“Like A Loyal Dog”: 50 People Reveal Wedding Red Flags That Spell Disaster

A destination wedding. (Please take your precious vacation time, when and where we ask you to, and make it all about us.).

I found out later that a wedding I attended was also attended by the groom's side piece. That marriage was doomed.

And I've never seen a wedding where the groom smeared cake on the bride's face last. When they're cute and put a little smear of frosting on her nose or try to feed her a too big piece it's fine, but the ones where he just smears cake all over her are doomed. Not a single one has made it 10 years, most don't make 5. Now if the bride smears cake it's fine, those marriages last. But not the other way around.

Hours long ceremony following a reception with no food.

My x husband hit me so hard with the cake smash my head bent backwards and he laughed. 
It absolutely was personal


Second my friend's mom's wedding she did everything for it every single detail bro was retired. She wrote the most incredible vows. 
He stood up there sheepishly embarrassed and said uh I didn't have time...ditto I guess.

As a supposed supporter of the couple: none of the speeches mention them as a couple. Friends take more of a "if you're happy, then I'm happy!" kind of tone. The couple isn't aligned on their wedding details and/or looks peeved the whole day

As a guest: where the cost of hosting is passed onto the guests. Or there is no lodging nearby so guests can't imbibe and the hosts are annoyed that no one danced or stayed late. Outdoors with very few accomodations or enough meals. Yes, I get that it's "your day," but hosting an event should account for guests' experiences, imo.

Family members trying to make the day about anyone else but the wife. My friends wife is a twin. And at the wedding the Grandma dida speech about "the two sisters that shared a womb" all of the people at the fruends table were looking at each other cringing hard.

When the groom is sickly pale, sweating bullets, and looking pig-sick instead of joyful. Source: my wedding. .

How much money is being spent, there is an inverse relationship between how expensive the wedding is and how long the marriage lasts.

When the bride and her friends and family are at the opposite side of the building from the groom and his friends and family. The couple were barely together and it felt like two different events. They lasted a year.

The groom and groomsmen acting like frat boys.

The groom fondling the bride's a*s while the officiant does the preamble, hugging/h**h-fiving his bros when they are declared married (before kissing his new wife), then both of them getting knee-walking drunk and scrapping all night.

So I am a wedding photographer. I am actually moving away from weddings, but I have kept up with a bunch of my couples. Weddings where one of the mothers / mothers in law tried to book me and demanded I speak to them as if they were the client (I always make the couple my clients, regardless of who pays. They sign the contract, etc) have ended kind of often.

I suspect it's because of they're controlling of the wedding they're probably controlling of everything else, and a lot of marriages just cannot withstand that.

I went to a wedding where the Brides entire family and close friends gave speeches and they only talk about amazing she was. No mention of the groom in ANY speech. They got divorced a year later.

A video presentation of the groom’s birth right before dinner (yes, this actually happened).

I understand not wanting the traditional vows, but I went to one wedding where ALL of the vows were extremely childish like “I promise not to leave the toilet seat up”. They lasted about a year.

The bride and groom arguing. If they cant get through the "happiest day of their life" without an argument, that marriage is not lasting long.

I went to a wedding once and sat behind the groom’s grandmother. Apparently she’s hard of hearing because everyone heard her “whisper” when the bride walked down the aisle “I guess you can dress up trash”.

I used to work weddings as a bartender, and there was a speech I heard where the bride kept talking about how many times she had wanted to leave the groom. That was a red flag.

When the groom starts his speech with " this is for all you haters who didn't want to see us together" ( rumour has it he was referring to the bride's uncle and brother who don't like him).

Now i am hearing the girl wants to divorce him but can't because they have a young son under 5 years old.

Overspending to overcompensate!