In Hindsight
When it comes to runaway brides, our first instinct is to blame the guy and assume he did something wrong. As this story proves, though, it’s not always the man. The OP was in her dress ready to head to the chapel when she froze and realized she couldn’t go through with it. She was very young, recently divorced, and realized that she didn’t love him as much as she loved the idea of safety and security that marriage brings.
It wouldn’t have been fair to either of them to get married for the wrong reasons so we applaud her for making the right albeit difficult choice. Her ex-fiancé went on to find a wonderful partner who makes him very happy. All’s well that ends well…