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A Wedding Cake Smash, a Fork, and a Foreboding of Divorce?
A recent online anecdote has sparked a discussion about the tradition of smashing wedding cake into one’s partner’s face. A guest at a wedding shared the story of how the groom, attempting a playful cake smash, accidentally cut the bride’s lip with a fork. The resulting scene, which involved several minutes of staunching the bleeding with a napkin, was reportedly met with shocked expressions from fellow guests.
While the incident itself was cringeworthy, the story took a more serious turn. The online commenter later revealed that the couple divorced less than a year later.
This led to speculation among other commenters about a possible correlation between cake smashing and divorce. The original poster claimed this was the third or fourth wedding they’d attended where a cake smash occurred, and all of those marriages had subsequently ended.
Others chimed in with their own stories of cake smashes gone wrong, including one particularly dramatic tale of a bride who left her groom immediately after the ceremony after having her hair, makeup, and expensive dress ruined by a cake smash.
The consensus seems to be that this tradition is outdated and potentially fraught with disaster. Many are calling for its discontinuation, suggesting that a gentle feeding of cake is a far more appropriate display of affection on a couple’s special day.
One commenter sarcastically summarized the issue: “Let’s ruin the bride’s hair, (possibly) professional makeup and the most expensive dress she’ll ever buy, thereby forcing her to miss about an hour of the party she’s paid for! Sounds hilarious.”
Perhaps it’s time for couples to rethink this potentially messy tradition.