- Getting left at the altar can be devastating.
- These people had different reasons for doing so.
- Some say they finally realized they weren't in love anymore, others just didn't feel it was the right time.
Cold feet, scribbled notes, and mad dashes to the parking lot — these are the shocking stories of individuals who were left at the altar.
Told from the point of the view of wedding guests, the would-be bride, or would-be groom, the following Reddit users shared their various "left at the altar" horror stories.
As a note, INSIDER cannot independently authenticate each story.
The bride realized she couldn't do it.
"I left a man at the altar. I was in my dress and getting ready to go to the chapel when I realized I couldn't. I froze. I didn't love him as much as I craved the safety and security that being married would bring. I was fairly recently divorced and very young and scared. He eventually found a lovely woman and they are very happy together. I don't think either of us would have had that [happiness] with each other."— Redditor Fluffledoodle
The bride said she had changed her mind.
"I was the one who was left at the altar — she didn't show up. Everything was normal in the months, weeks, and days before the wedding ... Then, she just didn't show up on the wedding day. Her explanation was that she changed her mind. I've only spoken to her a few times since then and that's the best I got out of her."— Redditor ask_me_if_Im_lying
The groom said he went to use the bathroom and he didn't come back.
"My sister was left at the altar by my best friend.
"We were at the front of the church waiting for the bride with about 15 minutes to go. The groom said he needed to use the toilet and he walked to the back of the church. A minute or so later it hit me that the toilets aren't at the back of the church and I started to worry, so I went looking for him. He was not in the toilets or around the church. He was nowhere to be found.
"My best friend had [left]. We didn't see or hear from him for three days … he was in Europe somewhere 'staying with a friend,' where he's been ever since for the past three years. He's never made any effort to explain [why he left], not even to my sister."— Redditor Thrownitawayday
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