1. The Tale of Two Engagement Rings
I've photographed a few weddings but this comes from a time my friend bought his girlfriend a ring for Christmas. It was an engagement ring.
But she claimed it was just a Christmas gift. My friend agreed. We all knew he was lying.
A year later they became engaged. She insists on a location wedding. She wants to fly off and get married on a tropical island. My friend profusely apologized to me and told me he wanted me as the best man, but she wanted her best friend's husband as the best man. I don't want to go to the wedding.
The bachelor party took place after their honeymoon. We were all drinking and having a good time. He tells me that the ring from Christmas was his first engagement ring to her, but it wasn't good enough.
She was just a showy girl and needed a bigger rock. He spent twice as much on the second ring.
It's been 3 years since that bachelor party. They have been divorced for a year. She's now pregnant by a man as old as her father.
Lurial
2. Golf Cart Giggles
The wedding was on a golf course. The bride had a vision she wanted of her husband driving up in a golf cart to see her for a first look.
He got one look at her from the top of the hill and vaulted the cart, ran down the hill, picked her up, and twirled her around to tell her how gorgeous she was. We caught it all.
It was the best first look ever.
Once he set her down she straightened herself and looked back at us. “Okay, I don’t want that. Let’s do the golf cart now.” And she sent him back up.
Pancakes_Whisperer
3. A Wedding Day Disconnect
The bride looked visibly miserable the entire ceremony. While photographing the men’s “getting ready” portion, the groom repeatedly kept joking about killing himself.
During the toast, the bride ran off to the bathroom for about 30 minutes and came back wiping her tears with her eyes red and puffy. Neither of them had any chemistry at all, it made no sense why they were together to me. That was the last wedding I shot.
Magestic_Storage_563
4. The Aftermath of a Fateful Wedding
I was a bridesmaid in a wedding where the bridal couple left the reception and as if on cue all the bridesmaids started ugly crying.
We’d all tried to talk the bride out of going through with marrying the demeaning, insecure, POS and couldn’t hold back any longer.
The bride’s family came over to see what was wrong and just sadly nodded at us. It’s been 35 years and they are still locked in the most emotionally abusive relationship I’ve ever seen. So much potential happiness was wasted.
Equivalentfun9382
5. A Best Man's Unfiltered Wedding Speech
I worked catering shifts. Loads of Saturday weddings. I'll never forget the best man's toast. It was a shameless roast. He spoke openly about the groom's willingness to shag anything when he's drunk.
He then went on and on about the groom's deadly gambling habit and his short fuse when he doesn't win.
He asked the stone-faced groom *"how many thousands of dollars in golf clubs have you destroyed or lost in countless ponds?"* Nobody was laughing. The bride had tears in her eyes and the groom's parents sat in stunned silence.
Dys_P0tch
6. When the Best Man Spilled the Bean
Went to a wedding during college with my friends who got married and graduated 2 years before me.
They had a beautiful wedding on a boat off the Keys and as the best man gave his speech, he was drunk by this point, just shouted out, "You don't deserve her, you got a blow job from a stripper not to make those two strippers at your bachelor party. Peace out."
He dropped the mic and tried to do a dramatic exit but by this point, we were all stuck on this boat in the middle of the ocean.
It took an hour to get back to port and it was the most awful and awkward hour of our lives for everyone on that boat.
Breakitupkid
7. Bar Exam Bliss and Groom's Blank
The engagement session.
The couple was in from out of town because she had just taken the bar exam to become a lawyer. At the end of the session, I gave them a prompt to share what they were proud of each other for. He couldn't think of a single thing.
Somehow they still got married, complete with the groom drinking 11 IPAs + several shots before the ceremony, the mother of the bride so drunk for family photos she pretended to strip, and the groom and all the groomsmen wearing camo hats with neon orange letters that said 'titties and beer.'
For the entire wedding day. Including sunset couples photos where he refused to do anything I suggested, nearly spat chew right on my feet, kept farting on purpose, and loudly complained about how all he wanted was to go sleep with someone.
V-savage
8. The Bride, the Groom, and the Frigid Lake
My mother was a wedding photographer till I was about 18-19 and I helped out on many of them. The one that stands out the most was when we were at a campsite where both the wedding and reception were being held.
About halfway through the reception, I hear the groom start laughing maniacally. I peeked over his way and could see two groomsmen hauling the thrashing and screaming bride toward the lake.
They threw her into the cold water with her veil and dress still on. When she got out of the water I genuinely thought she might shoot somebody.
Saying she looked like a drowned rat would have been an insult to rats. Her hair and makeup and probably the dress were ruined beyond repair.
The fact that the groom laughed and didn’t do anything stuck with me as being a freaking move even as a teen., She thought so too because if they didn’t even make it 6 months.
Greylings
9. Honeymoon Bliss or Hitched Hiccups? Unraveling the Aftermath
Not a wedding photographer:
The bride was 5-6 months pregnant at the wedding. The groom proceeded to get absolutely trashed anyway. He was in jail when they met and he cheated on her multiple times.
She now has a "sister wife" who is another mom of a kid he fathered. I'm not even sure he has a visitation.
A few weeks ago the couple disappeared for about 40 minutes during the reception. I figured they were doing a little tipsy consummation, no problem.
They came back and they were clearly spending that entire time arguing over something.
The groom had a lot of fun with the whole ceremony but it almost made it more about his experience than them getting married together. His vows were very casual and funny, but zero sentimentality in them. While hers were very sweet and sentimental.
I follow both on social media and they seemed to enjoy their honeymoon so the jury is still out!
whatthebleepisup
10. The Hotel Wedding Saga
I worked as a wedding planner for a hotel chain. The groom had found out his bride was having an affair with her brother's best mate.
The bride's mother knew about it but insisted on the wedding and paid a fortune.
The groom wasn’t drinking much and at the speeches, stood up and revealed he knew and said he was getting an annulment.
He then took his best man on his honeymoon. The honeymoon the bride's parents had paid for.
sebastianflytes
11. OCD Revelation
I'm a wedding photographer. Most of my couples are super awesome.
Occasionally couples are grumpy with each other during photos and it's not a great look, but honestly, I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. Your wedding day should be happy, but sometimes it's just stressful; stress can get to people and make them act in a way they normally wouldn't.
I think the "worst" moment I witnessed was when a couple didn't know each other very well. The guy commented on not knowing she had OCD during photos and her mom whispered behind me "You have no idea...". I have no idea if they're still together.
Plentyfull22
12. A Groom's Res
The groom didn't want to distance himself from the Suit and put on his suit to take portraits, even after the bride insisted, because "it's uncomfortable and hot".
A different wedding saw the groom down an entire bottle of wine in one go when he finally had a minute to himself. I took the picture thinking it was just going to be a goofy moment, until later on while I was editing pictures, I realized what I was seeing.
Oh wait, another one, the bride was 30 minutes late. When I was in the room with the bride while she was getting ready, she told the bridesmaids how her sister drove her all around town because she couldn't make up her mind about whether she wanted to get married.
Sunny16rule
13. The Swift Undoing of a Marriage
At the rehearsal, the groom refused to sit next to the bride and insisted on sitting next to his female best friend. The priest said, " Don't you want to sit next to your soon-to-be wife?" Kind of chuckling like the groom had just not gotten around to sitting next to her yet.
He says "I have the rest of my life to sit next to her".
The gasp from both sides of the family was at. Everyone was horrified. He did not move.
The bride spent the rehearsal dinner crying in the bathroom.
They still went through the wedding the next day, which was in October. She kicked him out and filed for divorce and annulment (Catholic) by that December.
Business_Loquat5658
14. Brewery Break
When I arrived at the venue and heard that the entire wedding party plus families were at the hospital, since the bride had fainted, hit her head, and had a seizure about 4 hours before the ceremony was supposed to start.
We had time to kill, and you know, I'd already been paid, so I hung around in case they came back. They did eventually, but before then, the priest, videographer, and I found a brewery down the street that was open and hung out for a few hours.
The priest was a chill guy, but the videographer kept wanting to talk about how he didn't usually do weddings and mostly worked with sororities, making recruitment videos.
He *kept* bringing it back up or forcing the conversation in that direction.
I thought it was weird for a guy in his early 40s to be that excited to talk about all the time he spent with teenagers/early 20s kids, and he said a few things that implied that that's how he knew the bride and that that was how he *knew* the bride.
Figured it wasn't meant to last, but the guy seemed like a liar so who's to say
Cacophonicacetate
15. The Wedding Day Whispers of Doom
At the ceremony, the minister asked the bride's friends & family to say some affirmation (like "we do" or similar) about how they supported the marriage. Those people said the affirmation and cheered loudly.
The minister then asked the groom's friends & family to do the same thing.
Dead silence.
The minister, very flustered, said "Hey how about I give you folks another chance" and again asked the groom's friends & family to affirm their support of this marriage.
This time - dead silence.
Minister continued with the ceremony. The couple lasted maybe a few years.
Many of the groom's friends & family had \*begged\* him not to marry this woman, up to and including the day of the wedding.
She was that horrible.
Shortcutefast
16. Grocery Store Showdowns
I've been an actual wedding/family photographer in my hometown for 15 years and legit never had a wedding where I picked something going wrong.
Sure some couples have shown their true colors after the big day but no big indicators at the wedding.
Running into old couples with new partners in the grocery store or wherever is super awkward...but the kicker was an old bride asking to remove the photos of her and her ex from my website because he was about to be jailed for arson and she didn't want to be linked to him. Yikes.
deeksdeeks210
17. The Groom Who Couldn't Smile
When the groom was angry talking about the photos we were going to get and then at the engagement shoot couldn't be bothered to hug the bride-to-be or smile for any of the pictures.
People like this guy are tough to identify in relationships but of course, there are red flags.
It turns out her girlfriends warned her; they saw him show no interest in helping prep for the wedding, not wanting to help with a location, go food tasting to find a caterer and show a lack of interest in being a partner.
SpecialpOps
18. Tears, Bets, and Basketball
A girl I had a crush on back in high school got married the summer right after she graduated (she was a year older than me). Our families were friends and her mother always said she wanted me to be "her next son-in-law". I always thought it was a joke.
Going through the reception line after the ceremony, the bride's younger sister tearfully introduced me to her grandmother as, "The man who should have gotten married today". She wasn't joking.
At the reception (church basement social hall, cake coffee, and punch) the Matron of Honor, the bride's older sister was taking bets on how long they would last.
She wasn't joking, she was writing down dates and wagers and giving odds.
The church's youth pastor lived in the parsonage and there was a basketball hoop in the parking lot close to his home. He and some kids from the church started playing basketball during the reception. The groom and his best man came out and tried to start a fight. Police had to be called to intervene.
They were divorced before their fourth anniversary. The bride's sister lost a lot of money because they lasted as long as they did.
Philosemen69
19. Smile for the Lens, Forget the Groom
I’m a wedding videographer, but my moment is when the bride constantly made everything about the photos.
During the first dance—and this is the moment I had a feeling this was more about the wedding than the marriage—the bride was never focused on her groom.
The groom was being so careful and loving with her, smiling all the way while she made sure to stop dancing with him every five seconds to reposition them to always be facing the camera.
She would stop the most intimate moments to always remind him where the camera was and to ALWAYS look at that camera.
I felt so bad for him from the moment they shared their first look too cause she just kept forcing him to tell her how pretty she looked and to make sure that he cried when she walked down the aisle.
Shammieohs
20. Candles, Chaos, and a Table Ablaze
One time, I was covering a wedding party with a "dead nature" + candle theme decoration, and the couple's table caught fire. I tried to put out the fire since I was close, but I ended up getting soaked with water.
Then, the groom got drunk, went to the DJ platform, and while trying to get on top, he toppled one of the enormous speakers. The music instantly stopped as the sound system and some lights got damaged.
Next, the bride began apologizing to everyone and kept weeping in the middle of the dance floor. Suddenly, a mariachi group arrived out of nowhere and began playing and singing alongside the bride.
Maybe not a "they're not gonna last" moment, but one that they'll remember.
Apprehensive-Ad-8541
21. The Shocking Wedding Speech That Unraveled It All
I was the DJ, not the photographer, but...
At the start of the Best Man's speech, he asked the guests to look under their tables, dropped the mic, and promptly walked out of the venue.
Under the tables were photos of one of the other groomsmen sleeping with the bride on the hood of his car, apparently taken days before the wedding.
As you might expect, the event quickly descended into an absolute freaking-show from that moment on. I had to load my DJ gear out a window in the kitchen to avoid the ongoing brawling and chaos at the front entrance.
TDX
22. When Wedding Photos Take a Dark Turn
The worst one for me was when I was second shooting and with the guys getting ready. The groom was in a rowdy mood with his boys while they were getting dressed and he went into horrifically graphic, disrespectful detail with them about all the ways he was going to 'give it' to his wife that night.... like 15 minutes of just flat out nasty detail about stuff she would have been horrified to hear.
I'm a guy... I'm not a prude... Sure, my friends and I have said some things we wouldn't like our wives to hear about 'so and so being hot', or 'did you see the size of that...' but nothing... nothing like this.
He had no love, respect, or kindness toward the woman he was going to marry and just completely demeaned her in front of all his friends.
I was repulsed.
Then, the same guy, during formal photos of the wedding party... after maybe five minutes of taking photos with the wedding party, he just stormed off... "This stuff is stupid. I'm done!" Left his bride in tears with all her best friends on her wedding day.
The sad part is I don't know if they divorced, but I hope to god that for her sake they did. If not she's probably had a pretty abusive 10 years.
CTDubs0001
23. Love and Fist-sized Holes
My wife was the bridesmaid at a wedding for an old school friend who was then living 700 km away from us. The plan was to stay with her and her fiancé for two nights at their home pre-wedding, and then we were going to book a hotel.
We drove 700 km and finally arrived at their house late afternoon, walked in, met her fiancé for the first time, and got a negative vibe from him. He looked rough and must have probably grown up on the wrong side of the track. That was my impression of him.
Anyway, the next thing we noticed was every single door in their house had a hole in it from his fist. Wow…this was one mean dude she got tangled up with, despite telling my wife in a private conversation later that he’d never hit her.
Needless to say, the marriage only lasted a few years, and two children later.
She has since remarried a much nicer guy.
Late_raiser_4104
24. Groom's Shocking Admission
I arrived just in time to overhear the groom telling a bridesmaid he was still in love with her and would call the whole wedding off if she would leave with him.
To which she replied, that as they’d discussed *yesterday*, the time to tell her that would’ve been before *she* got married.
The bride arrives, very obviously drunk. Whatever, the wedding was later in the day. I don’t know what happened between that and the reception but at the reception, a commotion breaks out.
It’s the father of the bride demanding to see proof of the groom’s employment. Long story short, the groom had been lying about his job. I still don’t know how that came to light because neither the bride, the bride’s family, nor the groom’s own family, were aware.
He ended up leaving with the aforementioned bridesmaid.
TestCase_Sincere
25. Dress Disregard
Not a photographer but I still saw the signs at the wedding.
We didn't know my sister-in-law very well because my brother was living overseas when he met her.
They lived together for a year before getting married but she was 12 years younger (37 vs 25), which was probably a red flag in itself.
At the wedding, as people were saying goodbye, my brother was chatting with us when she told him it was time to go in the most deadly voice ever - she didn't shout but with that tone, she didn't need to - everyone stopped cold and he made his excuses and left.
The next day she did other things that just turned our stomachs. For example, they were moving states and had to travel light. So instead of finding a charity to give her expensive wedding dress to, she just tossed it.
My mother was polite to her etc after that (which was easy when they lived in other countries) but I just knew that my mother did not like her.
The marriage lasted like 5 months.
Plonialmoni1
26. When 'I Do' Leads to PhD Woes
I photographed my friend’s wedding about 10 years ago. Neither of them seemed very excited by each other, the speeches didn’t mention the couple at all, and there was just an odd vibe.
They divorced a few years later after his failed campaign to force her to flunk out of her PhD (turns out he was quite against women in education, and assumed she’d just give up and want to be a housewife when they were married)
I got lots of other pretty sad details from her that made much of the wedding weirdness make sense.
Profanityfair
27. When Prizes and Egos Collide
I’m not a photographer (I’m a musician), but my top one was one of my first wedding gigs. An extremely douchey Fortune 500 company working guy married a woman who seemed to be very chill, tactful, and exceptionally beautiful.
He told my friend (the MC) that he wanted to play a typical wedding “game”, and he’ll hand out prizes. MC says, “ok”, and thinks to himself that it sounds standard. Bad idea.
My boy asked questions like, “Who’s better looking”, “Who makes more money” etc., and anyone who answered anything other than “you” (at the groom) got scolded and didn’t win a prize.
The prize was canned food…. at an expensive classy wedding… like canned beans. Everyone was trying their best to subtly insult him by answering the questions, and he was not having it. It was hilarious and I heard the wedding lasted around 2 months.
Heavywashcycle
28. The Secret Guest Who Stole the Groom's Heart
My friend was the photographer. Bride was being hit on by a drunk usher, nonstop. He kept trying to cut into dances. Bride complained to the groom, and he said "Oh he's just being goofy," and walked off. Usher stuck his hand down the bride's dress, and the groom said he was just drunk, ignoring him.
A friend noticed the groom was very occupied with a blonde guest and spent the majority of the night with her except for the main parts.
The dinner, the toasts, the cake cutting, and the first dance. Other than that, the groom was with the blonde.
Turns out the blonde was the groom's other woman. The photographer's friend said he was surprised the marriage lasted 3 years.
(*I was the bride*)
Relentless_blanket
29. The Limo Showdown
When the somewhat inebriated father of the bride and seven additional daughters sidled up next to me and said: "That poor bastard is really in for it. She's the worst of the lot."
Came to pass very quickly. I got into the front seat of the limo to get a shot of them getting in.
They had a 10-minute shrieking argument because the groom wanted his bestie to ride along with them and she wasn't having it.
Two days after checking into their "Honeymoon" resort, they were asked to leave because of their constant, shrieking fights.
bkk-bos
30. The Case of the Missing Payment
I Went to receive the final payment and the bride told me to ask her new mother-in-law. Mother-in-law, obviously freaking out, informed me that she had already given the bride cash to pay me a week before.
I found out, the bride said she assumed it was just a gift for her and spent all of the money. It was well over a few thousand dollars. The new father-in-law didn't understand how much It cost at first and thought that the bride owed me a few hundred dollars,
When the realization hit it was obvious he was in shock a bit. They all kept their cool and were super polite to me. It was the most awkward wedding to date though.
I had one couple fight the entire time we took their romantic couple portraits.
One couple and the bridal party were so drunk that they were sick by the time they got to the speeches. They spent the entire reception separated, she acted like it was her sweet sixteen.
He drank and complained about how much he hated her then grabbed my butt when I told him goodnight and congratulations.
In another couple, the groom was so drunk he couldn't even cut the cake. Like so drunk it wasn't physically possible.
moonmoonfightclub
31. A Father-Daughter Wedding Tale
I started as a wedding photographer, haven't done that in ages. I used wedding photographs for a bunch of TV shows where the wedding was a disaster and the show stepped in to save them. On more than one occasion I was contacted later for documents because the couple was involved in an ugly divorce.
The obvious one and their shoot came out amazing, was when the bride's entire family just didn't show up to the wedding without announcing it.
Her father showed up alone for the reception after I think he snuck away from his family. It was really sad, I felt awful for her.
The father-daughter dance was so touching and sad because he showed up and danced with her. She was distraught and you could tell at that moment, she felt safe and happy.
They got divorced not that long after.
Willsmiff
32. Seven Years of Laughter, Tears, and Cake on Faces
“The moment one of the two doesn’t want to have cake smashed in their face but the other one does it anyway. When one gets drunk at the wedding and the other one doesn't. ”You just described my wedding.
My ex-wife was adamant for months before “You better not freaking smash cake in my face! I swear I’ll walk out as soon as you do it”. So being a good husband I didn’t. She then proceeds to open my palm and smash my nose into my face with the cake and proceeds to laugh. I was honestly confused at that point.
Then started drinking, and every time I set a drink down it went missing, either the wait staff collected any drinks they thought were rogue or someone was following behind me getting blasted drunk. By the end of the night, she was too drunk to consummate the marriage.
We made it 7 years, looking back I wasted years but I got an awesome son out of it so… fair trade I guess
dsphilly
33. A Wedding Day Drink-Off
My husband and I were wedding photographers and he spent the morning of the wedding with the groom and his party getting ready while I was with the bride and her party.
We both saw the same thing from each half-downing drink and shitfaced by the time the ceremony started because they both couldn’t be faced with the fact that this would be the only person they could sleep with for the rest of their lives.
They lasted longer than we expected but the bride recently announced the divorce.
heffygmisseskgb
34. Love, Suspicion, and Broken Trust
I took engagement pictures of my ex-best friend & was going to take wedding pictures however they broke up like 2 months before the wedding.
She got suspicious of him so she dug through his phone & found pictures of him with other girls & texts.
However, she probably cheated on him too because she would always invite me for fun & I told her I wasn't a homewrecker.
The 1st time she invited me over was when I knew they weren't gonna last plus he got controlling
Judasmaiden15
35. Confetti, Confessions, and Confusion
At my friend's wedding, she confessed that she wasn't in love with the guy, she just wanted a big party with lots of presents, to dress up and be the center of attention.
A few months later, she cheated on him with his best friend and got pregnant.
She kept the kid.
Now the ex-husband pays her alimony the baby daddy pays her child support, she lives rent-free with her parents, has "free" child care via the baby daddy and her parents, rarely works (has her own business but it's never open), and goes off traveling with her single girlfriends and the rich guys she lures on Tinder.
Disgraceful.
zookeepergamesea3890
36. The Wedding Dinner that Disappeared
I catered for a time. Memorable dinner, the bride's mom kept emphasizing cutting the menu and only wanted finger food.
We repeatedly warned them, there was not going to be enough food.
Mom knew better than us though. Guests flowed in as normal just after the dinner hour, after going to church after being at work (it was a Friday evening wedding). Do you think people were hungry?
They wiped out the food before the end of the cocktail hour and before the bridal party arrived. People were asking when dinner would be served and I remember telling people to ask the bride's mother.
I think she brought it with her. I was so angry with myself for not refusing the client and I knew we were going to be thrown under the bus!
The good news was we were the favored caterer at the facility and the owner knew it was not our fault. The marriage lasted a year.
Enviromental-job515
37. When Animal Noises Turned to Chilling Threats
I used to be a wedding videographer and I remember this one couple specifically. I had to edit their video together and it was the most uncomfortable thing I’ve ever seen.
The photographer I worked with liked to do this thing where he had the groom make animal noises to ease the tension and make their partner laugh.
Well, the groom at this wedding was a cop and he didn’t want to be taking pictures so when the photographer asked him to give a little growl and make his soon-to-be wife laugh, he leaned in close and whispered “If we don’t finish with these soon ”
Without a doubt the most uncomfortable I have ever been.
Arr1e
38. Of Wheelchairs, Witty Vows, and Wedding Day Whoops
I was the wedding musician when the groom mentioned how she didn’t bug him when he played video games after her tear-filled speech about how he stuck by her despite her being in a wheelchair.
Maybe it lasted a year at best.
Another couple walked down the aisle to a techno song he’d written, all the guests had been served copious amounts of alcohol pre-ceremony so they were jeering and making lewd jokes, and the ceremony that was supposed to signify their love involved balloons and a key ended up with the balloons stuck in a tree almost immediately.
Wickedreine
39. A Bride's Two-Week Ultimatum and Outcome
A friend recommended me to his boss. The boss' sister was getting married. And sister were Australians with well-off Greek immigrant parents - it was going to be big.
So big that I hired an assistant to stand next to me and duplicate with her camera every photograph that I took. I could \*not\* afford to mess this up, and a good result would open doors to a traditionally insular community.
I knew some of the Greek community and they're friendly and welcoming to guests, but they tend to do business within the community unless there's no other option.
Sister was marrying a non-Greek Australian.
The wedding and reception went off without a hitch and I had a bunch of beautiful photos. I sent contact sheets off to Boss (he was the one who'd engaged me), and waited for the orders to roll in.
It was going to take a couple of weeks because the bride had to head off interstate for work.
She came home to her husband cheating on her. She gave him two weeks to make up his mind. His response was "I'm outta here".
I felt bad chasing up for payment, but I'd already incurred costs. Boss paid me 50% of the invoice and I figured I wasn't going to get any more, so I left it at that.
Ol-gormsby
40. Unphotographed Couple
A few weeks after the wedding, the family got mad at the photographer, because there were no formal pictures of just the bride and groom together. None. She even tried photoshopping the groom into one (with hilarious results).
I understood that the photographer had made a blunder. But...also importantly, how did the bride and groom not notice this? Why wasn't it priority #1 to take lots of photos of just the two of them?? They were always concerned with all the friends being in the photos.
They lasted 5 months
dog_eat_dog
41. Wedding Vows vs. Friendship Oaths
The groom, I think his name was Steev, made a big announcement in his vows that since he had everything his wife needed, that thirty days after the wedding nobody would be allowed to talk to his wife anymore.
That's right, all communication with his wife had to go through Steev.
He said that anyone could pay $20/minute to talk to his wife directly, but at that price, everyone knows he just doesn't want people to talk to her.
Now pretty much everybody is protesting Steev's idiocy by giving him the silent treatment. It's too early to tell whether Steev is smart enough to apologize and change his mind, otherwise, I don't think he'll have many friends anymore after this.
I_LOVE_MOM
42. When Marriage Turns into Mere Memory
They had me do their photos.
At the first wedding I shot, the groom was a real piece of work and everyone knew it. The couple had dated for a while and decided “Why not?” They were divorced after baby number 2 (within 3 years). She deserved better.
Second couple I shot engagements only. He left for the military, she stayed home. They called it quits after his first deployment ended (2 years later).
The third couple (wedding) I shot, divorced around their child’s first birthday (the groom once again was a real piece of work).
Fourth couple (wedding) I just learned recently they called it quits around 2 years after I shot them.
Final couple, I shot in place of a kid I mentor as he was double booked and I was free. Tried my best to get out of it. She ended up milking the groom’s finances dry, and divorced after 3 years.
I have now realized that I am a curse and I no longer shoot weddings or engagements.
Honorable mention: a friend of mine has been married 4 times and I shot engagements for her and husband 3 but I knew he was doomed from the start, so I didn’t feel bad at all.
Duckflat
43. A Wealthy Family's Wild Wedding
Rescheduling the wedding for the third time and having it change from a full-on event to a backyard wedding at the bride's mom's house.
Two additional red flags were the bride's mom's boyfriend talking my ear off about the expensive car he just bought and trying to get me to get shot while in a cluttered garage before the ceremony and then after the wedding.
The bride's father passed out drunk in the gutter of the house across the street while everyone just kind of looked on and did nothing.
The photos turned out great but it’s not like I’ll be throwing them in my portfolio.
Shutitmofo123
44. Texting Trouble
I knew a bride who was getting it on with my friend on the side, I confronted my friend and he showed me texts that she initiated all that.
I then went to her future husband and said that he needed to check on her and that she was sending crazy texts, basically insinuating that she was cheating without actually saying it, just cuz the wedding was like a month away and didn't wanna name my buddy as the other party.
The groom-, whom I knew but was not super close with basically told everyone how I am lying and being jealous of his marriage.
Anyway, it lasted about 5 months. That chick is still a piece of work. Divorce number 3 at the ripe age of 36. I don't get it.
muj5
45. Weddings, Wine, and Wacky Surprises
I shot many weddings and there were a couple that have stuck with me. One was a cheap drunk soirée. That’s not so strange, but one year later I got a call from the bride's mother for another wedding for the same bride - at the same (another drunken soirée).
Another was a rather nice event at a local yacht club. The groom and his groomsmen were all psychiatrists.
The mother of the bride (my contact and eventual confidant) didn’t like the groom much despite him being quite successful and handsome (she called him “the psychiatrist”) because the bride had caught him wearing the bride's underwear.
He brushed it off and gaslighted her so they got married. A year later I got a call from the mom because the older sister was getting married. I asked how the psychiatrist was and she responded “he turned out not to be the person everyone thought he was".
As soon as the honeymoon was over he started pressuring his now wife to support him in transitioning to a female. I guess you just never know …
gdann60