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Susan begins her post by apologising for canceling her wedding at such short notice and admits that she and her partner have broken up due to "recent and irreparable" problems.
She then delves into a full explanation of the situation.
"How did this all come crashing down? Well, I invite you all on Facebook - players, bystanders and side characters of the people in my life - to take a seat and listen.
"You're all involved somehow, somehow everyone is wrapped into this mess. Even if you weren't invited to my wedding, I don't care."
She reveals things were like a "fairy tale" at first.
Susan met the love of her life at 14, they worked on her family's farm and with "each warm summer spent in the fields" their love grew.
At 18 he put a ring on her finger. At 20 they had their first child.
Flash-forward a few years and they're preparing for their dream wedding, having saved up Sh1,500,000.
But to have the "blow out" party wedding they wanted, they would need around Sh6,000,000 in total, so they turned to friends and family for help.
"I SPECIFICALLY, I mean SPECIFICALLY, asked for cash gifts. How could we have OUR wedding that WE dreamed of without proper funding?
"We'd sacrificed so much and only asked each guest for around Sh150,000. We talked to a few people who even promised us more to make our dream come true.
"My maid of honour pledged Sh500,000 along with her planning services. We tearfully thanked and accepted.
"My ex's family offered to contribute Sh300,000
"We made it CLEAR, if you couldn't contribute, you weren't invited to our exclusive wedding. It's a once in a lifetime party."
So they sent out RSVPs and only eight people replied. Susan was "livid".
In a desperate last attempt they sent out invites to the wedding a second time and set up a go fund me page - but only managed to scrape together another Sh25,000
Susan was losing all hope of achieving her dream - especially when her ex offered to skip the big wedding and have a "cheap, raggedy, filthy whore" ceremony in Vegas.
She was outraged: "I just wanted to be a Kardashian for a day and then live my life like normal."
