Trust, honesty and communication are very important parts of a successful marriage.

Imagine being engaged and planning your wedding when you find out that your fiance has been lying to you about his financial situation. Would you go through with the wedding, or would you break up with him?

In today’s story, one bride to be finds herself in this situation. She wants to cancel the wedding, but she’s not sure if that’s the right decision.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITAH for calling off my wedding after finding out my fiancé never had the money he promised to contribute?

I (33F) have been with my partner (32M) for 5 years.

He proposed in March 2024 and we agreed to get married in December 2025.

He promised to cover 70% of the wedding costs and said he’d transfer money to my account whenever I paid for something.

I ended up handling all the planning and bookings.

She was in for a surprise when she checked her account.

By April this year, I had already paid around 500k (local currency). But when I checked, he hadn’t sent me a single cent.

I kept reminding him, and he always said, “Yes, baby, after work.”

I work in an accounting firm with over 40 clients, so I’m insanely busy and didn’t have time to double-check every day.

But I trusted him.

He had been lying to her.

When we finally sat down to talk about it, I found out he didn’t actually have the money.

He planned to ask his parents or use future income, meaning he had been lying about having savings.

All this time, he bragged about being financially stable and successful (he’s a lawyer), but apparently, it was all talk.

I understand that people can go through tough financial times, but lying about it and letting me carry all the burden? That felt like a betrayal.

Now, she doesn’t want to get married.

I decided to call off the wedding and the relationship.

Now he’s throwing the wedding expenses in my face, even though I did all the work.

My parents think I should go through with it since the engagement has already been announced to family.

AITAH for calling it off? I feel heartbroken, used, and honestly, fooled. And seriously, if you can’t afford to get married, why propose in the first place?

If he’s already lying to her, who knows what else he would lie about once they’re married. It’d be better to at least postpone the wedding until they can establish trust.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

These are important questions!

I completely agree with this comment.

It’s better to cancel the wedding than to get divorced.

This reader thinks she dodged a bullet.

Nobody thinks she should marry him.

It’s better to find out his true colors now than after they’re married.

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