Is it normal to have doubts about marrying your fiance?
Doubts often stem from real breaches of trust, terrifying behavior, and an overwhelming emotional burden like managing a partner's moods. These red flags leave people feeling exhausted, terrified, and questioning whether they should go through with the wedding.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1calling off the wedding
- 2starting individual or couples therapy
- 3having a sit-down discussion
- 4talking to the partner about concerns
- 5seeking advice from a therapist, friends, and family
- 6considering postponing or canceling the wedding
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm freaking out.”source ↗
“Seeing my fiance as an angry drunk (towards me) sprain both of his ankles, vomit during the reception, vomit in the bushes, humiliate me, yell at me, is making me have doubts.”source ↗
“Am I crazy for being scared to marry him? I see him differently and it was humiliating and terrifying to experience.”source ↗
“I don’t know if having these thoughts of “is he the right person?” is normal to have.”source ↗
“I don’t know if I’m truly in love anymore.”source ↗
“I’m a very independent person and he was too when we first met. I’ve noticed the last year, he relies on me for decision making and it truly annoys me.”source ↗
“I feel like I have to walk on eggshells and make sure everything is perfect so he stays in a good mood.”source ↗
“there’s a point where I feel exhausted having to keep up with the moods.”source ↗
“He keeps saying it was a one time think (the angry drunk part) but I lost my trust in that. it still happened dude. I hope I can gather the strength to leave soon”source ↗
Where this came up
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