Bride urged to divorce husband after 'cruel' make-up joke in wedding speech

20 July 2023 , 11:47

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The groom's 'joke' did not go down well with his bride (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images)

A bride has been warned she ought to divorce her new husband after he cracked a "cruel" joke about her looks on their wedding day.

The groom decided to make fun of his wife's make-up in his speech, according to his upset partner. But he didn't see anything wrong with his comment and instead said she should apologise to him - after confronting him in front of guests.

Explaining her side of the story in a post to Reddit, the bride told users she's "always struggled with self esteem" but found make-up is "a source of self confidence and esteem" for her. Unfortunately, her husband regularly teases her about her preference.

"Mind you he's a jokester and is a bit on the sarcastic - brutally honest side. I didn't have an issue as long as it was done privately, meaning private teasing," she added.

But she did take issue with his decision to mock her on their wedding day. "I went a bit out of box when it came to makeup, but it looked matching and fitting obviously. My husband didn't stop commenting on it during the wedding," she wrote. "I was beginning to get annoyed but when it was time for his groom speech. He looked at me and then said '...and my wife here who looks like a department store mannequin with that makeup on her face...'

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"I was dumbfounded. Guests started laughing at me loosely. I felt so much rage I didn't know how to contain it."

According to her post, she then waited until his parents were in earshot and "went off on him about what he said." However, he dismissed her. "He said it was just a joke and I took it too personally."

Her post continued: "I argued with him about how I felt regarding his teasing in public but he insisted I blew this out of proportion and ruined 'the atmosphere' for the wedding as well as humiliated him in front of his parents when I scolded him like he was a kid.

"He sulked about it for three days then told me that I needed to apologise for this negative vibe I brought upon him and for reacting so insanely over a joke."

However, commenters slammed the groom's behaviour, and several urged the bride to leave him.

One person replied: "He has the emotional intelligence of a soggy cloth. Making fun of his new bride in front of all her friends and family is just peak stupidity, as well as just being cruel. Even if you didn’t have self esteem issues and anxiety that would've been a dumb move."

A second added: "People who pride themselves on their 'brutal honesty' only value the 'honesty' for the shield it gives to their brutality."

Another quipped: "Oh so it's ok for him to make fun of you but not ok for you to call him out on it? He knew about your insecurities but decided it was 'only a joke' to humiliate you during your own wedding. You have nothing to apologise for. The only one who should apologise is him."

Someone else revealed: "I would have annulled the wedding the next day. No joke. Not signing me up for a lifetime of that s**t."

Meanwhile, someone wrote: "I'm not the type to immediately jump down breakup or divorce. But I will say, take a long, hard time to yourself to think about if you're willing to put up with this for the rest of your lives. You think you can now, but in 10, 20, 50 years time are you going to be ok with it? I hope not."