Today, I had to cancel my wedding. On top of being upset about the break up, I was informed I owed a $900 cancellation fee for not using the venue. Single and broke. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to cancel my $15,000 wedding and send a mass e-mail to 90 guests that there won’t be a wedding. My now-ex fiance got fired from his job. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, if it wasn’t for the fact he got his colleague pregnant. FML
Today, I had to cancel a plane ticket to a friend's wedding, because first he gave me the wrong date, after which his fiancée cut me from the guests because of Covid safety. Instead of paying $600 to be in the ceremony, I'm paying $400 to not go anywhere because the ticket could only be partially refunded. FML
Today, I called off my wedding because I found out he was cheating, but my daughter is more upset that she spent $400 on a bridesmaid's gown and now can't get a refund. FML
Today, my wedding venue called and canceled our reservation because we were double booked with a spaghetti bingo night, which they felt was more important. FML
Today, our wedding venue canceled on us, leaving us 8 months to find another in peak foliage season. My parents contacted the local news over the ordeal, but they're using my name and picture to make me look like a whiny brat who didn’t get her way. FML
Today, I was supposed to get married. Unfortunately, it was cancelled because of the coronavirus. FML
Today my fiancé broke up with me. Two hours later, the store I bought my wedding dress from called to say it’s ready to be picked up. FML
Today, I found out less than three weeks before my wedding that my fiancé will lose his new, great paying job, unless we cancel our nonrefundable honeymoon. FML
Today, I was told by one of my bridesmaids that she can't afford the travel costs to get to my wedding, after telling me that she didn't need me to organize alternate free travel for her. I'm getting married in less than two weeks. FML
Today, because my fiancé is criminally incompetent at budgeting, I'm now having to pay the first installment for my own wedding ring. FML
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Pelreskovich 11
If it wasn't meant to be it wasn't meant to be. ..$900 seems like a fair price instead of putting up with an unhappy marriage/divorce, which seems like where this marriage would have gone.
Roevera 14
Well I hoped he helped pay the fee...
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Comments (80)
jad07 0
You better make that A hole go halfsies with you.
cooLING 0
Nobody's saying that. But for the relationship to get that far, he should help pay. She wasn't going to marry herself.
humorizer 14
In this instance, it does appear to be his fault. The OP has stated that she was the one who was stood up; not the other way around.
downtime 13
92, It doesn't say that at all, it says they broke up. Being stood up would cost more than the "cancellation fee". 85, Suggesting he's an asshole is actually implying quite obviously that it is his fault. I don't see how you could call him an asshole for not paying when he's oblivious to the fact, so clearly it has to be about ruining the relationship.
downtime 13
92, It doesn't say that at all, it says they broke up. Being stood up would cost more than the "cancellation fee". 85, Suggesting he's an asshole is actually implying quite obviously that it is his fault. I don't see how you could call him an asshole for not paying when he's oblivious to the fact, so clearly it has to be about ruining the relationship.
soccerchicx9x 5
She already said what happened in another thread. He realized he didn't want to be married, or in a relationship at all. So yes, he should help pay.
downtime 13
162, Learn to differentiate between "stood up" and "cancelled". We don't know if hes an asshole, even she didn't suggest he was.
soccerchicx9x 5
168, learn to correctly read what I wrote. I never said anything like "stood up", "cancelled", or the ex fiance being an ass hole. I simply stated what OP said, that he realized he didn't want to be in a relationship anymore. If somebody calls a marriage off like that, then yes they should help pay. Where do you see me calling him an ass hole??
soccerchicx9x 5
168, learn to correctly read what I wrote. I never said anything of her being stood up, cancellation, or of him being an ass hole. I simply restated what OP said, that he didn't want to be married anymore. If anybody breaks off a marriage like that, they should help pay. Where do you see me calling him an ass hole??
soccerchicx9x 5
168, learn to correctly read what I wrote. I never said anything of her being stood up, cancellation, or of him being an ass hole. I simply restated what OP said, that he didn't want to be married anymore. If anybody breaks off a marriage like that, they should help pay...
soccerchicx9x 5
168, learn to correctly read what I wrote. I never said anything of her being stood up, cancellation, or of him being an ass hole. I simply restated what OP said, that he didn't want to be married anymore. Never said he was an ass hole.
soccerchicx9x 5
168, learn to correctly read what I wrote. I never said anything about him being an ass hole, or the word(s) cancellation or stood up. I simply stated that he should help pay because he ended the relationship and marriage plans.
samanthajonesdru 1
ydi. Thumb me down but, I don't see the point of puttin so much effort and money on one day. Put the effort towards the rest of your marriage, not the wedding. If the cancellation fee was 900 how much would it have been if it went through? A lot of marriages can't survive the modern day wedding. Vanity
ShroomsOnAcid 17
I agree with your point, but not with the YDI. Nobody deserves this just because they wanted to make the day special, even if they did go overboard.
DocBastard 40
I took your advice and thumbed you down. I didn't see the point in a big huge production either until I got engaged to a woman who did. My wedding day will go down as one of the three happiest days of my life (the birth of my two children are #1 and #2). It's the day that I officially joined forces with my best friend forever, and my wife got the wedding she always wanted. And that's priceless.
melibear89 7
No body deserves to be left at the alter no matter if the wedding was expensive or cheap. If you think this person deserves this then your have never experienced the pain and heartache that comes with it.
metalflower01 7
The entire cost of my 14 person (including guests) wedding would have only run $1500. The venue was $1200 of that. I did plan on putting my money and effort into the marriage instead of the wedding itself. Nice try, though! :)
FaZeClan 3
Doc, this has to relation to this FML, but how did that knife get in your patient..?
Argumental_Rhino 8
Hey DocBastard, how many people ask if that's real blood in your picture?
metalflower01 7
I miss Doc's x-ray picture... But, blood kinda makes my stomach turn.
raphanne_fml 33
#21 And the way people spend their money is none of your business anyway! I don't want a big wedding ceremony either, but some people do. Get over it.
DocBastard 40
Metalflower - I'll bring it back someday. Sorry about the wedding. Rhino - not too many. I guess people actually believe the truth sometimes. FaZeClan - his brother kindly deposited it in his back for him.
mezochan 29
To be honest, what she was paying for a wedding was cheap! When I got married, we went the "cheap" route and ended up paying triple that amount. It was all worth it in the end, but geeeez. Saying YDI because she was being responsible and not going overboard? I think you need to research what the average wedding costs...
Dracoboxer357 36
That's horrible OP, I'm sorry it didn't work out. It's probably of very little comfort to pay $900 for a wedding that didn't happen compared to the thousands it may of cost you for a divorce after a wedding that did. :( Chin up, take it one day at a time, and remember that there are still people who love you. :)
GoW_Chick 15
At least you have your health...?
emghie_1014 0
Sell the engagement ring he gave you. U paid the 900$ plus no more reminder of your ex..
justhanging 6
That is a horrible idea. In many states you are legally obligated to return the engagement ring if you don't get married. If you sell it, you'll surely get less for it than what he paid, and he'll end up suing you for (and winning) the full amount, so you'll be out a lot more than $900. OP, your situation sucks, but it's better to figure out that it wasn't going to work before the wedding rather than after. Don't shoot yourself in the foot by acting like a vindictive ass about it.
metalflower01 7
I am a strong believer in "what goes around comes around", and I wouldn't be willing to do anything like that. I'm waiting for him to come pick up his things, ring included. The good news is I get the $500 back from the ring I bought him, so I'm only $400 in the hole. Reading this comment made me realize that, and that's enough to put a smile on my face about something at least. :)
catrn720 0
If she called off the wedding then she will have to give the ring back unless it was given to her on a holiday then it is deemed a gift under the eyes of the law and she doesn't have to give it back. If he called off the wedding then she also gets to keep it
Dogbite1313 5
Im old school I was taught it was proper to return the ring, no matter how it ended. OP I hate your out and prob hurting, but your right karma is a bitch. It will all come back around.
justhanging 6
catrn720, that's simply not true for many states. Try a Google search for "Returning an Engagement Ring"
catrn720 0
Your right, that's not always how it goes. I was just restating what a NY judge told my friend when she was going to court over her engagement ring.
BOOM_Sucka 3
Sorry about your break-up!
KiddNYC1O 22
******* ay.
Kerryann122 3
Dude that sucks Im so sorry!
nabesh 5
$900 is nothing than marrying the wrong guy/girl. Cheers!
neander 8
Always use the justice of the peace, save the big money for important things. Big weddings are a waste of money and a scam.