Random People Describe Wedding Red Flags (20 items)

• (#1) The Groom Spent The Whole Wedding Talking About His Female Co-Worker

  From Redditor /u/Hodifer:

  The groom spent the almost the entire wedding glued to his (female) work colleague, to the point that the bride had to drag him away for their first dance. They also kept going off somewhere together (a friend tried to follow them outside but it was too dark to locate them). You could see the obvious hurt on the bride's face throughout the day.

  Prior to the wedding he'd taken his colleague away abroad for his stag 'do (just the two of them, despite the bride's protests), and in his wedding speech he pointed his colleague out and told her that he'd had "the best time of his life" that weekend.

  They're still together at the moment but I don't see it being the happy ending the bride was so desperate for.
• (#2) The Groom Kept Partying When His Wife Had A Seizure

  From Redditor /u/Rayemonde:

  After the ceremony, the bride (who had epilepsy) had a seizure and her family took her into a side room away from all the guests to look after her until she’d recovered. The groom didn’t bother to go and help look after his wife, he was too busy getting drunk and partying with all his mates. Even after the bride recovered enough to return to the celebrations he didn’t stay with her or comfort her and she sat there in tears for half the night.

  It lasted a couple of years.
• (#3) The Husband Hooked Up With A Bridesmaid

  From Redditor /u/jacobrice8:

  The husband slept with one of the bridesmaids a week before the wedding.
• (#4) The Groom Thought Marriage Was Like Prison

  From Redditor /u/ltblck:

  The groom wouldn’t stop talking about the marriage like it was a prison sentence. He incessantly went on about how it was the end of his freedom and how he was going to be tied down to “the ball and chain” now. They were divorced in just under a year.
• (#5) The Groom's Mother Tried To Pay For The Wedding So He Could Cancel

  From Redditor /u/PM_ME:

  My cousin's fiance hit on every male cousin on the day of our grandfather's funeral. In doing so, 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 literally everything if he wanted to back out. I can't think of a bigger red flag than your own parents saying, "I'm willing to spend five figures for you to stay single."
• (#6) He Said The Wrong Name During His Vows

  From Redditor /u/McBlemmen:

  The groom said the wrong name during the vows
• (#7) The Bride Promised To "Be Worthy" Of The Groom's Family

  From Redditor /u/harlot-bronte:

  Groom hated the bride’s family, groom’s family didn’t approve of the bride. Very awkward at a wedding! Bride makes her promises (something along the lines of “I promise to try and be worthy of your family” etc) and we all raise eyebrows at each other. Groom’s speech is all about how much he has helped his bride change for the better and how he made her what she is. Eyebrows are practically falling off the top of my head at this point. It’s been a few months so I guess we will wait and see. I just thought it was very controlling.
• (#8) The Groom Changed His Whole Personality For The Bride

  From Redditor /u/SpaceNerd07:

  Attended a wedding where the bride talked, not about her love for him or how great he is, but more about how he changed so much of his personality for her and how that made everything perfect.
• (#9) The Groom Stopped The Ceremony To Watch 'The Simpsons'

  From Redditor /u/Eyerockets:

  I've posted about this before. It was my wedding. The groom stopped the entire ceremony (which was held at our place) so he could watch The Simpsons. There was no discussion about this beforehand, he just did it.

  No, we are not still married. Shocking, I know.
• (#10) The Bride Hit On The Best Man

  From Redditor /u/RobCo5000:

  I was best man at my mate's wedding. The bride hit on me.
• (#11) The Groom Danced Inappropriately With His Bride's Sister

  From Redditor /u/keys752:

  I'm the keyboard player for a wedding band so I've seen all sorts of ridiculous shit at weddings that would qualify as a red flag. That said, one stands above the rest: the groom aggressively grinding on two of the bridesmaids (simultaneously); one of which was the bride's sister.
• (#12) The Groom Took More Pictures With His Mom Than With His Partner

  From Redditor /u/FeralBottleofMtDew:

  I wasn’t at a family members wedding, but looking at the pictures and video I pissed my mom off by saying I give it two years, tops. There were easily twice as many pics of the groom with his mother as there were of the bride and groom. And the pics were... odd. Mom was hanging all over the groom so much and was so handsy/touchy it looked like they were a couple. They were separated about a year and a half later. The bride and groom. As far as I know the groom and his mom are still together.
• (#13) The Bride's Father Gave A Speech About How She Controlled The Groom

  From Redditor /u/ mang1982:

  The father of the bride made a speech about how he saw his daughter "organising" the groom over time. Basically, instead of telling a story of their burgeoning love, it was a tale of how she began to control him over time. Was cringey. Lasted three years.
• (#14) The Groom Was Still Married To Someone Else

  From Redditor /u/cbeeeee:

  I was a bridesmaid in a wedding and right after the ceremony the bride told me this wasn’t actually a wedding because the groom couldn’t get married as he was still married to someone else. She was 3 months pregnant and was throwing a fake wedding to please her religious family and collect money/gifts. So that was cool. They “divorced” within a year.
• (#15) The Bride's Dad Offered The Groom A Way Out

  From Redditor /u/Kdogg573:

  At my brother's first wedding his fiances dad came into the room we were using to get ready and told my brother that if he wanted to leave he would take care of all the people inside and he wouldnt even be mad.

  My brother did it anyway. Divorced 4 months later.
• (#16) The Pastor Talked About The Bride's Desperation

  From Redditor /u/Spartan1819:

  The pastor at the wedding, in front of a couple hundred people, said, "Can you believe that just two months ago, (bride's name) was in my house, crying because she was so lonely and wanted to be married 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 out loud.
• (#17) Taco Bell Was More Important Than The Wedding

  From Redditor /u/mountaingoat05:

  The groom wanted to delay the wedding so they could do a last minute Taco Bell run.

  They were divorced within 18 months.
• (#18) The Groom Wore A T-Shirt While The Bride Had An Amazing Gown

  From Redditor /u/r3dl3opard:

  The groom refused to get dressed and wore a black T-shirt and sneakers. The bride looked incredible in her gown and he looked like he was popping to the shops for a pack of ciggies.
• (#19) They Couldn't Coordinate Outfits

  From Redditor /u/PuddleOfHamster:

  At the end of the ceremony she changed into an extremely fancy going-away outfit - tight and purple and laced up down the sides. He changed into an old t-shirt and shorts that reeked of stale student-bachelor sweat and said, "Oh, I didn't know we were dressing up." She gave him a look of the purest hatred and disgust. They separated six months later.
• (#20) Their First Dance Song Was In Poor Taste

  From Redditor /u/GreyFoxNinjaFan:

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

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