We've all seen climactic marriage objection scenes in Hollywood movies—Shrek, The Graduate, The Princess Bride, Wedding Crashers—the list goes on. But has anyone actually witnessed a legit marriage objection in the middle of a wedding ceremony IRL? Apparently, a lot of people have! And some of their stories are totally bonkers. Someone recently asked redditors to share the juicy details about marriage objections they witnessed, and the replies do not disappoint. Keep scrolling for a handful of highlights from the thread.
"Why was she not invited if she was a friend of the bride? And why was she there anyways?" asked u/Feather_of_a_Jay.
"Don't know the details but my cousin and her friend were angry with each other and so my cousin didn't invite her and she came anyway to create a scene." u/SuvenPan clarified.
"Wow. That's fucked. I'm very impressed both that they are obviously happily married and that they decided to allow the father into their lives." said u/RepresentativePin162.
"If I had to guess, either one of two things happened: A) the mother was the one that was unhappy with it and he just went with it because it's his wife or B) once his wife died, he realized 'oh shit. My wife is gone and now I don't have a kid. I hope they'll take me back. I miss them and this isn't worth it'" said u/-Awesome333-.
"Slightly different circumstances, but I know a guy that was the videographer at a wedding where the groom was the one that objected to the wedding at that point. When the priest asked if anyone objected the groom broke down crying and said that he couldn't go through with the wedding. Apparently he had gotten a stripper pregnant, and felt like he had to marry the stripper instead of the bride. He got pulled into a side room by the officiant, his father, and the father of the bride while everyone else (including the bride) stood around awkwardly. A few minutes later the father of the bride came out and told everyone that the ceremony was over and the wedding was off, but that everyone was welcome to go to the reception and enjoy the food. My friend didn't stick around for the reception, so I have no idea how it all turned out. But apparently the bride was understandably not taking it well." said u/The_quest_for_wisdom.