When you think of a wedding day, you often associate it with being the best day of a couple's life - but that doesn't mean there aren't any wedding horror stories.
While this particular wedding day didn't go to plan, it was certainly a memorable one for everyone in attendance.
The bride explained how she had been in a relationship with her husband-to-be for several years before they set a date to tie the knot.
It had the makings of a wonderful day, but things took a sour turn a matter of hours before the ceremony.
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Casey, who used a fake name for herself and her fiancé Alex, was with her bridesmaids when she got a text to her phone that made her heart drop.
The night before she got a message from an unknown number showing screenshotted messages of her husband speaking to this mystery woman.
The screen grabs were accompanied by a message that read: "I wouldn’t marry him. Will you?"
The messages were very incriminating for Alex, who had evidently been having an affair with another woman in the months in the run-up to the wedding.
"This weekend. You and I. It is on, hot stuff. Bring your A game," one racy message read.
Another read: "Your body is f**king incredible. And s**t do you know how to use it. I wish my GF had half the skills you do."
A third text went on: "I miss you so much. I can’t stop thinking about L, S, F’ing you. I’ve never had this kind of connection before."
Reading all of those messages turned Casey's world upside down.
"I burst into shamed and broken tears," she wrote in an essay for Body+Soul. "My girls were threatening all manner of violence against him. They insisted I call him immediately and call the wedding off."
Casey continued: "But I loved Alex. I wanted to marry Alex tomorrow. I was too shocked and sad to be angry. I didn’t call him.
"Eventually, we tried to go to bed. I didn’t sleep a wink and when dawn finally broke I awoke the girls and told them my decision - I was going to go ahead with the wedding as expected, and ‘out’ him in front of our friends and family."
As a way of 'outing' her then-husband-to-be, Casey proceeded to read out the text messages to all their wedding guests instead of her vows.
"It seems Alex is not who I thought he was," said the bride. "I love all of you and as horrible as this is I’m glad you all are here.
"There will not be a wedding reception today, but instead, there will be a celebration of honesty, finding true love and following your heart even when it hurts."
Color apparently left the groom's face as his private messages were read out loud, and he eventually 'stalked out of the church with his best man trailing behind him'.
Casey concluded the essay: "It was certainly not the wedding day I had planned but to our credit, it was one hell of a party."
Good on her!
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Weddings
Callum Jones