Posting her story on social media for others to see and comment, a woman said she had been with her fiancé for five years and the couple had been engaged for four months – but with… Future wedding In the coming months, she is unsure what to do.
“So far, I've been very excited,” she wrote on Reddit. “But there's a pit in my stomach that I've been trying to ignore. Something's not right.”
“Any advice is appreciated, especially if you have similar feelings,” she noted to others.
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“For the past two years, I've felt like I've fallen out of love. The man I used to be crazy about — I look at him and feel him,” she said. A lot of resentment. “I still love him, but I don't love him.”
She added that she learned that “his mother absolutely hates me too – I know I'm going to marry him and not his mother, but finding out feels like a breaking point for me.”
The bride said: “I feel very hurt, embarrassed and lonely.” (Istock)
She described his family as “horrible people” and said she “didn't want to get further involved in this, nor would any potential children we might have”.
Ha Own family membersMeanwhile, she said: “You have been so kind and welcoming to him. They absolutely adore him, while every effort I made to be part of his family has been completely shut down. I feel so hurt, embarrassed and alone.”
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She said the economics of the event were concerning.
“I am terrified of the shame and backlash from my family.”
“At this point, we paid $800 for Non-refundable hotel room“Our deposit is $1,600, and if we cancel, we'll be charged another $2,000,” the woman said, using the name “ImaginaryKick5478.”
The rest of the costs “will be covered by the family,” she said.
“I know people will say it's cheaper to cancel a wedding than get divorced, but I really don't have $4,500 to cover sunk costs,” she continued.
“I feel like I'm on autopilot, running out of time before the accident happens,” a bride wrote on Reddit. (Istock)
“More importantly, I am terrified of the shame and backlash from my family, especially my father,” the woman said. My partner loves it He thinks there's nothing wrong, and he won't stand by my side if we break up.”
She said there was no one “who could be a support system in my life, and that alone is why I'm going ahead with the wedding. I feel like I'm on autopilot, running out of time before the accident happens.” “.
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She said she was suffering “Real panic attacks” Due to the idea of “dealing with a difficult breakup with family heavily involved and likely constantly implicating him and our failed engagement.”
“Leaving” a relationship is “much easier said than done,” she said.
The woman added: “I conveyed all of these feelings directly to my fiancé, and he thinks I'm just being dramatic and upset and that my feelings are going to explode. I hope he knows that.” I fell out of love. Most importantly, I wish I still loved him as much as I did before.”
“I would rather be in an unhappy marriage than have certain things happen to her,” one woman wrote on social media. (Istock)
She continued, “I feel like being with him was the biggest mistake of my life, and I just wish I could take it all back.”
However, she said that “leaving” the relationship is “much easier said than done.”
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“I would be financially devastated and my relationship with my immediate family would be ruined, and I would rather be in an unhappy marriage than both of those things to happen,” she wrote.
“Is there anything else I can do, or will this get worse?”
She ended her post this way: “I'm trying to hold on to this relationship and do what I can to avoid calling it off, but I know I'm running out of time. Couples therapy? Weekend away? Is there anything else I can do, or will it get worse?”
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So far, about 1,200 people have interacted with this drama. Commenters on Reddit were frank and direct regarding the original poster, with some pointing out that the woman already knew the answer to her dilemma.
“I see no other option but to cancel the wedding,” one person wrote.
“What is absolutely unacceptable is to lie and deceive someone, especially a loved one,” said one psychiatrist. (Istock)
Another said: Stop pleasing people and make yourself happy.
Another said, in part, “I think if you have to ask, deep down you know the answer.”
“The price you pay to get out of your current circumstances will be much, much cheaper than the price you pay in the future,” another person wrote in detail. With kids in tow (Coming from a divorced father of five children).”
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Another person said: “Sis, you know what’s going on.”
“What is never acceptable is to lie and deceive someone — especially a loved one,” a clinical psychologist recently told Fox News Digital, in response to a different but similar wedding drama.
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The psychologist said she “encourages” the struggling partner “to talk privately with each family member involved, starting with the person closest to you” — and seeks to let others know what's going on so the problem can be resolved.
