'I was jilted at the altar - but there's a happy ending to my wedding day agony'

Kayley Stead's ex-fiance abruptly vanished connected the greeting of their wedding and contempt this, she inactive went up with the large day. Two years on, she is present thankful for the disaster

Kayley Stead was happily engaged to her spouse of 4 years but was abruptly near heartbroken erstwhile helium failed to crook up to the altar connected their wedding day.

She recovered retired done 1 of the groomsmen that her husband-to-be had alternatively 'taken a drive', with him ending up connected a four-hour travel to Portsmouth. On the precise aforesaid day, helium changed his mobile number, leaving the distraught bride-to-be without immoderate explanation.

Not wanting to discarded the £12,000 they'd ploughed into their large day, Kayley inactive lived retired her imagination time alongside her bridesmaids, contempt spending the bulk of it successful tears. Now 2 years later, Kayley tin confidently accidental she is gladsome she was jilted due to the fact that it allowed her to reconnect with her existent love.

Kayley and her ex were acceptable to necktie the knot successful September 2022 successful a lavish ceremonial successful Swansea, Wales, alongside 120 of their nearest and dearest. However, conscionable 2 hours earlier Kayley was owed to locomotion down the aisle, the 29-year-old was told her spouse had vanished.

The integer manager claims she has lone heard from her ex once, erstwhile helium requested she returns his enactment uniform. After a twelvemonth of committing to singlehood, Kayley reconnected with an aged assemblage pal past twelvemonth - 29-year-old Richard Perrott - and the relationship soon developed into love.

Certain Richard is 'the one', Kayley hopes to 1 time wed her caller beau - and feels grateful to her ex-fiance for starring her to him. Kayley said: "I've really known my fellow since 2013 due to the fact that we were astatine assemblage unneurotic - we had ever been friends. He really asked maine retired backmost past but I'd said nary due to the fact that I was caller retired of a relationship.

"After the wedding, helium reached retired to accidental I'm truthful atrocious astir what's happened. Then the pursuing September, I replied to a Snapchat video and we carried connected talking and helium told maine we're going connected a date.

"I had thing to lose. I fancied the pants disconnected him erstwhile I met him again. He was funny, charming. We didn't truly speech astir the wedding - helium said helium knew capable astir it.

"Richard's mum said if you were ever to get married, I would ne'er fto him bash that to you. I would resistance him by the ear. It's been truthful casual and effortless. This is the narration I've ever dreamed of. I cognize he's the one. I genuinely consciousness truthful harmless with him.

"He said I've ever thought of maine arsenic being his wife. I cognize there's going to beryllium a ringing 1 day. I person nary fearfulness of what happened astatine the wedding happening with him."

Looking backmost astatine her erstwhile relationship, Kayley said determination were nary 'red flags'. They adjacent hardly argued, with her being capable to number 3 times erstwhile they did.

She continued: "There was nary anterior informing oregon crushed arsenic to him doing this. He near and didn't person the decency to archer maine himself, which was ever my occupation - however helium near me.

"95 per cent of the wedding was my money. His household had contributed towards the donut partition and saccharine cart. The remainder was my wealth that I had done overtime for.

"I had sacrificed truthful overmuch for this wedding and thought I'm not going to get immoderate of this wealth back. I was either going to spell location and outcry oregon outcry with the radical I loved.

"I was capable to observe my bridesmaids, my friendships, my household - it was a infinitesimal I'd emotion to spell backmost to. It was astir maine and what I'd achieved. It wasn't astir him."

Despite being near astatine the altar, Kayley admits the abrupt extremity to the narration gave her closure - and helped her find emotion with Richard. Kayley said: "I'd emotion to spell backmost and bash the time again and thoroughly bask the time without immoderate of the crying. Looking backmost now, I tin truly consciousness however overmuch emotion was successful the room.

"I'm gladsome it happened the mode it did and helium ne'er spoke to maine again. It gave maine the closure I needed. And it led maine to Richard. I'm truthful thankful it happened. I ne'er thought I'd find emotion again. I was truthful devastated. It conscionable shows that clip is your champion friend."