Anniversaries with your significant other are supposed to be a time to celebrate a new milestone in your relationship and the love you share. But sometimes the universe has different ideas, and a day that's supposed to be a celebration of love can turn into a disaster.
Instead of an anniversary dinner, romantic getaway, or that perfect gift, some couples deal with hospital stays, adultery, frustrating in-laws, and significant others that forgot the date altogether.
Several Redditors share some of their anniversary horror stories, and although INSIDER can't independently verify any of these stories, they are certainly fascinating to read.
"Happy Anniversary to me... from my hospital bed. "
"Happy Anniversary to me... from my hospital bed. So, today is mine and my partner's second wedding anniversary. When we got home [from our morning activites], my back started to ache. I thought it was just from walking around all morning and blew it off. At one point, I got up to go to the bathroom and all of the sudden the pain started to escalate quickly. Before I know it, I was doubled over in pain. I have a history of kidney stones, so I knew this pain and I knew it was a stone ...
When we arrived, the doctor barely looked at me and sent me to the OB special care unit. I am definitely stuck here for the night." — Redditor gingerbutnotrude
"[He] announces that he's leaving me for his brother's girlfriend."
"A week after our 14th anniversary, my husband comes home from visiting his brother and announces that he's leaving me for his brother's girlfriend. I knew her— we were friends. We spent family vacations and holidays together. And, as a bonus, she's 10 years, to the day, younger than me."— Redditor LimeGreenDiva
"He'd taken a nap and failed to wake up."
"On my first anniversary with my (now) ex, I got all dressed up, and waited for him to pick me up. I waited and waited. I was living at home at the time and getting awful pity looks from my mother, which didn't help. I waited some more and phoned him, but got no answer. I assumed he was on his way over so I waited, still getting pity looks from my mom. Eventually, he turned up hours late, looking disheveled.
He'd taken a nap and failed to wake up. He didn't apologize, and we didn't go out after all — it was too late by then. He took me back to his place and was confounded when I wasn't instantly in the mood for wild sex. He'd made no comments about how I looked, even though I'd made a massive effort to look good for him. He sulked horribly until I decided I'd had enough and went home."— Redditor ConnieC60
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