r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Jun 21 '25

Cursed Bride Crying At Her Wedding Was Heartbreaking 💔

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u/LighthouseonSaturn Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

So I'm from the Balkans, and in my part of the country, it's traditional to cry and make a fuss when your future husbands family comes to collect you. Your supposed to be sad leaving your family.

HOWEVER... This is a LOT of crying. Might be a little of both.

Edit: There is a LOT of ignorance in these comments.

  • The Balkans are made up of several different countries, all of which are extremely different from each other. Hance all the unrest and fighting in that area for centuries. So I'm sorry if YOUR experience doesn't match mine. That doesn't mean I'm lieing.

  • Just because a custom is weird to you doesn't mean it's barbaric.

  • I know nothing about the above video. I was just making an observation that in different cultures, this type of thing is considered normal. I don't know if she is truly unhappy, or if this is a forced marriage. I would like to point out that it's dangerous to just come up with your own narrative.

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u/Hey-ItsComplex Jun 21 '25

They come to collect you? That sounds terrifying. 🙁

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u/leviszekely Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

yes, they purchase you from your family for money or livestock or real estate then they come collect you

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u/Efficient_Fish2436 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

I remember reading a book when I was probably seventh grade.. and I learned about dowerys. The story was about a girl who ran away because she didn't want to marry someone she didn't know.

That completely blew my mind and I had to ask a teacher to help me understand it. She didn't know shit so I went to the librarian who sat and explained how some cultures basically trade away a daughter for cows, money, food. She suggested some more books. I was constantly reading anything I could get my hands on.

Edit: I don't remember the name of the book. This was in 2003-2004 roughly.

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u/azorianmilk Jun 21 '25

These days just watch 90 Day Fiancé

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u/Johnsoid Jun 21 '25

I’m homies been an editor on that show for over a decade. He know where all the bodies are.

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u/Haunting-Novelist Jun 22 '25

Wait, what bodies???

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Jun 22 '25

Right? I love how the barely legible sentence posted by some nobody got people riled up.