Signs a couple will get divorced, according to a wedding photographer

Wedding photographers have a unique view of one’s big day. They are there (literally hired by the couple) to document every moment of the special day. On the positive end of the spectrum, they are there to capture the tears of joy, the sweet reunions of friends and family, and the beauty of the event itself. On the not-so-positive end of things, wedding photographers also capture the stress the couple is under that day from months of planning, the doubts they may have, the frustration they may be feeling, and any family drama that may ensue. Seeing as wedding photographers spend their days watching people tie the knot, they have developed a key eye for the couples that they are pretty sure will make it in the long run or not. There are red flags that these wedding professionals learned to see and they are sharing them all online, as such, we have collected these juicy little tidbits both out of curiosity and perhaps to learn and thing or two as what not to do.

Cutting the cake

There are two ways the cake cutting can go, either the couple smashes cake all over the others’ face or they feed each other the cake in a civil manner. One wedding photographer said that the several couples where she saw the groom smash cake all over the bride’s face (who has spent quite a penny on her makeup for the day) have all ended with the couple eventually filing for divorce.

The cake situation was the red flag she thought it was.

Arguing during the photoshoot

Arguing while in front of your hired photographer is a red flag if anyone has ever seen one. A wedding and engagement photographer said that she was on a shoot on a glacier in Iceland with a couple for their engagement pictures when the two broke out into an argument that lasted no less than two hours.

The argument that the two were having was over the hotel they were staying in and how the future bride was unhappy with the fact that the hotel was not more luxurious. Instead of being in the love bubble, these two were fighting the whole time.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

The basis of any good and stable relationship is respect and trust. One photographer said that to him a huge indicator of success for a couple’s future marriage is how they treat him and each other during an all-day photoshoot where things can go wrong or become stressful.

A photo shoot is nothing compared to the trials couples will face throughout their marriage, so if they cannot handle the day of posing then what hope is there for them when they have real issues arise in their lives? The photographer sees it as a huge red flag when respect is not shown at this early stage.

A quiet groom

Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life, so when a former photographer spoke of one such occasion where the bride was a bubble of joy but the groom was a quiet and somber groom, he knew that this marriage was not one for the books. He later learned that the couple divorced about one year after their wedding day.

To this photographer, if one or both of the wedding couple is uncharacteristically quiet on the wedding day (meaning not just nervous), then to him that spells trouble. Questioning one’s decision usually makes someone extra quiet on their wedding day.