'She found her fiancé annoying': 20+ Wedding moments that made guests realize, "This marriage won't last"

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 24, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

These marriages will last a lunchtime, not a lifetime.

These people have seen some things at these incredibly awkward and cringy weddings. While weddings are supposed to celebrate two people who are madly in love and want to spend their lives together, some couples are just mad at each other, and can barely make it through the ceremony. 

On the r/AskReddit sub, u/Olya_roo wanted to know: "What wedding moment made you think: 'They are not going to last long'?" And people had some incredible answers! 

Growing up with a wedding photographer as a parent, I was often told that everyone at the venue totally knows if the marriage will last a lifetime, or a lunchtime. Some couples just can't help but double down on a bad bet… and then they head straight for divorce court. Scroll down to check out these incredible tales of wedding woes. 

After that, these folks kindly shared the most annoying little things that happened to them — like the person who made a diorama with their son, only to have their wife talk trash about it. 

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    Facial expression - r/AskReddit Posted by u/Olya_roo 32 32 36 37 What wedding moment made you think: "They are not going to last long"?
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    Font - 1863 designgoddess 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 hap
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    Font - for 40+ For me the complex backstory. Bride's brother is gay and has been in a longterm relationship 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
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    Font - - TomppaTom 2 32 I was at a wedding when a phone went off during the ceremony. In the middle of exchanging vows. It was the grooms. He took the call. They are divorced now. Edit to add: I believe it was a cousin calling, to ask if they were late for the wedding.
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    Font - crm115 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.
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    Font - Boosully One of my friends got married, afterwards she looked at me, crying, and said " what did I do? ". They were separated by the time the plane landed from their honeymoon. He was a good guy, she was a mess. The beta fish in the flower centerpieces lasted longer than the marriage.
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    Font - brbdead She told me two days before that she found her fiancé annoying and that she didn't like him and that he was AWFUL in bed. She was visibly, endlessly uncomfortable at the rehearsal wedding/dinner combo. Then she sobbed the ENTIRE morning, day-of. She ended up not getting any makeup done cause she wouldn't stop scream-sobbing and refused to get dressed, stalling the wedding -35 minutes. She then said 45 minutes of "vows" that she had prepared (9 pages of things like inappropriate vo
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    Font - I could go on for HOURS, but it was the most painful and awkward wedding I've ever been to. I've got my money on 10 months. We're 1 month in. EDIT - 2.5 month update - I've distanced myself from them completely. She is really clingy and likes to gossip about how awful her husband is and I really don't have the time. She's also told me they're in couples therapy after I expressed negativity towards some extremely concerning things she said regarding their relationship + lack of communicati
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    Font - EDIT #2 - 5 month update - I no longer associate with them so I'm out of the loop regarding juicy details. Last I heard they keep moving all over the country and fight non-stop. No more lovey- dovey images on social media. Seems to be right on track for a 10 month breakup.
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    Font - Drakkarim411 Source: My Wedding. We'll start three days before. The wedding was a ren-fair style wedding outside at a large gazebo and the Maid of honor had promised to purchase a stylized dress for my bride that they had agreed on. THREE DAYS before the wedding she calls to tell us she had no money and was embarrased to admit it....so we literally hand-sewed ont together in 24 hours. IMO it turned out pretty nice for what we had... Brides mother was supposed to pick up the cake in ATX an
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    Font - During the one hour delay, there was almost a fist fight between two groomsmen because....well the MoH showed up, IN THE DRESS THAT SHE WAS 'UNABLE TO AFFORD'. Obvious attempt to upstage the bride. The same MoH during her speech after the ceremony started it of by saying 'When we all met, I did not like Drakkarim411 at all, however I found that he grows on you...like a fungus.' Needless to say my entire side of the family was super cold to all of this. Since all of these issues were on he
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    Human body - ...I mailed her the divorce papers and since she couldn't be bothered to even show up to the hearing....I've never seen her again.
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    Font - alsothebagel Not at the wedding itself, but I used to work at a David's Bridal. Bride came in with tons of friends, we did the Say Yes To The Dress Thing, and an hour later she'd standing there in $3,000 worth of stuff and doesn't have any money with her or in her account. She decides she wants to apply for the store credit card, I run it through the system, and she gets denied. She then calls the groom for his info (which, to be fair, people did all the time), and he tells her no. She th
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    Font - I'll get the dress. I just have to do this at home and when he gets mad enough he'll come get it for me so I'll stop." Speechless. Sure enough. Girl came back two days later with her man and he applied for the credit card and bought the dress. He was livid and silent, and she was smug as h. Can't imagine they're having a happy marriage if they are still together.
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    Font - WanderingRaindog I'M WITNESSING ONE FROM THE SIDELINES NOW!!! My wife's brother just got married this past May. Bride's mother is a big DIY 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 (grooms mom) and email with receipts of all the extra stuff she bought ($7,000 worth!!!) and asked that she p
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    Font - sharplescorner & 2 More 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 we
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    Font - Kraken_of_Beverly Rd I was maid of honour. 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 (sth she's passionate about) to the officiary. 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
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    Human body - codyish A fun light-hearted dance with the groom followed by a close and slow dance with her male best friend.
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    Font - blackhart452 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 pak 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.
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    Font - [deleted] 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."
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    Font - 2 Edavis050694 (S Prior to my wedding I'd asked my husband to practice dancing with me because I'm uncoordinated, due to a disability. He blew me off and said we'd be fine. As we were dancing, he spoke in my ear, not even quietly. "What are you doing? What's wrong with you? You're embarrassing me!!" We lasted 2 years. Leaving was the best decision I ever made.
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    Font - 18-55 Byrdie55555 My uncle when he broke his neck trying to breakdance on his stag do, He went down the aisle in a wheelchair. She divorced shortly after. He can walk again now but because of his surgery he cannot turn his neck. One of my go to stories because its fing insane.
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