When making your wedding vows, you promise to stay with your partner through the good times and the bad, until death do you part. But as half of marriages end in divorce, it's not uncommon for couples to split after saying 'I do'.
To help people avoid heartbreak, a group of photographers have shared the warning signs that make them believe a marriage will end in divorce. Taking to Reddit, one photographer revealed how a groom avoided eye contact with his bride throughout their wedding day.
They said: "So many photos where she is gazing lovingly at him, and he's just staring like 10 yards right over the top of her head." Another photographer said: "The groom didn't want to participate in any wedding pictures after the ceremony. I believe he was more interested in drinking beers with his buddies. I don't think they lasted a year."
A third photographer recalled a couple who didn't want to even stand next to each other during their photoshoot, saying "it always left me with a bad feeling in my gut".
"I was a wedding photographer for about five years," they said. "I get being awkward on camera and not wanting to do any PDA [public display of affection].
"I’m very awkward myself! But when prompting couples for fun poses like whispering obscenities in each others' ear for a laughing shot or nuzzling close together, most couples eventually let their guard down and enjoyed holding each other.
"A few times though, I had couples that visibly didn’t want to be near each other at all. Once the shot was done, they went back to standing a foot apart.
"They would complain about each other and make fun of each other in front of me. Most of the time the marriage didn’t last long!"
But it's not only photographers who can easily spot the red flags as others working the wedding can too.
One woman said: "In another life, I worked catering shifts doing lots of Saturday weddings.
"Ill never forget the best-man's toast of the groom - it was a shameless roast. h
"He spoke openly about the groom's willingness to have sex with anything when he's drunk.
"He then went on and on about the groom's deadly gambling habit and his short fuse when he doesn't win.
"He asked the stone-faced groom 'How many thousands of dollars in golf clubs have you destroyed or lost in countless ponds?'
"Nobody was laughing. The bride had tears in her eyes and the groom's parents sat in stunned silence."
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