The morning of your wedding day is meant to be filled with excitement and nerves, but for Alexis Saya, it wasn't - so she called the whole thing off, with a blunt five-word comment, while her fiance laid beside her. Alexis, who was 23-year-old at the time, revealed that she had been "terrified" everyone would hate her after making the brave decision to put a stop to her £30,000 wedding. It was made all the harder as Alexis was actually asleep in bed with her fiance when she realised she was making a big mistake.
While it was an incredibly difficult choice to make, particularly on the morning of their wedding day, Alexis says it was the "best decision" she's ever made. The couple, who met at high school at the age of 16 and are parents to their four-year-old daughter, experienced an on-and-off relationship for several years. Despite Alexis knowing she wasn't truly happy, they were due to get married in Huntington, Indiana, US, on April 16, 2023. However, when their big day arrived, Alexis, who was unemployed at the time, woke up and just "knew she had to" cancel their wedding. So she turned to her partner and said: "We can't get married today.".
Reflecting back on the significant day, Alexis, who lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, shares: "I don't think that I've genuinely ever done anything harder. I felt like it was a decision I had just made but almost I didn't have a say in it. I didn't have control over it.
"It was about 6am. I said, 'I'm sorry, we can't get married today'. He kind of looked at me and went back to sleep. I went into another room and called my mum. My sister was on the phone with other family telling them that I wasn't going to go through with it.
