(Witnessed by my parents, not me)

During the wedding reception someone asked the bride and groom when they were going to have kids (They had been dating for 8 years before getting married, so everyone assumed they were going to have kids immediately after getting married).

The groom loudly said "Oh man, I'm NEVER having kids!"

The Bride burst into tears and had to go to the restroom. They lasted about a year.

You'd think that's something they would have talked about during that long time, but who knows.

You'd be surprised. My own couple-that-didn't-last story is about former classmates who married after college and had been dating for a couple of years. Apparently the husband had been OK with the idea of kids until the exact moment the marriage certificate was signed, then afterwards said nope, absolutely not. That and his propensity for screwing other women meant they split within six months. I don't know what happened to him but the wife remarried and is doing great (and has kids).

My grandmother was married before she met my grandfather (this is back in the 50’s). I’ve only heard the story once or twice, but:

She was 17, he was in his 20’s. She was dirt poor in Kentucky, and he had a job. They got married, and within a few weeks he got pretty rough with her. When she told her parents, it came to light that he’d been abusive for a while.

Her dad and brothers didn’t know her new husband as well as they’d like, since he was going to be part of the family and all, so they invited him on a hunting trip.

Anyway, there was some kind of accident, and the guy got shot. Since he’d been in the service and she was his widow, my grandmother got some veterans benefits for the rest of her life.

Shortly thereafter (when she was 19-20) she met my grandfather and they were married just a few months shy of 50 years. One of the most compatible couples I’ve ever met.

I feel like for a long time, some small town problems like spousal abuse and pedophelia were solved with “hunting trips.”

The bride and groom got married and within 3 months, the bride found out the groom was married and had kids in a different country.

I didn't actually attend the wedding. During lockdown, when we were working from home, this one colleague was always reluctant to have work related one to one calls with male colleagues such as myself. Eventually, I found out that her fiance would moan and get jealous that she was talking to other men on Teams, even if it was 100% professional and work related. Even then, I thought "woah" but figured it wasn't my place to say anything.

They got married about 2 years ago. About 9 months ago, he asked for a divorce by text as HE, Mr Jealous, had found someone else.

Actually, I performed a wedding at a local bar.. we left about 10 pm. The newlyweds got drunk, started fighting, and were arrested, spending the night in jail.

Both my brother and sister had short marriages.

Sister: husband turned up to the wedding high on crack. She fell in love with someone else.

Brother: had a destination wedding on the top of a mountain that took half a day for the guests to hike including my dad who is missing a knee cap. They wound up with an open marriage, but the wife ran off with the “other guy” and their cat.

In contrast to some others here this couple lasted long, a full six months.

Until she confessed to cheating on him. Repeatedly. With several men, for several years, sometimes with multiple men at the same time.

Dude was a mess for a year after that.