"He nonchalantly told me on the drive to the church that if I 'got fat' after the wedding, he would leave me and never contact me again. I asked him to pull over, got out of the car, and walked to my mother's house, canceled the wedding, and blocked him."

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"I had to convince him it wasn't him, and that I just didn't want ever to get married; I had to play into it being some outdated social construct. Immediately after that conversation, I started hiding money in the pages of my favorite childhood books. It took me a year to fully leave the relationship. I had to burn my life to the ground and lost pretty much everything I had worked for, as well as pretty much everyone in my life, and he turned out to be a much, much worse person than I had realized. That was about a decade ago now. I haven't been asked out on a date since, so I'm still not married. But I do have a new, happy, safe home, and I have built a lovely little found family. If I hadn't called it off, I would be dead. I didn't know it then."

"I practically had to choose between him and my education and career. I had had enough at one point, but I didn't want to disappoint my parents because what would they tell all these guests if the wedding was canceled?! Funny enough, my entire family was relieved when I called it off. A few months later, I heard he got married. Zero regrets."

"I literally felt a physical relief in my body. I sobbed. She picked up the phone and took care of the rest; she told him we would work out a co-parenting deal and that she was sure I'd call him when I was ready. She said he was cool about it and was like, 'Alrighty, I'm going back to bed.'"

"I didn't talk to my mom for almost an entire year. I do regret how things went down, but I don't regret the decision to end things. It's been five years since then, and I'm about to marry the man I developed feelings for, and I'm happier than I've ever been."

"Then, I asked them to collect any gifts they brought and take them back, as well as to enjoy the reception. Food, drinks, and cake were already paid for. I then marched down the aisle and left for a solo honeymoon, which he'd fully paid for. Less than three months later, he married her, and after two kids in three years, he left her for another woman."

"I couldn't leave, but one of my coworkers offered to pick him up and drive him to the ER. While he was in the hospital, I finally got up the courage to break up with him and did it just that day he came home. I married that coworker, and we've been together for six blissfully happy years ♥️."

"I felt like I had so much more I wanted to do before getting married, so many more dates I wanted to go on. I wanted to one day marry a better man than him. I had to leave. So, I did. I wish things had ended more amiably, but I did what I had to do, and I've never regretted it."

"Getting him to talk without blowing up was such a chore. He just doesn't know how to communicate in a relationship and doesn't have the emotional intelligence to be in one without putting me down by blaming me for arguments when I'm simply trying to have a conversation. There seemed to always be a blowup when I asked where he was after he was gone for several hours. I couldn't handle it anymore."

"I drove straight home to Denver (from California). I only told a few people why I bailed because I was embarrassed and didn't think people would believe me. My friends and family were very upset with me for years. I finally found 'the one,' and everything worked out, but he and his SISTER are still unmarried and now live together in Oregon. I never did figure out what was really going on with them."

"We could have worked something out! It occurred to me that if he didn’t tell me something important like this, I couldn’t trust him to be more open with me about other things. I left him and never looked back."

"He did marry the other girl, and they divorced after a couple of years and two kids. I met my current husband six months after I called off my wedding, and he and I have been together for 26 years."

"He told me he didn't want to call anyone because he was so upset with me calling it off. He didn't want to see me ever again. That worked, because I found someone who actually loves me, and we have been married for three and a half years with a beautiful 2.5-year-old son. And he has never cheated on me. I never thought I could trust again, but I'm still slowly getting over that fear after all these years (It was 12 years ago)."

"My family was super supportive, my super awesome grandmother took care of letting all the guests know. My dad had no problem with the money he lost in all the deposits. I gave my wedding cake to a homeless shelter since it was already paid for in full. Three years later, I married a wonderful man who is everything the first guy was not."

"I got out of bed, took a red-eye back to my hometown, and never looked back. I still see him in my dreams and my poems sometimes."

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