Marriage isn’t something to enter into lightly — it requires a lifetime of commitment and dedication. If you neglect to take it seriously, it will end up coming back to bite you.
Below, Reddit users who got married too fast are now sharing their stories with the world. Take heed and learn from their mistakes, so as to avoid a potential catastrophe yourself.
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It’s probably best to wait and find out if your SO is a possessive a-hole.
“The day after the wedding, when he poked me in the chest and said, ‘You’re going to do what I say whether you like it or not.’ Ugh. Big mistake.” – Reddit u/gardengarbage
It turns out, it was all just an act.
When vostokvag first started dating her husband, he used to espouse his beliefs when it came to gender equality. All of that went sailing right out the window the minute after the two of them got married.
This is why you should always live with your SO first.
“He was a lying, lazy, selfish slob who wanted a housekeeper and breadwinner. We didn’t have the opportunity to live together, I didn’t get to meet his family, he pretended to like everything I liked, and wooed me with beautiful songs. Dropped all pretense after we married.” – Reddit u/Maggiemayday
How dare you throw my ice cream!
Reddit user jellypops555 said that she discovered on her honeymoon that her husband wasn’t the right fit. While driving in the car, in the middle of an argument, he took her ice cream cone and threw it out of the window.
A hunka hunka burning love, my dear.
“A couple of weeks into our marriage, the sex started to physically hurt. I went to my OB-GYN, and after a test or two, she informed me I had contracted chlamydia.” – Reddit u/GalacticPingvin
Let’s talk about sex.
In the early days of iwouldhavemarriedher ‘s marriage to his wife, the two used to fight constantly about not having sex. It took a while, but he soon realized that his wife was asexual.
Don’t get married until you’re ready to completely devote yourself to another.
“My brother died a week after the wedding. After about two months, he told me that was just too big a thing to happen at the beginning of a marriage.” – Reddit u/stilllittlespacey
Can I take a look at your criminal record?
Reddit user bissextile said that when she first got together with her ex-husband, he told her how he’d been honorably discharged from the Marines. It turns out that he was dishonorably discharged and spent 18 months in prison.
When you realize your SO true feelings about sunscreen.
“On our honeymoon. We dated for five years, but on the honeymoon, we had a big argument over my liberal use of sunscreen. She refused to wear any because of ‘chemicals,’ and I liberally use it because of my ginger skin.” – Reddit u/fukenhimer
“My dad found out that his ex wife was an alcoholic the day they got married.”
People who have never been touched by addiction always ask “how could you not know?” An addict’s greatest trick is being able to convince their loved ones that they don’t actually have a problem.
Physical abuse is never a joke.
“The day after we got married, when he slapped me across the face (hard and completely out of the blue). No argument, no conversation leading up to it, nothing. He said it wasn’t that hard a hit, he was just kidding around, and I was being overdramatic.” – Reddit u/SHEnanigans0312
“A girl I know found out, one month into the marriage, that her husband cheated the day of the wedding.” – Reddit u/gloriascranton
According to the post, the groom could barely wait until the ceremony was over before committing what would become his first act of adultery.
Do you know what a black widow is?
“The marriage lasted all of two weeks. Apparently, my dad’s new bride had the gall to ask my dad to leave everything to her in the will, and write me and my brother out.” – Reddit u/whenyesterdaywemet
“She decided she was in love with her stepbrother a month after we got married.”
When I was a kid, a comment such as this would’ve spurred audiences to begin chanting “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!” My condolences for your loss, but it sounds like you dodged a bullet in the long run.
When you realize that your spouse has no concept of independence.
“She went from relying on her parents to working a dead end[sic] job (eventually quitting that) to relying on me. The first 6 years were great. Then it hit the fan. It all went downhill from there.” – Reddit u/Nathan_Flomm
h/t: Reddit
