Casey, who went by a fictitious name for herself and her fiancé Alex, received a text message on her phone when she was with her bridesmaids that would make your heart melt.
The previous evening, she received a message from an unidentified number that included screenshots of her husband’s conversations with this unidentified woman.
Alongside the grabs, the unidentified person wrote: “I wouldn’t marry him. Will you?”
The communications were very suggestive of Alex’s involvement in an affair with a different lady in the months preceding his marriage to Casey.
“This weekend. You and I. It is on, hot stuff. Bring your A game,” one racy message read.
“Your body is fking incredible. And st do you know how to use it. I wish my GF had half the skills you do,” read another.
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.”
“I burst into shamed and broken tears,” Casey wrote in an article for Body+Soul. “My girls were threatening all manner of violence against him. They insisted I call him immediately and call the wedding off.”
She continued to write: “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.”
Instead of saying her vows to all their guests, Casey read out the text messages to them as a means of ‘outing’ her soon-to-be husband.
“It seems Alex is not who I thought he was,” said the jilted 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 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.”
That night, I’m sure a ton of tequila shots were had.
