She Went To A Wedding Where The Groom Told The Bride He Wasn’t Positive He Wanted To Be Married To Her And Took Off His Ring
This woman was asked to be the Maid of Honor in her childhood friend’s wedding. Her friend married her high school sweetheart, and everyone has been anticipating this wedding.
Her friend has been engaged for three years since she unexpectedly got pregnant. Initially, she was supposed to be her friend’s bridesmaid, and her friend’s sister was supposed to be the Maid of Honor.
But any time her friend would get into an argument with her fiancé, she would call her sister to complain about him.
Her friend’s sister ended up not supporting the wedding at all, and she developed a bad opinion of her friend’s fiancé because of all the phone calls.
“Now, here’s the thing,” she explained. “Their relationship isn’t perfect. They are young. They went through a lot very quickly and very young – getting engaged, [an] unexpected pregnancy, moving in together; [it] all happened very fast.”
“They fought a lot; I had my concerns at first…but after spending a lot more time with them, I saw how much they genuinely loved each other, parented their son together well, and were working towards a future together.”
“The bride and I have been close friends for so much of our lives. She is like family to me. I care for her deeply. When she asked me to step in as MOH, I said yes for those reasons.”
The wedding was yesterday, and things were off to a great start, though the groom couldn’t hide his emotions when it came time to exchange their vows in private prior to walking down the aisle.
But as the groom made his way down the aisle in front of all the guests, he was wiping away the tears.
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She thought it was a beautiful moment at the time, but in hindsight, he wasn’t crying tears of happiness at all.
Moving on to the reception, the bride and groom mingled in their own circles and didn’t spend a ton of time together, but to her, that was pretty normal.
All the guests wanted to have time with the bride and groom, so it looked like they were being pulled in different directions due to all of the attention they were receiving.
The reception was held outdoors, and then she witnessed the bride and groom walking into the venue alone.
They spent quite a long time inside, and the bride later on exited the venue, but the groom was not with her. The bride chit-chatted with her family but then noticed the groom was nowhere to be found.
“After a while of searching, we found him wandering around outside, “going for a walk,” she said. “Bride was pretty distraught at this point. I will add that the groom did have a good amount to drink during the party.”
“Apparently, when they went inside the venue, he was angry at her for not spending enough time with him during the party and said they were hardly together the whole night. Once he got back from his little walk, they were just arguing inside their room, I guess.”
“At this point, a lot of guests were leaving, and the ones left- me, my husband, the rest of the wedding party, and their immediate families- didn’t really know what to do. We were supposed to do a big send-off for them, so we were just kind of waiting for that.”
As they waited around for the bride and groom, they kept themselves busy helping pull down all of the chairs and tables and loading them up.
Eventually, she and the rest of the bridesmaids went to get the bride to see what was going on, as she appeared upset.
It was then that she found out the groom took off his wedding ring and told the bride he wasn’t positive he wanted to be married to her.
She felt shocked, as the bride and groom have lived together for three years and have a child. Their wedding day wasn’t last minute at all.
She never considered the bride or groom to be childish until she saw the groom do what he did at their actual wedding.
She doesn’t understand why the groom would pitch a fit and go nuclear over not spending enough time with the bride on their wedding day.
As the wedding night came to an end, everyone told the bride and groom to go home and get some sleep before making any hasty decisions.
“This girl is one of my absolute best friends,” she continued. “I hate that her beautiful wedding was ruined by her husband being petty and stubborn.”
“She was in tears and distraught on her own wedding day…it’s just awful. I don’t really know where to go from here, if this is at all normal and something they will get past, or if this is more serious.”
“I genuinely am rooting for them but this whole situation just has me sitting in my car feeling confused and worried for my friend. They’re leaving for their honeymoon tomorrow. Don’t feel like it’s an appropriate time to reach out and try to talk to her about all of this.”
She’s thinking perhaps the bride’s sister was right after all, and this wasn’t a wedding to be supportive of.
Do you think she should reach out to the bride to see if she’s doing alright?
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