Redditors Spill the Tea on Their Most Heart-Wrenching Runaway Bride Stories

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Sienna Varady
Jun 27, 2024 9:00 PM EDT

Weddings are supposed to be joyous occasions that mark the start of a young couple's journey towards a prosperous future. On this particular day, everything Ideally ought to go as smoothly and incident-free as possible, but what would happen if everything went wrong? What does the day mean, then?

I stumbled across a post on Reddit while perusing the community that piqued my curiosity and made me want to learn more. 'What's the wildest reason you've ever heard for someone calling off their wedding?' is the question posed. I knew I wanted to share the story with you all after reading several comments! Thus, make sure to read the stories below if you have some free time during your busy workweek and are itching for some drama! And in case the sassy queen inside of you is still craving more juice once you're done, don't forget to read the tale of the woman who ended the relationship with her sister after she failed to control her deceitful daughter!

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    HRM077 Not called off, but my cousin found out two days after her wedding that dude had a whole- kid he paid child support to every month and it just "never came up" because they kept their finances seperate.
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    What's the wildest reason you've ever heard for someone calling off their wedding?
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    Shytemagnet. 16 hr. ago My grandma's twin sister kept the wedding date, but switched grooms! Her sweetheart was thought to be lost at w, and he miraculously showed up over a year later, 2 weeks before she was due to marry another guy. My grandma (who was maid of honour) had to stand on the steps of the church and turn away guests of the first groom who
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    hadn't gotten the word. Many of them didn't know that the bride had a twin, so they thought my grandma WAS her sister, standing there in a formal dress with a bouquet, claiming that the wedding was cancelled. They're 97 now and she still gets MAD at her sister when the topic comes up.
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    sonnenshine . 16 hr. ago This needs to be a movie, it sounds so chaotic.
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    Mintala 12 hr. ago Wedding was called off the same day because the bride had just had a baby that night and she did not know she was pregnant. The groom was not the father.
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    OscillatingFox. 16 hr. ago The bride ran away with the groom's father. My cousin was in the bridal party. She hosted the bridal shower and spent a fortune on it, and the very expensive bridesmaid dress the bride demanded, only for the bride to elope with her future father in law the night before. My cousin was spitting feathers.
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    CarlSpencer 18 hr. ago A woman in my small town called off her wedding because she wanted it outside near some lilac bushes but that year they were late in blooming. She had a meltdown the day before the wedding. Her fiance had second thoughts after that and broke the engagement.
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    Hofeizai88 18 hr. ago A friend of a friend was engaged but they decided to end it when a fortune teller told her the couple had been siblings in a previous life. The weird part is it seems likely they don't believe that but felt it sounded more reasonable than their real reasons
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    pancakecel⚫ 15 hr. ago someome very close to me had to cancel the wedding when her fiancee told her that he wanted to have kids with someone of his own race, and that he did not think that she would not be a good parent to biracial children. I mean, that's his choice, but it's kinda weird that he suddenly realized that she is white six years into the relationship.
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    Chickadee12345. 16 hr. ago Maybe more smart than crazy. But a friend called off her wedding a month before it was supposed to happen. They had dated for around 7 years or so. Everything was arranged and paid for, etc. She found out that her fiance was stealing money from her bank account and using it to g ble. She called her bank to investigate missing funds
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    and they had pictures of him at the atm. She sold her dress on ebay and gave the engagement ring back to his best friend because it turns out the best friend was the one who had paid for it. About 3 years later she ends up marrying the best friend. I think she made a wise decision.
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    HRM077 13 hr. ago Not called off, but my cousin found out two days after her wedding that dude had a whole- s kid he paid child support to every month and it just "never came up" because they kept their finances seperate.
    via u/HRM077
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    codefyre 12 hr. ago Wildest? Bride was caught in bed with her stepbrother the morning of her wedding. I don't know all the details, but it was apparently an ongoing thing between the two of them. Her maid of honor caught them and was so grossed out by it that she called the groom and texted him a picture.
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    Not only did that wedding NOT happen, but the fallout also ended her moms 20+ year marriage to her stepdad.
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    . 35242 . 12 hr. ago · edited 5 hr. ago Ready? They turned out to be half-siblings from a co-ed/professor affair, at her university, The affair was found out after a 23 and Me DNA test which was taken just for fun. 2 weeks before the wedding. The university was 1200 miles from their small town, and what are the odds that of 335 million people in the US, she would meet and fall in love with her half brother??
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    This happened to an extended family member. Short Version: A couple had dated for 2 years in high school and graduated in 1983. She went away to college, while he stayed back in the small town working in the family business.
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    They had maintained a relationship, and during the summer before her senior year she found that she was pregnant. Only problem is was it wasn't the boyfriends baby. She had had a fling with her professor and got pregnant from him. (1986) She told no one, and stayed at college 1200 miles from home for the entire senior year including the summer before her senior year, and after her senior year saying she was working on degree related things.
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    Shortly before graduation she gave birth and put the baby up for adoption. Apparently the baby boy was adopted in the university town where she gave birth. After graduation, she came back home to the small town and she and her high school sweetheart got married and lived happily ever after. They had a daughter in 1988.
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    Their daughter graduated from high school and went away to the same university as her mother, met a guy at school, who was a few years older, and eventually they became engaged. As the wedding date neared, and because he was adopted, they thought it would be a good idea to take a genetic test to rule out any gene issues- and also did a 23 and me test.
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    They planned a wedding and as the date approached they went through all the steps including planning and paying for various things, the venue, caterer, etc. HIS genetic test came back with a direct match with the girl's mother and a half- sibling match for his girlfriend, which puzzled everyone, since he was from across the country. And 23 and me's database revealed
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    the name of another half sibling who had the last name of the professor. (his other son with his wife). The mom had to reveal the truth, that she had a 6 week relationship with a married professor, and found out later that she was pregnant. She had a baby that she told no one about.
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    The family found out 2 weeks before the wedding. Eventually they reconciled, but it did put a huge strain on the marriage. The daughter and her fiance were devastated, and in all the turmoil the family secret had to be revealed.
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    • roonilwazlib96 17 hr. ago edited 17 hr. ago • Going back around 10 years ago, I called my (now former) mate to ask him what he and the misses wanted for a wedding present as they didn't have a registry; turns out I called in the middle of my mate calling off the wedding. He showed up to my place soon after to get some sympathy over it, but I ended up kicking him out and cutting him off entirely as soon as I found out why he called it off.
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    Turns out and he gave her a list of "rules" to follow once they got married. Some of the rules included: -must drop out of uni -not allowed to work - no friends unless he approved of them first- no contact with any males -no having her family over-must have full responsibility over all cooking, cleaning, shopping and laundry - no social media on her phone, only allowed
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    on her computer so he could monitor it - must fully immerse in the 1950s housewife lifestyle and mindset. -must be okay with him engaging in extramarital activities She dodged a major b t. Last I heard from him, he got fired for hotboxing in the
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    company car on his work break, and lost his license the same day for the same reason. She's thriving. EDIT: just remembered another rule! No having a separate bank account.
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