"My buddy had the hots for the bride, professed his love, and they are now 12 years and three kids deep into marriage and happy as can be."

Note: Some responses have been pulled from this Reddit thread. 

"Before they broke up, he would criticize everything she wore, would give her the silent treatment for days if she spoke to another man in public (even at a BIBLE STUDY), had horrible manners, and secretly disinvited everyone on her guest list except her immediate family. He was her first real relationship, and all of this happened in a few months. None of her friends knew how bad it was until after; he seemed nice in public. She's doing great now!"

"I met my friend in the graduate program; they had been together for years at 25. She was driven, ambitious, had her life together, worked multiple side hustles, supported her mom through a battle with cancer, trained their puppy, decorated their apartment, etc. He was drifting aimlessly, doing a very physically demanding job, but also 'blowing off steam' playing video games. He was always very nice, but their relationship didn't make a lot of sense to me, as she would always explain how she had to lead him (metaphorically kicking and screaming) to the next step, sometimes filling out job applications for him, filing his health insurance, etc. 

I went to their wedding and left early after pouring wayyyyy too much of my own time and money into it without even being a bridesmaid. She was one of my first friends, married at 26, and the first to get divorced after a year. The only reason she gave was that he didn't treat her as she deserved. What I suspect is that she wanted a partner, and he wasn't nearly as driven or together as she was. I've lost touch, but really hope she's living her best life in her 30s."

"I held an intervention because it was obvious he was using drugs, and on the day I left to be with my dying dad, he left me and drained my bank account, knowing that I was traveling across the country to be with my dying father. When my father died, he tried to tell me that his father, who had been dead for years, had died that same day. That's when I left for good, yet he still blames me for not sticking by him after all that."

"They never acted like a married couple or slept together (he is gay), and they got divorced a little over a year later, as soon as she was 18, but continued living together as roommates. Nothing went wrong; that had been the plan the whole time.

"Thankfully, he stayed quiet. Then the unity candle wouldn’t light. This was in front of a packed house of 300-plus guests. 

At the reception, the bride and groom didn’t hang out together and didn’t share a first dance; this was because my best friend was grinding on the bride all night on the dance floor. About an hour later, no one can find them. They were outside the venue, making out because he professed his love for her. She felt the same way, and we quickly got him out of there before anyone found out. The bride and groom didn’t even stay in the same room that night, and annulled the marriage within a week. My buddy had the hots for the bride, professed his love, and they are now 12 years and three kids deep into marriage and happy as can be."

"He's a good sport about it and takes solace in knowing it was all her. He married a wonderful lady later and has a gaggle of kids. Ex-wife and random dude dated for a while, but did not stay together."

"A guy that would bartend our office parties a couple times a year. Apparently, they were having sex through her entire engagement and one month of marriage. She ended up getting a divorce and trying to make it work with the bartender. Let’s just say it was weird at the next couple office parties. They didn’t seem too happy together."

"Then she caught feelings for one of them and decided she didn't want to be married to a man anymore. It was especially horrible because the relationship was very happy up to that point, and she pulled this shit at a time when we happened to be working very closely on a project I couldn't bow out of."

Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.