Runaway Bride's Wedding Called Off

After Jennifer Wilbank's faked kidnapping a year ago, John Mason, the fiance of the "Runaway Bride", took her back and bought a new home for the two of them in the Buford area of Hamilton Hill near Atlanta, Georgia.

People.com has reported that John announced the cancellation of their wedding and that it would not be rescheduled.

A friend of John is quoted at People.com, "I think John realized there were some fundamental differences in their personalities that he wasn't going to be able to deal with."

The "Runaway Bride" fiasco did shed light on couples not being thoroughly prepared for marriage. We agree with what Reverend Laurie Sue Brockway wrote in her blog at Wedlok.

"It is possible to get so deep into the planning and fanfare that they (brides) do not take time to take stock of their true feelings and fears. We are so focused on weddings as a fantasy come true that we forget that a wedding can also feel like a crisis to a bride. Not just because of all the work, time, energy and emotion of planning … but because of what it means. The wedding is the threshold into the new life of becoming a wife, partner, and possibly a parent some day. Yikes. That in it self can make some brides want to bolt."

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