One woman's dream wedding soon turned sour after her husband left her so red-faced it made her regret saying I do just a few hours previous.
Furious about what happened and wanting an honest opinion, the woman wrote to Slate's Dear Prudence advice column and explained how her new husband had completely ruined her day.
The woman had laid down just one 'hard rule' before the big day and said she didn't want her husband to rub cake in her face at the reception.
Instead of abiding by the rule, the newly married man grabbed his wife's head and pushed her into their expensive wedding cake.
She wrote: "I got married just before Christmas and am hoping to be divorced or annulled by the end of January.
"I never cared about getting married, but I wasn't opposed to it. So when my boyfriend proposed in 2020, we decided to go for it. We each took on about half the responsibility for organising the wedding, but I think I was pretty reasonable about compromise when he really wanted something. My only hard-and-fast rule was that he would not rub cake in my face at the reception.
"Being a reasonable man who knows me well, he didn't. Instead, he grabbed me by the back of the head and shoved my head down into it. It was planned since the cake was destroyed, and he had a bunch of cupcakes as backup."
The bride instantly told her husband she was 'done' with him, but since the ordeal, she has been bombarded with calls from family begging her to give him another chance.
She added: "I left. The next day I told him we were done. I am standing by that. The thing is that over the holidays everyone has gotten together to tell me I should give him a second chance.
"They say I am overreacting because of my issues because I am very claustrophobic after a car accident years ago, and I absolutely panicked at being shoved into a cake and held there.
"They also keep telling me I love him - even though right now I don't feel that at all - and that he loves me, and that means not giving up at the first hurdle. I don't want to, but everyone is so united and confident in their assurance I am making a terrible mistake that I wonder if they are right."
In response, Prudence told the bride to push on with the divorce despite pleas to call it off - because her husband's actions were a "red flag".
They wrote back: "Everyone's sure you're making a mistake, but they're not the ones who have to wake up every day with a man whose behaviour massively turns them off. You are. So you only have to listen to yourself.
"I think what he did was a red flag about not respecting you and your wishes. Make a mental note about which of your loved ones don't seem to value your happiness, and continue with your divorce."
The post was later shared on Reddit's Wedding Shaming forum, where people were stunned by the groom's actions.
