’t do a thing for herself , unless it ’s cook and then only for her , and other military issue .
He seems to have splice because he was unmarried for so long he thought this adult female was his only fortune , and he was almost 31 so he also thought he needed to hit this milestone before he got quondam . In addition , she ’s desperate to have a baby , and he does n’t want another kid , but he refuses to have any hard convos with her . There are many crack in their relationship that his friends and family are seeing ; it ’ll be interesting to see how long this go . "
— break - ft
