‘Cause groom grievance’: Hong Kong man who attends wedding of ex to embarrass happy couple shamed on social media for ‘making a fool of himself’


A Hong Kong man who lost out in love attends wedding of ex in bid to make happy couple feel awkward. But laugh is on him as social media commenters in the city lash out at him for being childish. — SCMP

A lovelorn Hong Kong man who attended his ex-girlfriend’s wedding has sparked a debate online.

In a post on DiscussHK, Hong Kong’s largest anonymous online forum, the man began a thread which was titled: “Thoughts after going to my ex’s wedding yesterday”.

Published on March 3, the man said he had broken up with his ex-girfriend a few years ago and despite having a new partner received an invitation to the wedding of his ex.

The poster said the pair have broken up because his ex “couldn’t see a future with me” but that he still liked her a lot.

The spurned lover attended his ex’s wedding in an attempt to spoil the occasion. Photo: Shutterstock

After receiving the invitation, many people close to the poster advised him not to attend.

“I don’t know why I went, but maybe I wanted her to see me as I am now and feel that I was still in love with her, or maybe I wanted her wedding to end awkwardly and to cause the groom grievance,” the poster said.

When the man saw his ex in her wedding dress he thought to himself: “I wish the groom was me”.

At the end of the ceremony, the man asked to have his photo taken with the bride: “I felt better when I saw how upset her husband looked,” he said.

But when he returned home and saw the photo he realised his folly: “I was the one who was unhappy because I didn’t get to be with her in the end.”

In the end the man realised he was the loser after facing a wave of criticism online: Photo: Shutterstock

More than 100 people commented on the post, with most disapproving of his actions, saying “he made a fool of himself”.

“If I’m not the groom, why should I go to the wedding of my ex?” one person said.

Others accused him of being childish: “In her eyes, you are still the one who doesn’t have a future.”

Another said: “It is not fair to your current girlfriend.” – South China Morning Post gggg

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