Woman Marries Father-in-law After Groom Runs Away During Wedding

A wedding requires a lot of work. It carries the enormous responsibility of ensuring that the day runs as smoothly as possible.

The husband and bride frequently worry about toxic family strife, the food and cake not being what they wanted, and boisterous guests.

The unthinkable reportedly occurred for an Indonesian woman after her fiancé ran off and abandoned her, forcing the astonished bride to wed her would-be father-in-law.

According to Tribun Trends, the family was compelled to proceed with the ceremony with the groom’s father standing in for his son because the invited guests had already arrived.

“The lover, or the bridegroom, named Isra… He was forced to be represented by his father because he ran away before the Ijab Kabul (kabul is the consent given by the bride’s family at wedding ceremony). It is important in Islam,” reported Tribun Trends.

The bride’s brother described the peculiar events they had experienced. He recalled what had transpired prior to his sister’s intended father-in-law’s wedding.

“Even though guests had come to attend wedding invitations; the man’s family then said their child was missing without being noticed,” he was quoted as saying.

He supposedly claimed that the bride and would-be groom have been in a love connection for a long time.

“The runaway groom had even been once caught entering the bride’s room. He also said, his party experienced the loss of around Rp 25 million (about R31,402) for the readiness of this marriage. However, he admitted that no legal steps would be taken,” the bride’s brother was quoted as saying.