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Soon-to-be married couples usually have a pretty clear vision of their big day. But just like the perfect crime, a flawless wedding doesn't exist. The good thing is that most of the problems that arise during the ceremony are easy to solve.
Some, however, can seriously damage one's memories (and photos) of the entire thing.
To get a better understanding of these calamities, one Redditor came up with a simple query, "What is the worst thing you've ever seen happen at a wedding?"
After they posted it on r/AskReddit, the question received over 17,000 comments, detailing first-hand accounts of awkward, gross, and even horrific incidents that are probably going to haunt brides and grooms in their sleep for the rest of their lives.
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#1
At a cousin's wedding my uncle was smashed and thought he'd had a stroke in the bathroom as he couldn't straighten himself. Turned out he'd buttoned his waistcoat to his trousers and couldn't stand up.
... 4 years ago
Ha ha! Our old neighbour did that! He was wasted and complained how his back hurt so badly he couldn't stand straight. The problem was he had suspenders but he had been to bathroom and had put his legs through the suspenders so it was going from his crotch to shoulders. Must've had tender pair of balls the next day.
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#2
I was an event manager at a mansion that did a lot of weddings so I've seen my fair share of wedding s***shows.
My favorite is probably the one where the entire wedding party started drinking at noon for a 6pm wedding. The groom passed out around 5 and we couldn't get him up. So I made him a a ham sandwich and propped him up in his bed while I handfed him.
Managed to get him and his boys down to the courtyard and then had to run back in and herd the women down. The bride spilled her mimosa all over her dress, two of the bridesmaids couldn't find their shoes, but everyone was super happy and nice.
There were about 150 people at the reception and every single one of them got absolutely hammered. The mother of the bride kept sneaking up on me hugging me and the groom made me pose for some photos with them. They also gave me all the leftover wedding cake and a few bottles of wine. I miss them.
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
Exactly, that's the most important thing. That, and that nobody got seriously hurt
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Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
Awe you sound like a super lovely person, who would be there in any crisis .
𝖊𝖆 4 years ago
When you’re not wearing your glasses and misread “handfed” and think it says he was “handcuffed” to the bed! Was thinking blimey that story isn’t going to end how I thought it would 😂😂
Yelena Yardeen 4 years ago
Same thing happened to me and I did a double take
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Janus Sanders 4 years ago
how is this a "worst thing"? everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, and nobody got hurt
Marilyn Ransberry 4 years ago
Was at a wedding where the groom and his best man tore off their shirts on the dance floor. Bride told him gently it wasn’t appropriate. Marriage lasted 6 weeks. He was gay.
Zena Marsh 4 years ago
You were lucky they weren't in a fighting mood. hope you enjoyed the cake and wine.
#3
My husband's brother having a seaside wedding. Our almost 2 year old was the ring bearer. He passed off the rings to the best man (Dad), then toddled away. ...Off the cliff.
It was prob a 60-80' drop to the beach below, but he luckily got caught up in the bushes, and husband snatched him up. He was buckled into his stroller after that, kamikaze kid.
స్టీఫెన్ ఆండ్రూ 4 years ago
Surely this should have been considered prior to the wedding occurring on a clifftop...
Dynein 4 years ago
I'm gobsmacked that this post doesn't even MENTION someone in charge of supervising the toddler! He just "toddled away" and no-one felt responsible for making sure he stays safe...? No-one felt giddy at the mere THOUGHT of a toddler toddling around on top of a cliff, unsupervised...? And after that mishap they just buckled him into his stroller, like they really never had considered the need for a designated babysitter on the wedding...
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Anne Mitchell 4 years ago
YOU KNEW the site was on the top of a cliff so why were you not watching out for the toddler????????
Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
This would be my 2 year old nephew.... Kid will see a wall and climb it just so he can jump off. My kids on the other hand, are too scared to even jump off the bed into my arms. They get my fear of heights.
#4
At the reception, the bride received a tip to go out to the parking lot where she found her new husband making out with his ex gf. The ensuing fight came inside the hall and the party screeched to a halt. Both families were displeased and stuck him with ALOT of bills. We kept our gift.
CatWoman312 4 years ago
Considering they most likely didn’t consummate the marriage by then, it absolutely does qualify as annulment
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
At least she found out before she wasted years on him trying to make it work. She should have been given the presents, him the bills.
*me* 4 years ago
What? In what dimension is it okay to make out with your ex DURING your wedding. He has to be high.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Yes, there's the 3-day rule to stick to. Or what what now?
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Barbara Schletter 4 years ago
I actually know of a girl who after the wedding there was a fight at the reception and the groom left, went and spent his wedding night with his ex girlfriend...
#5
Bride never showed up.
My cousin was the groom and had about 500 people in attendance. He got on the mic and said there's no bride, so we had the party anyway. He married someone else 2 years later
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
Seems callous to just ditch someone at the altar, but actually I think it's brave that people are able to act on their feelings in time rather than going through with a wedding to save some face in the short term.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I have heard this happening before, such a waste of peoples feelings, time and money.
Soleil SanMao 4 years ago
That happened to a family friend. The groom never showed. What we learned later was he moved out of state about a month before the wedding. Oh and another thing, he was already married. smh.
#6
I’ve said this before on here but they didn’t have any tables or chairs.
We had nowhere to sit or to put our plates down. Everyone had to hold their food standing up and put their drinks down on the ground.
Since there were no chairs to make an aisle for her to walk down she just kind of strolled through the crowd while people were confused and talking.
“Where are the chairs?” was the theme of the wedding.
I was a close friend so our group sent me to ask her why there were no tables and chairs and she simply said “Oh you have to pay extra for that.”
????
Soleil SanMao 4 years ago
Or any wedding. Can we say it together, "Court. House."
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Random Person 4 years ago
Top 5 best wedding themes: 5 - AAAHH WHO GAVE THE KIDS COCKTAILS!!!! 4- wait why is the cake made of diapers/vegetables (take your pick) 3 - Hold on why is he making out with the ex 2 - Where are the chairs? 1 - Where is the wedding?
Janus Sanders 4 years ago
*screenshots to remember in case i ever get married.*
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Alyssa Sweat 4 years ago
Who in their right mind makes someone pay to be able to sit somewhere?
Kristy White 4 years ago
so after that, you all thought she was a cheap skate for not providing seating for her guests!
#7
The sister of the bride who wasn't invited showed up drunk and got in a fight with the bride until the father of the bride broke it up by putting the sister in a choke hold and dragging her out of the venue. The bride was surprisingly fine afterwards Source: I'm a wedding caterer
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
Also why the bride was fine. This is not the first time she's experienced that kind of behaviour from her sister. She was expecting something. Probably just glad the scene has happened and is over and they can get back to the important stuff now.
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#8
My mother in law handed out an EP of my now sister-in-law to as many guests as she could & threw a fit in the middle of the dance floor later that night because I didn’t let her daughter sing with the band or karaoke. Her exact words were, “How dare you make today all about you.” It was MY wedding day.
Katie Fink 4 years ago
Had to look up what an 'EP' was. An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record
W. 5 4 years ago
Thank you, I hoped someone would explain it because I had no idea
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Kate Priestley 4 years ago
Wedding singer here. I'm constantly amazed how many wedding guests think a live band is like karaoke and we can just knock out any random song they want at the drop of a hat.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I presume this is American? Yu do seem to have some really weird and self obsessed mothers.
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
I had the (now ex) mother in law from hell. She wore a black polyester cape to our wedding. Not because it was fashionable or anything--she was making a statement. Not to her face, but my family started referring to her as the Wicked Witch of the West.
#9
There was this guy outside of the hotel walking up to groups of people in the smoking area, asking how much each person weighed. He was very overweight himself, and his jeans looked to be on inside out. He was severely underdressed for the occasion, and no one seemed to know him. Anyways, he would ask a persons weight, and then exclaim "I can bench that!". Until one guy (I think he was a family member of the bride) got into an argument with him and started asking around if anyone knew this person, figuring that he was a wedding crasher. That's when this gentleman decided to cut a deal with everyone. "If I can pick up that bench with my bare hands, can I stay for the party?" To which everyone agrees, because the bench was clearly bolted to the ground. So, he walks over, puts his hands on the bench, crouches down, and with all of his might... s**ts his pants in front of everyone. He stood up and waddled off through the parking lot to never be seen again. I did hear throughout the night people talking about a guy who was on shrooms outside, trying to lift a bench. So, I guess he was also tripping balls.
Panda-riffic 4 years ago
Hit post too soon! Was it a shizzle or just a shart? LOL
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Katinka Min 4 years ago
i think, every wedding needs a story like that. you will always remember this wedding and have seomthign to talk about.
#10
Was at a wedding this summer. The groom's family absolutely tore their son/brother apart during the speeches. They didn't say one loving thing, and went on to talk about all the mistakes he made during this life. The worst thing they brought up was how he was responsible for a car accident that put someone in a coma. I was cringing.
Shelp 4 years ago
I don't know why some people think this is acceptable to talk trash about someone at their wedding
Dave 4 years ago
Maybe the only stories they had of him were when he was being a trash human?
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
The only time negative things should be brought up -- and then, only MILDLY negative -- at a wedding would be if they were followed by something similar to "Now he/she had outgrown that crazy behavior and found his/her soulmate" as in praise.
GirlFriday 4 years ago
I was a guest at a wedding and the bride's sister thought the wedding toast would be great as a roast. The sister told one horrible story about the bride as a teenager and started to tell another, the bride was in tears so two of the bridesmaids stood up and took the mic away from the sister/matron of honor and walked her away from the bride. It was awful.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
They should have kept their feeling to themselves or not attended the wedding.
Missy Moo Moo 4 years ago
I'll never understand why a person does a speech and proceeds to talk about themselves... like the whole purpose of a wedding is to celebrate the couple. Narcissism? I dated a guy who's sister was getting married and he did a speech about himself. I broke up with him, not because of that but it did define who he was
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
He will never forget that. I still remember weird stuff my ex-in-laws said at the wedding. Messed up people.
#11
My fiance and I recently went to the trashiest wedding in existence. 1) when the groom went for the garter belt, the bride smashed his face into her crotch and grinded against it saying "Yeah baby". A detail that I forgot about was that the bride had informed everybody earlier that she was not wearing any underwear and it was also an outdoor wedding that had a temperature comparable to the pits of hell. 2) there were four separate fistfights, with the bride being involved in two of them. She threw the first punch in the second fight. 3) after the bride and groom were pronounced husband and wife, all the bridesmaids proceeded to strip down to tank tops and booty shorts because they were too hot in their bridesmaids dresses. They did this in front of everyone and also redressed in front of everyone after everybody came back in after cocktail hour. 4) after dinner was completed, one of the Bridesmaids and another guy who is there loudly proclaimed that they were "going in the field to go f**k" and they would be back in 15 minutes. One of the small children (no older than 8) at the reception turn to their mother and said "ewww mom, they're going to go f**k". The mom just laughed it off which just made us sad. Hillbilly Canadian weddings are a treat.
Greg Bex 4 years ago
Hill billy Canadian? Must have been in Saskatchewan.
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Tracy Costa 4 years ago
TIL that I am a stupid American with too high an opinion of Canadians.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
I must admit, this is the first time I have ever heard the term "Hillbilly Canadian". It shall forever be a memory...
albernistuff 4sale 4 years ago
As a Canadian, I can confirm we have our share of folks who have no branches on the family tree. My first thought was 'Alberta' as well, but I know every area has some of these fine people.
Shelley McKinney 4 years ago
I also immediately thought Alberta. Now, I would like to know.
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Adrienne Doyle 4 years ago (edited)
Alberta is basically the Alabama of Canada.
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#12
Mother of the groom showed up in white. Bride took her shopping weeks before and thought they had found a blue dress that made MOG look beautiful. I wish to this day I had thought to spill my wine on her and force her to change.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
A similar BP post a short while ago was about a catering server that accidentally spilled hot gravy on a MOG wearing white. The server was horrified but the Bride was thrilled.
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
MOGs: I cannot stress this enough. You are not marrying your own son!!!
Kristy White 4 years ago
my friends getting married next year and she's already had words with her in-laws family about them wearing white, they tried to make out like she was the bitch for not wanting the grooms mother or his sister to wear white, asked me if i thought she was being irrational, no babe you're not, they're the assholes if they turn up in white!
Jane Alexander 4 years ago
Hope she'll have plenty of red wine available.
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#13
Divorced father of the groom started up about how much better his new wife was compared to his old wife, during his speech.
On and on and the qualities of Asian women vs white women.
I've never looked at my shoes so hard in my life.
Lisa Alexander 4 years ago (edited)
Who's Shelp??....you reply to every comment !!
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DogMom 4 years ago
I was recently at a wedding where there was a variation of this. He didn’t mention his ex wife but did use most of the speech to talk about how great his new wife is. The whole thing was cringe
Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
That's why there should always be someone stationed to unplug the mic if this sort of thing happens. Maybe a groomsman.
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#14
I was at a wedding where the best man got up and explained how important this speech was to him, because even though he has an stutter and public speaking is very hard for him, the groom had picked him. It immediately became clear that his stutter was severe, but everyone of course looked at each other like "isn't this amazing, what a touching moment." It felt like a movie moment as he struggled forward into what we all assumed would be a poignant speech. However, it quickly became clear that this was indeed one of the worst best man speeches of all time, with him referencing exes, sex stories, jokes about the groom's small dick, and how hot he thought the bride was. But of course, it was all coming out in a slow, horrible stutter that made everything much, much worse. At the end, everyone was mortified except for him. He looked incredibly proud.
Crouching hippo hidden panda 4 years ago
Ahahahha my sick sense of humour found this the funniest so far! Why no upvotes??
Jessica Nametz 4 years ago
Hey, at least props to him for conquering his fear and doing a speech with such a bad stutter.
#15
My dad's friend's son got married when I was a teenager. He's a really cool guy and we played Nintendo a lot whenever we visited. Anyway, the embarrassing story is about his bride.
She decided that she wanted to sing to him at one point during the ceremony, so she chose the song, "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler. Midler is an alto. The bride was a HIGH soprano. Unfortunately, she couldn't sing very well, either. So for several minutes she squeaks this song out while he's standing there with the most awkward look on his face. I think everyone felt embarrassed. I know I did.
The good thing is that they're still happily married and have a daughter.
Karin Morris 4 years ago
It was a perfect song for the movie it was made for.
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Dhukath 4 years ago
Wasn't it written for the film Beaches? Where Bet played an over the top in your face type of character and her friend is the opposite, i.e. Cold in Bet's shadow! It makes sense in relation to the film!
Froganit Gamesy 4 years ago
It was written for a character in a Movie, and fitted the story
Load More Replies... CatWoman312 4 years ago
My stepfather sung horribly to my mom at their wedding in front of the church, family, and friends. I thought it was sweet. They’re still happily married years later
Jazzy Mc. Jaz 4 years ago
My stepmother loves tp sing and went to AGT and the voice and they both declined her 😆😂 She is bad.
Holy Prepuce 4 years ago
The bride was a bad singer. Really? That's the story? Boooooor-big! How tf did THIS get in the list?
#16
At my own wedding reception, I saw my wife's grandma, who was about 98, very slowly and with a terrible sense of inevitability fall sideways off her chair. She remained in a sitting position but just slooowly tilted sideways til she was on the floor, still in the exact same pose.
It sounds sh**ty but all I could think was "f**ksake don't die at our wedding please don't die at our wedding"
Luckily she was fine, and lived for another few years to see her 100th birthday.
Dave P 4 years ago (edited)
I was at a wedding, the Brides 99 year old grandfather went around the entire room trying different seating areas because they were too hot or too cold for him, then he found the spot he liked...in the middle of the dance floor. He sat their the whole night, the danced around him in fact. It was great. He was great fun, and a real jovial old man. When they brough him his meal, his daughter tried to get him to eat the veggie sides and not just the steak and everyone laughed when he said "I live this long without eating those things, maybe you should eat more steak", and then he laughed. He joked with everyone the whole night. He was a great old man, just particular about his comfort level. He lived to 103
Alexis Draskinis 4 years ago
Sadly seen this before. My grandmother used to get mini strokes called TIAs i think. It would happen a few times a year, once at Xmass Eve dinner. Spent the rest of the night at the hospital with my uncle (her son but she lived with me & my fam & i was her caregiver) while everyone else helped my hubs clean up...
Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey 4 years ago
i have witnessed this at a funeral.....ok, just toss 'em in there, we'll bury them together.....my brain does weird things at funerals...
#17
Bride's step-mother and mother got into a fight. Step-mother bit the mother. Wedding went to a screeching halt.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
Whatever I feel about my son's father and his stepmum, i respect them always in front of my son. The favour is not returned, but I can't control that. I won't put him in the middle any more than he already seems to have been pushed. He asked me if I love daddy and mummy *name*, I told him they are part of you and part of our family, so yes I do. (he called her by her name til their first child began to talk, then unbeknownst to me he was told he must only call her mum, and refer to me by my name when at their house 🤦♀️😡) but I adjusted quickly and swallowed the hurt, because again I won't put him in the middle. Parents thst can't do this, can't co-parent, are scarily common. My feelings for several decades vs a child's whole life and sense of self....well that's not a hard choice
Carrie de Luka 4 years ago
The best parenting approach always puts the child's needs way before their own feelings. Good for you. I have relatives who work in family law and it's really not that common. Far too many people just try to 'win' or score points. One day your son is probably going to look back and realise a lot of what was going on.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
it's official. Not even the trashiest of my hillbilly nutjob relatives ever got to this level. EVER. And one of them wore camo as a bridesmaid, so.... Yeah.
Jazzy Mc. Jaz 4 years ago
This would so happen at my wedding my step mother talks crap about my mother and she has never met her. she also say that she doesn't love me.
Fieke Engelen 4 years ago
not necessarily, if you take after your mother, she hopefully wouldn't lower herself to that. Maybe you could warn her beforehand?
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Johanne Trudeau 4 years ago
Good gawd!! Can't they keep civil for just a few hours at least...
Zena Marsh 4 years ago
Let's hope mother got an anti-tetanus jab. Can't be too careful nowadays.
#18
During the best man speech, the best man proposed to the maid of honor. Totally stole the night from the bride and groom. Now the best man and maid of honor are in the process of divorcing.
Downunderdude 4 years ago
Falls into the category (for him) of 'seemed like a good idea at the time'. For the bride and groom, not so much, I suspect.
Shun 4 years ago
Never liked the idea of proposals in public. It put a lot of pressure on the recipient.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Never, and I mean NEVER propose at someone else's wedding, unless you talk to the marrying couple ahead of time and they give it their ok. NEVER EVER DO IT SPONTANEOUSLY AT SOMEONE ELSE'S WEDDING!!!
#19
The groom got caught practicing for his honeymoon in the parking lot with the maid of honor.
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
Well, there's a rehearsal that wasn't needed. I'm betting there wasn't a honeymoon.
#20
For the bouquet toss, a middle-aged guy forced his middle-aged girlfriend out onto the floor, then stood by her so she couldn't leave. The bouquet was caught by an excited little girl. The guy proceeded to yank the bouquet out of the little girl's hands, gave it to his middle-aged girlfriend, then ran off the floor cheering loudly to high-five one of his buddies. The little girl ran away crying.
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 4 years ago
I can feel you. (Not a mom, but if someone yanked a bouquet out of my hands, my mom would well, I'd prefer to not say)
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#21
I once worked a wedding where one of the guests thought it would be perfectly reasonable to change her baby's pooped diaper on a table where other guests were eating. I offered to show her the restroom where we had a baby changing station or even an empty banquet room, but the disgusting [witch] said she was finished and had the audacity to shove the dirty diaper at me and tell me to throw it away for her. The other guests looked both disgusted and mortified.
Catlady6000 4 years ago
"I'm sorry, but that is not in my job description." 2nd favorite sentence. First is "No."
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Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
The original says b.itch, not witch. BP and their censorship is ridiculous.
Jessica Nametz 4 years ago
I am a mother and this mortifies me! I would never do anything so disgusting and disrespectful...
Jazzy Mc. Jaz 4 years ago (edited)
this would be my stepmother. when shes mad and needs something to through she throws my little brothers diaper at me.
Eslamala 4 years ago
Next time she does that, open it and throw it back at her. Aim for her hair.
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#22
We were partying in Puerto Vallarta, and there was a beautiful wedding going on at the hotel next door. A friend of a friend of mine was pretty drunk, then just sprinted for the wedding. He hopped the wall, blasted through the seating arrangements, then body slammed the like, 6 foot tall wedding cake.
He spent the next two days in Mexican jail, and will forever be a f**king prick in my heart.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
If it was this cake in the pic, I can understand his incentive. **wink wink**
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
Looks like 3 different cakes combined to create a Frankensteins Monster Hybrid.
#23
Cousin decided to save her first kiss ever for the ceremony. Celibacy taken to the next level. The bride and groom were visibly giddy from nerves throughout the 1 hour prayer-rich ceremony... And the kiss was the most awkward thing to watch. So much unessesary jaw movement. They both turned beet red and hugged. Too awkward for everyone involved to be cute.
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
Still sweet though. They’re not hurting anyone , and just want to be happy. I’m happy for them .
Anonymous User 4 years ago
My brother and his first wife did the same thing as well as several of the Duggar children and while it is commendable to stick to your guns, it does make things very awkward during the kissing....
#24
I was an attendant in my best friend's wedding. Her father walked her down the aisle and while he was not visibly drunk, he had a hard time walking behind her to sit in the pew. He stepped on her dress ripping it from her back down to her ass (her thong was red). They had to stop the wedding so that she could find safety pins.
Eslamala 4 years ago
The fact that a grown man can't stay sober for 10 minutes while walking his fckn daughter down the aisle is something I can't even begin to understand. And most of the time is for no fckn reason than being a selfish ass. I've seen alcoholics doing their best to keep it together so they don't mess up their loved one's moment, and you're telling me non-alcoholics can't help it?
Holy Prepuce 4 years ago
Bulls**t. Unless the dress was made of tissue paper It's more likely its straps would break before it ripped. ...If it had any.😮😬
#25
Groom got really drunk, trashed the suite, and got tased by the police before being arrested.
Eslamala 4 years ago
He won't remember it, even if he wanted to, though.... 🤣
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#26
I worked at a wedding venue for 4 years.
Having to stop a Bride's Stepdad from hitting her over the head with a chair was a highlight. The whole room were just fighting with each other, the best man kicked the Mother in Law.
Different wedding, some d**khead bit the DJ because he refused to play a certain song.
For me the absolute worst one was when the newlyweds were arguing at the end of the night, in front of their young son, she admitted to cheating on him. It all came out there and then in front of his family and he was devestated.
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
And the man in the back said, "Everyone attack" And it turned into a ballroom blitz
JessG 4 years ago
And the girl in the corner said "boy, I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a ballroom blitz!"
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Random Anon 4 years ago
I never thought "kung fu fighting" and "war" would ever be the right theme for a wedding. I was wrong.
#27
During the "Man of Honor" speech, the guy repeatedly said the name of the bride's ex instead of her new husband. Three times. "When I first saw [Bride] and [Bride's ex], I knew they were perfect for each other". Stuff like that. And he caught himself, too, every time. He was insanely embarrassed... but he still did it three times throughout the speech.
It was so awkward watching it happen... probably the biggest social trainwreck I've ever seen.
WildHoneyPie 4 years ago
He had probably been afraid he was going to do this. Kind of a self fulfilling prophecy.
Carrie de Luka 4 years ago
I was a guest at a wedding where the groom called his new wife by his ex's name. The marriage did not last.
dee renwick 4 years ago
Happened at my wedding too. Best man says "It takes a special woman to love my cousin and [first wife] is a very special woman "
The lion tamer 4 years ago
We had the priest saying the name of the ex fiance at my cousin's wedding...
#28
There was like an 8 year old boy who had loads of confetti in his hand so I didn't think much of it, turns out he thought it was sugar paper and ate all of, he then proceeded to projectile vomit everywhere through the middle of the ceremony. Was one of the funniest and most disgusting moments of my life
Tracey Costanzo 4 years ago
because we don't keep an eye on our kids at weddings and definitely don't ensure they put anything weird in their mouths? Taken our kids to lots of social functions and weddings, always sitting beside me and not wandering around the church or hall.
Sarah Grape 4 years ago
just remembered that I threw up at my uncle's wedding as a 4-year old.....should probably apologize, actually
Fieke Engelen 4 years ago
I think it's edible paper used for decorating cakes. So it is sort of edible but not by itself. Only as part of the cake where you don't even notice it
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Not a bad thing that happened for me, just really awkward. Went to wedding of someone from my church a few years back. When it came time to say the vows, he pulls out a sheet of paper and reads on for like 5 minutes, getting really intimate and pouring his heart out to her. It was kind of awkward tbh. But the icing on the cake was her response. When he was done, she just giggled loudly and awkwardly and got out "ditto!" That's it. That was her wedding vow. So freaking awkward.
Katie Fink 4 years ago
My brother worked so hard on his vows and memorized them. SIL had the minister read hers aloud and SIL repeated after. They're still happily married 10 years later. Some people just know they're not good at words of affirmation and express their love in different ways.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
Sometimes the words that are said apply wholly to both sides and that simply leaves nothing else to be said. Obviously the vows were effective and the bride couldn't wait to be his wife.
Xandra, The Little Hufflepuff 4 years ago
This is like Debbie and Festers vows in Addams Family Values
Eva Verde 4 years ago
I find this thing with making up your own vows extremely cringy. But then, I find the idea of a wedding extremely cringy too... Too much money spent on a party while you could just meet with your closest family/friends, go and do the thing in the registry office and then have a picnic or a dinner. Easy, nice, no stress.
#30
Brother and sister-in-law thought it would be fun to have their dogs walked down the aisle after their flower girl spread the flower petals. The dogs thought mid-way down the aisle was the perfect place for a sh**ting photo-op on the white runner.
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
Not their fault. Shou,d have took them for a walk beforehand
Kimberley Gayle Thomas 4 years ago
I expected dogs to eat the flower petals as the boy above ate the confetti.
#31
Groom's family were solid, fun, 'working class' folks. Bride's family were uppity middle class, and the bride's mother was a total uptight [witch]. Bride's mom insisted on having reception at an expensive golf course, and made the bar cash-only. Groom's family decided to tailgate in the parking lot. Coolers, truck beds, lawn chairs, having a good time. Bride's mom actually called the cops on the groom's family during the reception. Rest of the night was tribal warfare. Bride and groom started kicking their own family members out of the reception for picking fights and being pricks. Bride eventually broke down in tears and hid in her hotel room. Bride's mother would not let the husband into the room. Their marriage lasted about a year before they divorced.
Monday 4 years ago
Why should we insult dogs by comparing these folks to them?
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Random Panda 4 years ago
Sounds like both families were being pricks. The couple never stood a chance.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
And the lesson here is: Realize that when you choose a partner whose life in dominated by their family, in reality you are marrying the entire clan.
Kelly Von Tee 4 years ago
My mom has always told me, if you don't get along with the mother-in-law, the chances for the marriage lasting very long.
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
I have a cousin who got married on the Miracle Mile in Chicago, with a 5 piece jazz band, artichoke-stuffed chicken breasts, and an open bar, then went on a honeymoon in Italy. My husband and I got married on a pontoon boat on a nearby lake, with a sheet cake, hamburgers and hot dogs and salads. I made a mix tape of our favorite songs, and everyone was "required" to wear proper attire--jeans or shorts, depending on the weather. The preacher said it was the most fun wedding she's ever presided over. Needless to say, we're still married after almost 22 years, while the cousin divorced within a few years.
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
I'd got the hell out of that one. That marriage was dead before the ship sank! LOL
#32
After arriving 45 minutes after the ceremony was to begin, during the ring exchange, the groom gets this blank look and says he didn't know he was supposed to buy her another ring. SIL slipped off her wedding band and handed it off to the preacher.
If I could I would live under water 4 years ago
I'm not married but I thought they couple buy their rings together before the wedding?
Nat Hedley 4 years ago
Traditionally the groom buys the rings but a lot of couples ignore that now.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
Sister-in-Law saves the day and is forever the quiet hero. Kudos for not missing a beat.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Someone married an idiot, she should have walked out before the wedding finalised
Holes2Heaven 4 years ago
Sounds to me like he was not ready to be married. But, it was so sweet of the SIL to come to the rescue!
Holy Prepuce 4 years ago
What? The guy's never been married before! How's he supposed to know these things?
Nic Dudley 4 years ago
Poor communication is a killer in relationships. At no time did they ever have a discussion of what is needed for the wedding?
#33
My cousins mother in law told my cousin that her dress was ugly and then called the next day to ask if they had sex. Super awkward. My cousin is super religious and modest and was waiting for her wedding night to do anything so it was extremely embarrassing for her.
Full of Giggles 4 years ago
While dress shopping, my ex-MIL told me I looked like trailer trash going to a debutant ball. She also demanded I wear a dress that covered all my “disgusting” scars because “nobody deserves to see them, especially while they’re eating.” My scars are from being savagely beaten and stabbed 13 times before being left for dead by my first husband. It took me almost 3 years to work up enough mental strength to look at myself in a mirror.
Confused Flamingo 4 years ago
Wtf I I so sorry you had to go through all that....you are such a beautiful and strong person....I hope you are happy
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Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
My second mother-in-law was a sweetheart--when we got back from the honeymoon, she didn't ask "are you taking good care of my son?" or anything like that--she asked if he's still as hard to wake up as he used to be.
Janus Sanders 4 years ago
gee, way to stereotype. not every single annoying person on earth is american, ya know
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#34
Went to my cousin's wedding and the groom and men wore tuxedo shirts and when they got to the "I do's" he said "aww s**t, I guess." Shortly after eating they proceeded to light the trash on fire and shoot clay pigeons behind the house after heavy drinking. Good times...
#35
Bridesmaid had a seizure just as the priest said "you may now kiss the bride"
స్టీఫెన్ ఆండ్రూ 4 years ago
This is not appropriate for this thread. She had a medical condition; that doesn't ruin a wedding unless you're a selfish pig.
Monday 4 years ago
Sure it is. The title (at least currently) is "worst thing they've ever seen at a wedding". A seizure is a pretty bad thing to see, so it fits.
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
I can't imagine how horrible she must have felt afterwards. Hopefully she received support and acknowledgement that it wasn't within her control.
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
She couldn't help it if she had epilepsy. My seizures always happen when I'm stressed out, too.
#36
My cousin’s wedding, she’s second of 3 sisters. The eldest sister is a bit of an attention whore and drama queen. The wedding is beautiful, just absolutely amazing. The bride cousin is the first to be married, and this is clearly bothering the older cousin. The older cousin was also known to be very sexually active with random mates. So, the day before the wedding, the older cousin (who’s then single and unattached) comes up to me and says, “Don’t tell anyone but, I’m pregnant!” So, I naturally tell my brother-in-law and sister immediately and they tell me she already told them. We validated this with multiple other attendees. She’d gone around and told what seemed like everyone. Fast forward to the day of the wedding, the bride cousin is pissed because she’s now caught wind of the fact that the older sister is going around telling people she’s pregnant. It finally came to a head after the ceremony. The older sister (who was a known drinker) gave a toast and started it with, “I WISH i could be having a proper drink right now...ooops. Well, yeah, I’m pregnant hahaha.” The bride cousin just sat there wide eyed while everyone halfheartedly clapped for the pregnant cousin. tl;dr: Older cousin is jealous of younger cousin getting married, intentionally gets pregnant for attention and announces it at her sister’s wedding.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Why clap for someone who just announced that she's pregnant from some random guy?
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Super slow-clap. It can be deliciously sarcastic.
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Jon Steensen 4 years ago
"Don't tell anyone, but I'm pregnant"" So I naturally tel my brother-in-law and sister immedaiately. Is it natural that you just tell someone something right after you've been told not to? Do you have no respect for other peoples secrets, since you so bluntly do not respect their wishes. That does not seem like the best way to build good relations.
#37
My grandfather re-married recently. The bride FORGOT the dress. So my grandfather had to take the 2 hour drive back to her house to pick it up then bring it back so we can actually start the wedding. The whole time he was gone she wouldn't quit crying and freaking out. It was an absolute nightmare. Tl;Dr SHE FORGOT THE GODDAMN DRESS
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
I wouldn't have bothered with getting the dress. I probably would have switched clothes with a friend, got married, and switched back.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago
I happen to think that this is more of a heartwarming "Groom saves the day! True Prince Charming!" post rather than something most horrible.
JayWantsACat 4 years ago
Oh, thankfully, the four sentence comment has a tl;dr! I don't think I couldve read all those words! /s
#38
The groom's father was acting immature and rude towards everyone. The father was jealous of the attention he had to share with the wife's family.
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Rob 4 years ago (edited)
Everybody always wants a wedding that people will be talking about for years to come. But if they actually have one, their day is ruined...
Jaded Queen 4 years ago
Well if it happens for a good reson than yes a like saving a life or something. Frankly I would elope
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Treessimontrees 4 years ago
I was at a wedding on my own so got plonked in with the randoms at a dinner table. Before the starter came the women next to me who had a baby with her took the entire top part of her dress down fully exposing her chest and began breast feeding. Switching between boobs. A little uncomfortable for others nearby but it's okay. She is drinking heavily throughout the reception which I had a problem with. When the speeches begin she takes a phone call and walks past the head table ( in front of the video crew filming) chatting away, leaving her baby on it's own 12 months or so... She was gone for 10-15 minutes. Baby cried throughout the speeches and a lady at the table was trying to comfort it. She eventually returned to the table with cocaine all around her left nostril. Classy.
Monday 4 years ago
Makes me think of a story I came across on Reddit (?) where Person A was getting married and her 'friend', Person B, convinced her boyfriend to propose at person A's reception, even after Person A specifically asked them not to do that...So Person A did a pregnancy and gender reveal at Person B's wedding.
Eslamala 4 years ago
Not only is a horrible thing to do, but I also find the attention seeking really sad.
Load More Replies... lara 4 years ago
When my husband and I got married, my dad, who was a doctor, gave us fifty bucks to get married on. I bought a cake, my wedding dress, my bouquet and had five bucks left over to give to the preacher. Never actually thought that it should have been bigger or more expensive.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
My sis-in-law's first wedding (she's had three, all quite grand affairs). Scottish themed. Och aye and all that. Kilts. Groom and his pals got so wasted that we all learned who was/was not circumcised (ew) and the divorce within 8 months surprised none. Her second wedding was 13 months after the first one. Grand affair, this themed around her love of pink roses. Groom's family and bride's family never said one word to one another, except me, and that marriage lasted 16 months. Four months after the divorce, she married a third time.... And so far so good, thank goodness, b/c I can't stand a fourth theme wedding. (Third: Sports cars. Men dressed as James Bond, each showing up in a rented Aston-Martin, accompanied by a bridesmaid, of course, in gold lame (homage to Goldfinger).... You coudl send someone to medical school for what those three weddings cost. Some people live in a different galaxy?
Eslamala 4 years ago
I don't know if it's a cultural thing, but I honestly am incapable of understanding why some people are so obsessed with weddings. I don't care about how expensive the thing is, cause since I'm not paying for it, it's not my place to comment, but the whole showing off for other people is just ridiculous to me. If you think about it, you're paying a lot of money, to impress people you don't even like most of the tines, or vice versa, and your compensation is a gift you can buy for yourself in most cases, and "people still talking about your wedding X years later"... 🤦🏼♀️
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Eslamala 4 years ago
I don't really care about weddings, or marriage, for that matter, but it never ceases to amaze me how stupid people can be. From family that doesn't know how to behave, to grown ass men and women putting up with said families and crying like a fckn baby over stuff they should've forseen or avoided from the start. Also, coming from a country where excessive drinking is the norm, what's with people seeing an open bar and immediately proceed to get wasted and making a scene? GTFO! I don't care how much or how often people drink, but FFS I really fckn hate drunk shows and the idiots who excuse that behavior.
Karin Lange 4 years ago
the wedding was planned with a Protestant and a Catholic pastor. One of them was delayed over half an hour. Then several hours of power failure at the party. In the end, one of the bride's aunt suffered a stroke.
Elizabeth Molloy 4 years ago
There's a show on BBC, Marrying Mum & Dad,where the kids arrange their parents' wedding. Outfits, venue, transport, cake — the works. They always have loads of fun!
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
I"ve seen a promo of that show, the kids plan the whole thing and can end in very akward but fun weddings, like a Teletubbie themed ceremony XD
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DramaDoc 4 years ago
I worked for a caterer during grad school. Most memorable wedding train wreck: - Bride was a total bridezilla - she sent back the flowers 3 times the morning of her wedding - MoB kept referring to the bride as "that ungrateful little b*tch" - apparently she & her husband drained their retirement fund to pay for it -MoB was also 100% against the wedding and kept telling EVERYONE how she thinks the marriage will only last 6 mos The best part, however, was that the MoB & the FoG had history. Like, they used to date in high school--until the FoG stood the MoB up at their prom to date the MoG. SO! MoB kept giving the FoG &n MoG the finger throughout the entire ceremony and reception,
Eslamala 4 years ago
Just a thought: If you allow your daughter/son to drain your financial resources, you lose all the right to complain about it, though... Some parents aparently never learn to say no.
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Ceredwyn Ealanta 4 years ago
Worst behaviour I saw at one was the mother of the groom weeping and trying to be consoled by the mother of the bride (as in, crying ON HER and trying to get sympathy FROM HER) about the mistake her son was making, marrying 'down' in the world because the bride wasn't a doctor from a 'well known' family.
Rob 4 years ago (edited)
Everybody always wants a wedding that people will be talking about for years to come. But if they actually have one, their day is ruined...
Jaded Queen 4 years ago
Well if it happens for a good reson than yes a like saving a life or something. Frankly I would elope
Load More Replies... Treessimontrees 4 years ago
I was at a wedding on my own so got plonked in with the randoms at a dinner table. Before the starter came the women next to me who had a baby with her took the entire top part of her dress down fully exposing her chest and began breast feeding. Switching between boobs. A little uncomfortable for others nearby but it's okay. She is drinking heavily throughout the reception which I had a problem with. When the speeches begin she takes a phone call and walks past the head table ( in front of the video crew filming) chatting away, leaving her baby on it's own 12 months or so... She was gone for 10-15 minutes. Baby cried throughout the speeches and a lady at the table was trying to comfort it. She eventually returned to the table with cocaine all around her left nostril. Classy.
Monday 4 years ago
Makes me think of a story I came across on Reddit (?) where Person A was getting married and her 'friend', Person B, convinced her boyfriend to propose at person A's reception, even after Person A specifically asked them not to do that...So Person A did a pregnancy and gender reveal at Person B's wedding.
Eslamala 4 years ago
Not only is a horrible thing to do, but I also find the attention seeking really sad.
Load More Replies... lara 4 years ago
When my husband and I got married, my dad, who was a doctor, gave us fifty bucks to get married on. I bought a cake, my wedding dress, my bouquet and had five bucks left over to give to the preacher. Never actually thought that it should have been bigger or more expensive.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
My sis-in-law's first wedding (she's had three, all quite grand affairs). Scottish themed. Och aye and all that. Kilts. Groom and his pals got so wasted that we all learned who was/was not circumcised (ew) and the divorce within 8 months surprised none. Her second wedding was 13 months after the first one. Grand affair, this themed around her love of pink roses. Groom's family and bride's family never said one word to one another, except me, and that marriage lasted 16 months. Four months after the divorce, she married a third time.... And so far so good, thank goodness, b/c I can't stand a fourth theme wedding. (Third: Sports cars. Men dressed as James Bond, each showing up in a rented Aston-Martin, accompanied by a bridesmaid, of course, in gold lame (homage to Goldfinger).... You coudl send someone to medical school for what those three weddings cost. Some people live in a different galaxy?
Eslamala 4 years ago
I don't know if it's a cultural thing, but I honestly am incapable of understanding why some people are so obsessed with weddings. I don't care about how expensive the thing is, cause since I'm not paying for it, it's not my place to comment, but the whole showing off for other people is just ridiculous to me. If you think about it, you're paying a lot of money, to impress people you don't even like most of the tines, or vice versa, and your compensation is a gift you can buy for yourself in most cases, and "people still talking about your wedding X years later"... 🤦🏼♀️
Load More Replies... Eslamala 4 years ago
I don't really care about weddings, or marriage, for that matter, but it never ceases to amaze me how stupid people can be. From family that doesn't know how to behave, to grown ass men and women putting up with said families and crying like a fckn baby over stuff they should've forseen or avoided from the start. Also, coming from a country where excessive drinking is the norm, what's with people seeing an open bar and immediately proceed to get wasted and making a scene? GTFO! I don't care how much or how often people drink, but FFS I really fckn hate drunk shows and the idiots who excuse that behavior.
Karin Lange 4 years ago
the wedding was planned with a Protestant and a Catholic pastor. One of them was delayed over half an hour. Then several hours of power failure at the party. In the end, one of the bride's aunt suffered a stroke.
Elizabeth Molloy 4 years ago
There's a show on BBC, Marrying Mum & Dad,where the kids arrange their parents' wedding. Outfits, venue, transport, cake — the works. They always have loads of fun!
Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
I"ve seen a promo of that show, the kids plan the whole thing and can end in very akward but fun weddings, like a Teletubbie themed ceremony XD
Load More Replies... DramaDoc 4 years ago
I worked for a caterer during grad school. Most memorable wedding train wreck: - Bride was a total bridezilla - she sent back the flowers 3 times the morning of her wedding - MoB kept referring to the bride as "that ungrateful little b*tch" - apparently she & her husband drained their retirement fund to pay for it -MoB was also 100% against the wedding and kept telling EVERYONE how she thinks the marriage will only last 6 mos The best part, however, was that the MoB & the FoG had history. Like, they used to date in high school--until the FoG stood the MoB up at their prom to date the MoG. SO! MoB kept giving the FoG &n MoG the finger throughout the entire ceremony and reception,
Eslamala 4 years ago
Just a thought: If you allow your daughter/son to drain your financial resources, you lose all the right to complain about it, though... Some parents aparently never learn to say no.
Load More Replies... Ceredwyn Ealanta 4 years ago
Worst behaviour I saw at one was the mother of the groom weeping and trying to be consoled by the mother of the bride (as in, crying ON HER and trying to get sympathy FROM HER) about the mistake her son was making, marrying 'down' in the world because the bride wasn't a doctor from a 'well known' family.
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