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To stop a wedding, meet directly with the couple and calmly tell them why you believe they shouldn’t be married. If you can’t convince them to call it off completely, try persuading them to hold it off for a year by pointing out how expensive and time-consuming it is to plan a wedding. You should avoid crashing a wedding, which will damage your own reputation and may not even work. If you have an urgent reason for preventing the wedding, consider reaching out to other family or friends to get help convincing the couple to hold off. To find out how to legally void the marriage after the wedding, keep reading!