Do you remember the famous romantic comedy "Runaway Bride"? In fact, it turns out that the filmmakers could well write in the credits "based on true events." Of course, not everyone runs away from their wedding as many as four times, like the heroine played by Julia Roberts, but stories about weddings that broke down literally at the altar, as it turns out, are not so rare.
It happens that an unfortunate or completely curious coincidence of circumstances could become the cause of the break at the final spot. Sometimes these are mental reasons for one of the future spouses, and sometimes one of the guests actually has reasons why these two should not be married, so they speak now, not willing to forever hold their peace.
There is an incredibly serious thread in the AskReddit community, the creator of which asked several questions at once: "Did you ever attend a wedding where the bride or groom was left at the altar?" "Did it happen to you or someone you know?" And finally, "What happened and how did it affect the abandoned?" As of today, the thread has about 1K upvotes and nearly 400 different comments, many of which have entire life stories behind them, sad, dramatic and funny.
Bored Panda has put together a list for you of the most popular comments in the original thread, and almost every item on that list could become a movie. In any case, now feel free to scroll to the very end, mark the most interesting tales for you, and be sure to share your opinion in the comments!
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#21
This kind of counts? My GF went to her brothers friends wedding. GF's brother's wife (wow that's a mouthful) gave the groom and groomsmen alcohol BEFORE the wedding for gifts......yup they drank it all. Now we have a bunch of drunk grown men up on the altar with the groom about to get married when the groom's parents (divorced, not civil either) start fighting. Chaos erupts as they start fighting, their dates start fighting and the rest of the family start fighting. Perplexed pastor looks upon the fight as the cops show up and one of the groomsmen says "Egh, it's ok, this happens all the time". Pastor refused to marry them and the wedding was called off. They got married later on but I don't know how they fared.
39points
#22
Never actually got to the wedding. About a month out the groom pulled out and ended things. Too late to get any deposits back, so they basically just canceled everything and took the hit. They didn’t cancel the honeymoon though; bride and her maid of honour went on the round-the-world trip instead. The groom in question basically skipped town and is now persona non grata amongst her family and their friends. I had a high opinion of the guy before that but honestly don’t know what I’d say to him if he came back now. I mean, at least he didn’t leave her at the altar, but I feel like this is worse? At least when you leave someone at the altar it saves you the trouble of explaining what happened to your guests.
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35points
#23
I was at my cousin’s wedding (it was a same sex wedding) which was located in the forest by a small river. You had to climb down a bunch of stairs to get to the ceremony, so not very accessible. They were doing their vows and stuff, when the officiant asked for their rings. They looked at each other for a bit and realized they forgot them. One of the grooms had to run all the way back to the tent where we ate dinner, grab the rings, and run back. We were all kind of waiting there awkwardly for a minute.
P.s.: During the vows, I got stung by a wasp and then it fell on my leg and died. Very eventful wedding.
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33points
#24
I wasn't there, but this was a famous story. The groom went on the honeymoon, leaving the bride at the alter. She continued with the reception, dancing to "I Will Survive."
Updates say she got married 4 years later.
33points
#25
Not bride or groom but my BIL's family didn't show up until after the ceremony to drop off their share of the potluck, mingle for a bit and eat before taking off. I don't think they approved of the fact that it was a small, non traditional wedding held at a friend's house. Plus my sister is white.
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31points
#26
I was once at a wedding where the groom was almost late to the altar and the groomsman were late. In Serbian tradition, the groom's family and friends meet at the home of the groom's parents for a pre-wedding party. In this case, the house was about 30 miles from the church. For those in the Chicago area, the house was in Palos Heights and the church in Gurnee. The groom left barely in time to get there. I left shortly afterwards. The groomsman left later but I saw them on I294 going about 120mph to get to the church on time. Groom chewed them out afterwards since he told them to leave when he did.
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30points
#27
Happened at a friend of the families friends wedding (small rural town so we all knew about it despite not being all that close)
The groom dipped on the bride for her best friend on the wedding day.
He and his new wife both died a year later.
I'll you with your imagination to fill in the gap
The groom dipped on the bride for her best friend on the wedding day.
He and his new wife both died a year later.
I'll you with your imagination to fill in the gap
19points