Not all marriages are meant to last. But that doesn’t stop couples from believing theirs will beat the odds—and having a whole wedding with the assumption that a happily ever after is basically guaranteed.
The thing is, sometimes the warning signs are obvious to everyone except the people getting married. And in one Reddit thread, wedding guests shared the exact moments they realized the pair in front of them was doomed. From awkward vows to reception drama and family chaos, these are the red flags they said were impossible to ignore.
Discover more in "The Marriage Lasted Two Months": 62 Times Wedding Guests Realized The Couple Was Basically Doomed
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#22
The bride was a drunk mess and clearly overcompensating with over-the-top fake niceness the entire night. The groom was in denial and kept insisting everything was fine, but clearly didn’t even believe himself. They were divorced about 20 months later.
I am the groom. The groom is me.
I am the groom. The groom is me.
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#23
When my cousin and his wife entered the reception to the WWF theme Let’s Get Ready To Rumble. The marriage lasted two months.
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#25
Not as the guest but as the "minister" (I got ordained online a few weeks before.) My best friend was marrying this guy that still hadn't told his family that she was 3 months pregnant or that they were getting married. So 20 minutes before the wedding in my living room, I was talking to the groom and he said, "yeah but what if it all goes wrong?" And I said, "totally fair. But what if it all goes right?" Left him to smoke his cigarette and call his mom who joined us on face time for the wedding. I remember asking my friend before all of this, "hey girl, I'm in no matter what, but are you sure?"
Anyways she spent 5yrs trying to get divorced from him and he kept blaming the failing marriage on the lack of god at their wedding. Not the cheating, illegal substance use and financial control lmao.
Anyways she spent 5yrs trying to get divorced from him and he kept blaming the failing marriage on the lack of god at their wedding. Not the cheating, illegal substance use and financial control lmao.
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#26
We had a destination wedding to New Orleans and somehow the grooms mistress was on the same flight...
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#27
When the bride's brothers were discussing what to do better at her next wedding, while at the reception. Marriage lasted 3 weeks before she left the j**k.
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#28
When the doves he spent so much money on (and bragged about endlessly) refused to fly during their ceremony kiss. the handler was awkwardly pushing the doves out of the cage to try to encourage them to fly and they just hopped onto the ground and walked around looking for crumbs. something in me just knew the universe was making a point.
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#29
The groom was crying, the bride said "I really hope these are happy tears", but something just told me that they weren't. They were separated 3 months later.
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#30
The bride decided to wing her vows. She repeated most of what the groom said and then rambled on for another 10 minutes. It felt like she didn’t want to be there and was stalling the ceremony. It was so uncomfortable.
They divorced about a year later. Found out from a mutual friend they started dating when she was in high school and he was a substitute teacher.
They divorced about a year later. Found out from a mutual friend they started dating when she was in high school and he was a substitute teacher.
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#31
The bride did a strip tease on the groom in the middle of the dance floor while all the wedding watched (half of the wedding were conservative Muslims the other half weren’t religious but still leaned more conservative) the groom was EXTREMELY uncomfortable. They were seperate before they got back from their honeymoon.
She also insisted at being called the bride and wearing white to my wedding which was 2 weeks before hers.
She also insisted at being called the bride and wearing white to my wedding which was 2 weeks before hers.
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#32
The groom projectile vomited during her vows for a full 10 minutes... the bride kept going and said her vows to the guests lol.
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#33
At a different wedding. I just met the groom for the first time (I was living out of the county). The groom was completely off his face said to me in front of his mates. “If it was not my wedding today. I would take you to bed tonight”
Sir that would never happen for a million reasons!
Sir that would never happen for a million reasons!
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#34
I've got 2 for you (from different weddings):
1) The Groom was so drunk he couldn't even walk in a straight line down the aisle. The Bride was absolutely mortified. That was the START of the day... the rest didn't get any better.
2) The Bride was on her third marriage. At 25.
Neither one lasted a year.
1) The Groom was so drunk he couldn't even walk in a straight line down the aisle. The Bride was absolutely mortified. That was the START of the day... the rest didn't get any better.
2) The Bride was on her third marriage. At 25.
Neither one lasted a year.
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#35
My buddy was at a wedding where the couple broke up before the wedding ended, and when the cake came it devolved into a food fight amognst the guests. The mother of the bride was apparently just standing at the bar, weeping.
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#36
The groom's daughter announced at the reception that she got married to the brides ex boyfriend (groom is 45, bride is 25, daughter is 23, ex boyfriend is 25.
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#37
When the bride withdraws from kissing the groom when he leans in for a second one.
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#38
Every single speech relied heavily on jokes about the couple's heavy drinking.
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#39
She wore her weddings dress from her first wedding for her second wedding. I don't know if she wore the same dress to her 3rd wedding, as I didn't attend the 3rd...
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#40
The bride looked p****d while walking down the aisle. straight face no smile. The bride and groom never looked at each other once during their vows. Their first dance was painful, it didn’t even last a full song and they looked like brother and sister being forced to dance with each other and the rest of night I don’t think they even talked to each other once.
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