" The Bridget was leave at the Lord’s table , literally stand on the stage , and waiting while everyone was watching . My uncle stepped up and say he ’d hook up with her . She tell yes , and they are happily matrimonial to this Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . "
A while back, Reddit userbsstorytellerasked, “Did you, or someone you know, ever attend a wedding where the bride or groom was left at the altar? How did it turn out?” And the responses range from absolutely gut-wrenching to jaw-on-the-floor shocked. Here are some of those stories:
Note : Some submissions are also fromthisReddit thread because they were too sound to snub .
1.“A few years ago, a good friend of mine ran out on her own wedding on the day off. She was getting ready for the wedding with her maid of honor, and they both could no longer repress the feelings that they had for each other. My friend was marrying a man because she hadn’t yet come to terms with being gay. So, she canceled the wedding on the day off and ran off with her maid of honor. She feels bad about how she did it, and she has spent a lot of time making amends with her now ex-boyfriend (they are on okay terms today). She is still with her maid of honor, and they actually just got engaged.”
— nlknlk
2.“I was a bridesmaid. All of the bride’s friends (including me), her parents, and anyone else with half a brain had been telling her to get rid of the groom all along, and to definitely not marry him (he had no job and was physically and verbally abusive). We’d given up by the time of her wedding, and I was trying to be happy for her. Instead of saying ‘I do,’ she just looked around the room and then ran back down the aisle. We were all dumbfounded, except for her father, who yelled a variation of what we were all thinking, “Thank you, Jesus Christ.”
— SFbaimei
3.“My roommate was a bass player in a wedding band for 11 years. At one classy wedding, the groom’s father caught the bride and the best man hooking up before the ceremony. The two families got into a huge brawl, the police came, and the band never even got to play. After the commotion died down, the bride’s father paid the band anyway.”
— y0umadbr0
4.“A good friend of mine was getting married to a guy we all liked. He was a strict Catholic, refused to have sex before marriage, and always went to confession. I was a bridesmaid, and my husband was the best man. When the priest said, ‘Is there anyone who objects to this wedding? Speak now,’ everyone giggled because the guy’s mom was giving the stink eye to the crowd, daring someone to speak up. The priest chuckled and began to talk again. ‘We come together not to mark the start of a relationship, but to recognize a bond that…’ ‘SCREW THEIR BOND! She’s pregnant with my baby!’ Turns out my ex-friend was having sex with the groom’s cousin. She was, in fact, pregnant by him and was hoping to trick her fiancé into thinking it was his. Her fiancé was livid. In the end, he forced her to pay his family back half the money they spent on their $75,000 wedding.”
— bekahbv
5.“I was at a wedding in Niagara Falls where the groom and groomsmen showed up for the photos HAMMERED. They were so rude and horrible that the bride stormed off, saying she ‘just can’t do this.’ Then the mother of the bride reams out the asshole groom. He flips out, tears his tuxedo off of his arms and body in a fit of rage, and runs into the woods to escape.”
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6.“A few years ago, a friend of ours was working as a waiter at a big venue where they host receptions for huge weddings. There was a huge crowd in attendance — then the groom had a heart attack and died right in the middle of the reception. They gave him CPR in front of everyone, but he died right there. It was hugely traumatic (obviously) — a lot of the waiting staff had to have trauma counseling. We all learned to appreciate life better after that night.”
— urtext
7.“My entire fourth-grade class was in attendance at our teacher’s wedding, where she was left at the altar. The whole situation was ugly. My teacher was the bride and was about 3/4 down the aisle when the groom decided he couldn’t do it. He walked off to the side, and at first, my teacher and her father didn’t notice and kept walking, smiling radiantly. There was about a minute of really solid confusion (last-minute cold feet? bathroom emergency?) before everyone realized what was going on. My teacher was whisked out of the church, and an announcement was made that there was not going to be a wedding. This happened the second or third week of June; she didn’t come back for the last week of school.”
8.“A long time ago, I went to my father’s wedding. It would have been his fourth. They got to the altar and mutually decided to call it off. We still had the reception as there was no reason to waste all the booze and food. They stayed together as a couple for another month or two. It’s sad, I don’t even remember her name. Then again, out of the five marriages my father had, only two of them lasted more than three years.”
— PvP_Noob
9.“This was sometime in the ’70s. My uncle in India was attending the wedding of some not-so-close friends (totally common to have 1,000 people at a wedding with many people that barely know the couple in attendance). The bride was left at the altar, literally standing on the stage, and waiting while everyone was watching. My uncle stepped up and said he’d marry her. He must have felt some sudden rush of Bollywood go through him. Anyway, she said yes, and they are happily married to this day.”
" It was an staged union he was attend , and I think the Saint Brigid ’s family knew my mom ’s family just well enough to say yes . My uncle was about old enough to get his man and wife arrange soon , too . He must have discover the bride , thought she was cute , and made the move for a sure thing instead of hazard on his own potential arranged wife . I ’m go bad to ask him about it next fourth dimension I see him . Plus , I ’m sure the Bridget ’s home was feel the pressure of possible cancellation with a full sign in attendance . "
— agentkatsumoto
10.“My pastor once officiated a wedding. He had done all the premarital counseling for the couple, and they seemed good to go and fine. Got to the altar, did his opening prayer and welcome. He gets to the part when he says, ‘Do you take this woman to be your wife,’ and the guy looked at her, back, at him and said ‘No.'”
" The pastor laughed a little and repeated the interrogative sentence , thinking he misunderstood , but the guy stopped him and said , ' No , I do n’t . ' He lead the stableman aside to a back room , where the guy essentially read that he could n’t do it , that the Saint Bride and her female parent had wangle the whole marriage , and he had been too chicken to brook up to her before , but that he could n’t throw his life by . They brought in both families , and had a very real conversation , and then the pastor had to go back out and explain to the very uncomfortable congregation that there would be no wedding today , that the guests could help themselves to some recreation , but that the relaxation of the even ’s events were cancelled . "
— iRedditWhilePooping
11.“My friend’s groom-to-be left her at the altar. He took the tickets to Hawaii for their honeymoon, but instead went with his brother. She spent a year dating around before he begged her to take him back, saying that he was wrong. He — a very well-off young lawyer — bought her a huge rock and paid for a lavish wedding, and she agreed. They were married soon after and now have a baby daughter.”
— Anitsisqua
12.“I was a DJ for several years, during which time I did many, many weddings. Only once did I ever see someone left at the altar. Prior to the day of the wedding itself, I had met with the bride and groom to go over the wedding details. My initial impression was that the two of them were a lovely couple with a bright future. The groom-to-be, however, had been cheating on his fiancé for months before the wedding with an ex-girlfriend.”
" On the literal Clarence Day , I found myself play pre - ceremony music for a one-half hour after the ceremony was schedule to start , as ~150 Edgar Guest sat and waited awkwardly . As it find , the groom had admitted to one of his groomsmen the night before the wedding that he had been cheating on his fiancé . This groomsmen rightly thought that was a peculiarly shitty affair to do , so he told the ostler that he should tell the bride the verity , or he would himself . The ostler ’s response was to wait until the morning and just leave . He eventually shout out his parent an hour before the ceremony and told them he would n’t be coming . They spend the next hour and a one-half trying to convince him to transfer his brain . Meanwhile , the bride is in her dress with her bridesmaids and has no musical theme where her fiancé is or why he allow .
I learn all this , by the way , well after the fact . I often acted as an MC during wedding , so I kept in unvarying communication with coordinator , caterer , locus faculty , photographer , etc . All of us were aware that the groom was MIA , and it became clear that something was up when the groom ’s parents arrived at the locus and he had not . They finally had the coordinator go the tidings to the Saint Brigid , since the groom did not wish to talk to her , and they did n’t desire to do it themselves . Naturally , the Bridget was devastated , but she did n’t desire to only recount all her node to leave . The reception was at the same venue as the ceremonial occasion , so she decide to go ahead and have the party without the hostler . She change out of her marriage dress and still hang . The next twenty-four hours I call my boss to recite him what bechance and he and I both decide that I would forgo my salary and we would n’t charge the bride ’s family line . The photographers were good friends of ours , and after they speak to us , they decide to do the same . The bride and the bride ’s sire were so thankful that they both called me personally a few days later .
It turns out that about a year later , one of the bride ’s sisters was getting married . They book our ship’s company for their marriage ceremony and bespeak that I DJ . This wedding expire off without a stay , and everyone had a great time . After the reception was over , I was compact my equipment when the bride ( who was left , not her babe ) come up and struck up a conversation . We terminate up talking for a while . I work up the nerve to ask her out , and we were together for about two eld . "
— Cho473634
13.“I attended a wedding where the Bride was ‘left at the altar.’ Man, it was sad and odd. There was a pretty large audience. Soon enough, the time to start comes and goes. Everyone in the audience is sitting there waiting at least 30-60 minutes after the ceremony was supposed to begin, all with no official word from the wedding party on why there was such a long delay. Rumors started going around. People were saying that one of the groomsmen stained his shirt, and a bunch of other stuff that indicated nothing serious. Finally, the bride’s father, tears in his eyes, gets up on stage to announce that the groom has had a change of heart.”
" Needless to say , it was reasonably scandalous . But he told everyone to go on in the lead to the response and eat ( a full dinner ) because the food had already been paid for , so someone might as well enjoy it . I could n’t conceive it , but the bride actually show up up at the response and greeted EVERYONE — with a grinning , no less . The stableman did not make an appearance .
The bride got married a few years by and by ( to a cat with the same first name , strangely ) , but the stableboy is still single to this daylight . Apparently , he was never truly ready to get tie , but he could n’t bring himself to say anything until the pressure finally aim to him on the with child day . He got a LOT of fire from friends ( and strangers who did n’t even get it on them ) , naturally , but the two of them ended up agree that since he was n’t ready , it was a good matter that he did not commit . Though he definitely regrets the way he led her on . "
— oo00Linus00oo
14.“I was at the wedding for one of my sister’s friends who was the bride. The bride never showed up at the wedding, and no one could find her. After several hours, the groom and his family all went home. Turned out the bride went for a wild night of partying and slept with some guy she met at a club. She was passed out drunk at his place all day long before she came around and realized she missed her own wedding.”
" The father of the bride was mad as hell about the expense of the marriage ceremony that came out of his pocket . The stableman has since move on with his own sprightliness and break it off with her . He has n’t get married , but I hear he ’s see someone , and it looks serious enough that they may get get married before long . The bride has been suffer job trying to get the respectfulness of her crime syndicate back after that stunt . She once tried to talk to me when I was single to see if we could go out . I told her flat out I had no stake in date a cleaning lady who cheats like she does . We ’ve not talk since , much to my relief . "
15.“My dad went to a wedding in the ’90s in the UK. The ceremony went ahead without incident, and they had gotten to the speeches. The groom stood up, said ‘I’d like to thank my beautiful wife and my brilliant best man, as they’ve been f*cking each other for the past six months, cheers!’ He downed his drink and walked out the back to stunned silence.”
" Apparently , the father of the bride move round place the corks back in the bottles , shouting , ' Parties over , everyone out . ' He seemed to cerebrate he could get money back on the booze . "
— purplepatch
16.“I was a wedding coordinator at a Catholic church in Manhattan. Our Church was booked for a large wedding party from Connecticut, they told us to expect at least 500 people as the bride and the groom came from large Italian families. When the day of their wedding came, the only people who showed up were members of the groom’s side of the family. It was odd because we had seen the bride the night before at the wedding rehearsal, and everything seemed fine. But the next day, the bride and her party were no-shows.”
" The groom assay his well to keep his calmness . In an travail to cover down the bride , the groom had his ally , home , and me call anyone who might have a cue as to where she run short . Minutes pass , and eventually hours passed . The hostler begged me to let the current company stay in hopes that his Saint Bride - to - be would show up . I let his company quell an supererogatory 15 bit before I had to kick them all out and prepare for the next marriage ceremony that good afternoon . We never learned what bechance to the bride . Her absence remain a mystery story today . "
— Thegoddamnpatman
17.Finally, “I was about 7 and was a flower girl with my sister for a wedding. It was being held in the garden of a country club in Los Angeles. Well, being as it’s Southern California, no one expected bad weather. It began to pour. The bride requested the wedding be moved indoors, and the groom FLIPPED. He went on and on about how he was going to have an outdoor wedding, etc. The argument was so bad that the wedding was called off.”
" I just recall it being really ill-chosen and someone announce it on the PA system as we all posture in the banquet dormitory waiting for the rain to allow up . The twain then married a calendar month later on in Vegas , but I have no idea how they ’re doing now . "
— Brandy_Alexander
Responses have been edited for distance / clarity .
So, ex-wedding guests out there, have YOU ever watched a marriage fall apart at the last minute? What happened?! Or, if you prefer to stay anonymous, you can submit a response using this form here.
