Woman fakes elaborate wedding in sad attempt to get ex to text her
She probably could’ve just texted him.
A woman redefined “arranged marriage” after allegedly faking her own wedding — complete with a professional photographer and faux groom — in a desperate bid to get her ex to text her. A video detailing the botched attention ploy currently boasts 1.5 million views on TikTok.
“Remembering the time I faked my own wedding and had a professional photoshoot so he would reach out,” reads the video, which was posted Nov. 18 by TikTok user @dieschaklin.
The accompanying footage shows the regretful gal doing a real-life facepalm before showing a compilation of clips from the ostentatious faux ceremony.
Photos depict the bride-not-to-be posing artfully in front of a window sill in a stunning white gown and jewelry, dancing with an actor masquerading as her doting future hubby, and other flawless snaps that seem straight out of Brides magazine. She even appeared to reserve a venue complete with horses and stables.
Unfortunately, it seems the woman’s big, fat, fake wedding was for naught. She wrote in the video’s caption: “worst part is he watched my story and still didn’t reach out.”
The stunt divided commenters on TikTok, with some empathizing with her desire to be noticed.
“The feminine urged to do this,” said one sympathizer of the staged occasion, while another ride-or-die gal wrote, “my toxic trait is that I see nothing wrong with this.”
“The horse is a paid actor,” quipped one commenter.
However, others wondered about the efficacy of the knockoff newlywed’s jealousy-generating stunt.
“Why would he reach out on your wedding day,” questioned one critic. Another advised that she should’ve done an engagement shoot as “once the wedding happens it’s too late” to get your ex back.
Another wondered what the plan was if her former beau did indeed reach out.
However, some commenters claimed that the counterfeit knot-tying ceremony worked wonders for them, à la the end of “The Graduate.”
“I did this and he actually reached out and ‘stopped the wedding’ and he asked me to marry him,” swore one endorser of achieving her desired fairytale ending. “all it takes is just the right amount of crazy ladies.”
Indeed, this isn’t the first time someone’s staged their big day to induce envy in an ex. A German woman exacted revenge on a former flame in March after staging a glamorous faux ceremony for which she enlisted her friends as bridesmaids. She then posted the pics on Instagram.
And it apparently did the trick: Her incensed former pudding pops reportedly texted her “the next day and freaked out because he thought I was cheating on him while we were together,” she said.
