'[The groom] simply didn't show up to his own wedding...twice': 20+ Wildest Reasons Why Couples Have Called Off Their Weddings

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Isabella Penn
Jun 30, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

Personally, I've never been invited to a wedding that's been called off last minute. Actually, I don't think I know anyone who's called off an engagement before, either. When you get to that step in your relationship, it means you are pretty serious. If you can justify spending an ungodly amount on a wedding, inviting all of your friends and family to get together, and vowing to spend the rest of your life with another person, you probably really mean it. Getting married is not a decision that's taken lightly. It changes everything. So, when a wedding gets called off, it's usually not simply because the bride and groom have chosen to go their separate ways. There's probably some major tea that led to that rash of a decision. And these stories below prove just that. Keep reading for some of the craziest reasons these people have known couples to cancel a wedding for. And trust us - they're justified. 

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    r/AskReddit ⚫ 10 hr. ago amanda_babygirlxo What's the wildest reason you've ever heard for someone calling off their wedding?
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    Shytemagnet • 2d ago My grandma's twin sister kept the wedding date, but switched grooms! Her sweetheart was thought to be lost at war, 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 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
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    Chickadee12345 2d 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 gamble. She called her bank to investigate missing funds 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 t
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    . CarlSpencer • 2d 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.
    via u/CarlSpencer
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    roonilwazlib96 • • 2d ago Edited 2d 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. Turns out and he gave her a list of "rules" to follow once they
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    -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 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 bullet. Last I heard from him, he got fired for hot
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    pancakecel 2d 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.
    via u/pancakecel
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    OscillatingFox • 2d 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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    Clean_Pin6536 • 2d ago Childhood best friend cancelled her wedding due to mercury being in retrograde on the planned date. Said she couldn't have that kind of negativity in her life.
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    mordenty • 2d ago Not wild, just sad. Couple planned a wedding and I was going to play for the ceremony, then a couple of months later I got a call from the vicar saying she's been. diagnosed with cancer and they want to put it forward until only a few weeks time. She didn't even make it that long. The wedding day was when they held her funeral.
    via u/mordenty
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    Mattylce8998 • 2d ago It wasn't that it was "called off", but I know someone that simply didn't show up to his own wedding. Twice. (with two different women).
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    Hofeizai88 • 2d 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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    jo-z • 2d ago Called mine off after my ex-fiancé ghosted me. I thought it was because I found out about his meth addiction. A few months later, his mom posted a pic on FB of him and a girl I'd never seen in my life, and their newborn baby.
    via u/jo-z
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    PossessionFirst8197 2d ago Edited 2d ago Canceled the wedding because he was catholic and she was protestant and they decided to have two ceremonies one at her church and one at his but could not agree on which one would be first. Probably for the best if they couldn't even compromise on the wedding I hate to think the challenges they would have faced once kids were brought into the mix
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    nurdle 2d ago My friend decided that he was gay the week of the wedding. He's now married to his best man, and it's a big joke among the rest of us... as in, I guess he really was the "best man" lol. Every one of us, except him, knew he was gay since high school 30 years ago. It's so great that he's out now, he's so happy. His fiancé went to his wedding, and he went to hers, so, it all worked out.
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    • tiannahodge 2d ago I was going to be a guest at a wedding and found out it was canceled 2 weeks before the date. The bride found out that the groom had gotten a significant discount on the price of the venue and she was insanely angry that anything at her wedding cost less than premium. Keep in mind, this was her dream venue that she had chosen. She was just mad that her fiancé was "cheap". Or something. I was never super close to either of them, but the last I heard they never ended up gettin
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    Mat4U 2d ago A bird took a little on the brides dress, she went mental and canceled the whole thing off
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    35242 . . 2d ago Edited 1d 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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    Mintala • 2d 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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    tiaholder 2d ago One of my friends was engaged and is Catholic. Her husband had to convert and he had a dream where he was in a Catholic Church but not getting married, he was a priest. So he had a vision of becoming a priest and now the wedding is off.
    via u/tiaholder
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