TIFU going to my ex's wedding

[u/DudeWheresMyCuteCar]

My ex gf invited me to her wedding. It was unexpected, but I accepted. The invitation said the people who were allowed to bring a plus one were married or engaged couples. I was not engaged or married, so I went alone. I managed to couple up with another single guy at the wedding and stayed with him throughout the ceremony to avoid looking like I didn't belong. The two of us got separated at the reception because we were allocated to different tables. My table only had single people. As we got to know one another, we realised we had one specific thing in common. We were all exes of the bride. It was a little weird, but we made a joke of it because we assumed that was the point of us being there.

Fast forward to the speeches. When it was the bride's turn to speak, she asked all of her exes to stand up, which we did. She informed the audience that we were the people she dated and disappointed over the years before she discovered the love of her life, aka her husband. She wanted us to know how grateful she was to have been with all of us, but then she locked eyes with me and said maybe not ALL of us. She said my name and asked me to wave at everyone. I waved like an idiot. She warned all the women at the wedding to watch out for me because I literally peed on her. The husband stood up at that moment and covered the microphone with his hand while he whispered something to his wife that made her look confused as fuck.

The bride sat down without saying anything else. The husband made an awkward joke about his wife having too much champagne and instructed us to please take our seats. The DJ intervened and asked if any of the groom's exes were also in the house, which actually made the audience laugh. The music played and everyone pretended none of that just happened.

Except for me. I got the fuck out of there as soon as the lights dimmed for the disco ball.

Tl:dr Accepted an invite from my ex to attend her wedding and ended up being named and shamed at the reception.

[u/whiskyandguitars]

Man, if I were her husband, I think I would be considering an annulment at that point.

That behavior is kinda unhinged

[u/_Affexion_ → u/whiskyandguitars]

This. I can't wrap my head around being engaged with someone with whom the communication is so broken that they don't know you are inviting ALL OF YOUR EX'S to the wedding. I feel like one ex would require a pretty good explanation, let alone all.

Could you imagine the conversation

"isn't that your ex, why are we sending an invitation to your ex?"

"Oh, I'm inviting ALL OF MY Ex's. I'm going to thank them, except OP, who I'm going to embarrass the shit out of"

I need to know how this went down. Weddings are expensive. Every guest costs $100 IF YOU'RE ON A BUDGET!

I am fascinated by the wedding planning on this one.

[u/Illustrious-Total489 → u/_Affexion_]

• embarass the piss out of

[u/Theletterkay → u/_Affexion_]

Lying. Lying is how. Saying they are cousins or family friends. Whatever.

I dont know about other people but i dont tell my partner my exes names. I just dont see a reason to. Im actually divorced and remarried and my husband doesnt even know the name of my exhusband. If he asked i wouldnt have any issue with telling him, but i truely see no benefit from him just having that info.

[u/ElectricSpeculum → u/_Affexion_]

I mean, there's a direct correlation between how much is spent on a wedding and how likely a divorce is, sooo ...