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There is a well-known engineering concept that the more parts a machine or contraption has, the more likely it will be prone to breaking. Same goes for weddings.
Because there is so much potential for something going wrong in a wedding, it’s also likely that the guests will catch wind of it, if not be affected by it. And once they do, you’re sure to hear about it online, like in this AskReddit thread answering the question what's the worst wedding experience you ever had? And, well, some of them are definitely doozies.
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#1
I was supposed to be in the bridal party and was told that things were casual, and to just show up the day of wearing something "dressy casual" I felt good in. I showed up, saw the wedding party in coordinated outfits with their corsages, bouquets, and the whole 9 yards, and realized they hadn't had the guts to tell me they didn't want me in the bridal party after all. We took our gift, checked out of the hotel we'd paid for at their specific recommendation (and that they cancelled the shuttle for because "we forgot you were staying there"), and drove 800km back home with our wedding present.
I am not friends with any of those people anymore, and thank god.
SheamusFanFrom1987 9 months ago
Those weren't friends, so no presents required. Well done, OP.
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#2
My sister's wedding. It was outdoors in South Texas in the summer, and the heat was awful. My sister had picked the venue when it still had water in the ponds, but at the time of her wedding, everything had been drained for repair, so it looked like an old quarry with some mud puddles here and there.
The night before, we met at the venue for a rehearsal. My sister decided all the bridesmaids had to wait in the bathroom, but the bathroom smelled like a large dead thing and a lot of poop. One of the girls pulled perfume out of her purse and started spraying it everywhere. I had an asthma attack and was trying to take my inhaler and step out of the awful bathroom for some fresh air. My sister was screaming, "Do you have to f*****g do that now? Can you f*****g process down the f*****g aisle and worry about your f*****g breathing when it's not my f*****g wedding eve!" Her new in-laws drove me to the ER because my mom refused, because I was being dramatic and trying to steal my sister's attention on the eve of her big day.
#3
At my rehearsal dinner, my mother planted herself in the middle of the room, sobbing and telling anyone who would listen, (family, friends, wedding party) that I'm making a mistake, my fiance is a loser and the marriage will never work because he's "low income". I've never been so mortified in my life. Although this is her typical behavior, I guess I thought she'd at least act normal for my wedding events. All my guests left early and after the dinner, I went to their house and FLIPPED OUT. They blamed me for her behavior. 🙄 Typical. The next day my dad called to tell me to beg my mom to come to my wedding because she wasn't coming after I yelled at her. I told him no. Tell her to stay home. This is my day, not hers. Her attendance isn't needed. She showed up and told people how she wished I looked as good as her that day 🙄 Sadly this behavior isn't the worst I've received from her. I've been no contact for a decade now. And my marriage she claimed wouldn't last - we're celebrating our 20 yr anniversary this year. But sadly, people STILL talk about her behavior at my rehearsal dinner.
BROmanicus85 9 months ago
Wait... after all that c**p, OP still maintained contact with their mom for a decade?! Sh!!!!!!t.... I would've blocked her right then and there, during the wedding, and in front of her as well, so she'd know it!
As mentioned above, the concept of a wedding is complex, no thanks to social, cultural and economic factors (among others). And the more complex a wedding is, the more potential there will be for something to go haywire. Does it have to do that? Not necessarily, but there are some aspects that are common inevitabilities.
#4
My daughter's wedding. No one showed up to the bachelorette party night before. Groom had the flu day of wedding and was vomiting all over the restroom. Bridesmaid had a seizure during the actual ceremony. Groom's ex shows up and ruins the first dance. And someone forgot to invite grooms birth mom to the ceremony and she missed it. T O T A L D I S A S T E R
Edited to add something else I forgot. The groom didn't book anywhere to stay the wedding night. When we realized it (the afternoon of the wedding) he opted just to sleep in his mom's basement. HELL NO. I found them a hotel room.
#5
The bride got chickenpox a week before the wedding and still had her scabby spots the day of. Minister didn't show up. The whole church waited a half hour before they found out he had forgotten and went out to play golf instead. They got someone else from a church directory who took another twenty minutes to show up. Meanwhile, the groom's mother was going around giving odds on how long the marriage would last.
They're still happily married 42 years later.
Edit: My husband just read this and said "are you nuts? It took more like an hour to figure out the pastor wasn't coming and at least 45 minutes for the replacement to show up." In my defense, it was over forty years ago!
#6
On my wedding day my alcoholic MIL got absolutely hammered, fell down stairs and went unconscious and stopped breathing. I was 36 weeks pregnant at this time and had to do CPR. She came around after a few compressions, when the paramedics arrived she verbally abused them. The worst day, still happily married to my beautiful husband though, he's had a tough childhood as you can imagine.
One of the bigger threats to a happy wedding day is something that actually haunts us on the daily—running behind schedule. And it’s not just because you’re late. Guests can be late. Staff can be late. Things might take too much time.
This is, however, easily resolved with an MC who can herd everyone into a schedule and make sure your schedule has time dedicated to transitions and logistics between things.
#7
They ran out of food for the last 2 tables, who just happened to be the coworkers of the bride. We had to order pizza delivery and pay for it ourselves. The bride's family refused to pay for it. You never remember the good weddings, but you never forget the bad ones.
Jessica SpeLangm 9 months ago
How do you run out of food for the guests? I mean, I'm pretty sure most people have to RSVP before showing up. Therefore the caterers would know how many people to make food for.
#8
SIL got married in Wyoming. She's a tad crunchy. Her bro and I lived in NYC.
Hotel Block: she gets married the weekend of graduation at U of Wyoming and doesn't have a hotel room block. Same town for the wedding and the college. We are forced to stay 45-60 mins away.
Rehearsal Dinner: it's in a cabin at the state forest. Groom's mom is cooking green chili for dinner (he's from Arizona/NM). I'm not the pickiest eater but I do not care for that and there is nothing else to eat. Not even chips and salsa. We had to drive an hour back and find a drive thru.
Wedding Day: we were told it was outdoors in May. I thought 50s for weather. Nope! Up in the mountains and it was about 35 degrees. I basically froze.
There is almost a 2 hour gap between the ceremony and the reception (not Catholic) so we had to drive an hour to the reception town and since it was lunch time we stopped at Denny's for food. I think my MIL got a grand slam.
We get to the reception at a church undergoing renovations. THERE ARE NO STALLS OR SINKS IN THE BATHROOMS. Their mom was very overweight and I had to hold her arm for balance/be the lookout while she peed. We then had to go to the kitchen (where Groom's mom was cooking dinner) and use the prep sink to wash our hands.
Her cake was decorated like mountains bc they love the outdoors. THERE WERE REAL ROCKS ON THE CAKE FOR DECORATION! I almost cracked a tooth.
It was also a BYOB wedding but no one told us to bring anything so I was forced to drink lavender lemonade (it was gross).
That was the worst wedding I've ever experienced.
#9
At a cousin's wedding reception, at an ultra swanky private club, one of my cousin's friends got really drunk and accused one of the (all black) serving staff of stealing her purse. She was screaming racial insults and insisting that the police come and arrest the whole staff. Eventually, she was dragged out of there. Her purse was later found in her car. I have never been so ashamed of being born white in my life.
Needless to say, the more organized the wedding is, the less problems you’re gonna have. Sure, there’ll always be that one aunt who needs to phone you on the details the morning of your wedding, but there’d be more people if not for good communication. A wedding planner can help with that.
#10
The wedding was to take place on the east coast. It was huge, expensive, and had been planned for two years. The wedding party traveled from all over to participate. The bride announced her apologies at the rehearsal dinner the night before that there would be no wedding.
Six months later, friends are told that the couple is going to try again. To avoid any stress, they’ve decided on a courthouse wedding, and specific friends from the old wedding party were asked to visit. The day of, the bride announces she can’t get married at a courthouse.
One year later. The couple announces that they have proudly gone through intensive therapy, and they are planning a destination wedding in Hawaii! They expected everyone to fly out to support them in their regenerated relationship. Family members and a subset of the wedding party (from #1) fly out. As everyone is assembling on the beach, the bride announces that there will be no wedding and encourages everyone to, “enjoy your vacation in Hawaii!” The groom ended the relationship shortly afterwards.
#11
My mother, sat in the front row, was crying so hard she was escorted out of the room by my sister while I said my wedding vows. she was devastated I was marrying a woman (I'm a lesbian). yes, I'd come out to her, three years before this; I'd told her I met someone I'd like to marry, two years before; I told her I got proposed to, half a year before, and invited her to the wedding; politely uninvited her because she was upset; she begged to be re-invited; she attends and LEAVES DURING MY VOWS. she walked back in about ten minutes later. I'll never forget this lol.
#12
Mine. My sister in law announced her pregnancy during a toast. No one supported her decision to do it, but it was ruined. We’re getting remarried in Alaska by ourselves for our 25th anniversary ❤️.
In fact, there can be heaps of problems that having a dedicated person to help plan and manage would resolve: having your playlists in order, guests suddenly deciding they’re vegan, heck, even if the weather decides to be a pain, they probably won’t perform a ritual to cast the rain away, but they could compensate for it with added logistics.
They will, however, likely have trouble with family drama.
#13
This happened a very long time ago. I was dating this guy and his sister sent out wedding invites to Hawaii. His mother offered to pay for us to attend. So,the two of us and his parents flew out. At the airport the happy couple greeted us and we all went to dinner. Lots of toasts, happy memories, and quite a few of her family attended this dinner. The next day all of us were left to wander the island while the couple were busy with last minute things. The day of the wedding... my then-boyfriend and I were woken up to frantic banging on our hotel room door. It was his Mom, crying. Long story short, the groom-to-be let the bride know that he would not be attending the wedding. Turns out, dude never sent his family invites because he knew LONG before the wedding that he was gonna bail. He just finally did it on the wedding day itself. What a wild trip that was!
#14
A long time ago was invited to a wedding of a college friend. Invitation was very fancy so we dressed up in suits to attend. Had a difficult time finding the place, arrive and find out that it’s in a literal horse pasture. Smelled of manure and was an extremely hot summer day so that made it worse. Looking for the groom to offer congratulations and find him dressed in shorts and a T-shirt playing football with some buddies. The Bride? nowhere to be found, they had already gotten married earlier in the day and she was inside taking a nap. We had arrived a good 45 minutes before the time listed on the invite? anyways for the reception they set up a potato bar in the pasture and there were millions of
flies covering the food. We excused ourselves and never saw or heard from him again.
#15
Catholic wedding. Had all the celebration and joy of a mass funeral held for children after an orphanage burned down. The priest quoted Revelations. If you want to know what part of Revelations seems appropriate for a wedding, none of it is.
Family drama can be kinda sorta avoided by finding a good seating arrangement, but families might still cross paths on the dance floor or on their way to the bar. Or maybe Uncle Tim will decide to share an embarrassing story that makes everyone think that you just married your cousin. Wait… Did you?
#16
My auntie’s wedding to her second husband.
Her son and new husband don’t get along especially after a few drinks, so early into the reception a fight kicks off between them, drunk angry men from both sides of the family rush in.
Eventually police march into the reception decked out in riot gear (there was a brawl of about 20 people duking it out, the few members of staff that tried to break it up got hurt by both sides for their troubles) and dragged a majority of them (including my cousin and new uncle) to prison.
My auntie didn’t care, she found the whole thing hilarious when she told my parents (who had wisely left early because they know what they are like) the next day.
This is the 3rd wedding I’ve attended on my dad’s side of the family over the last 10 years and there has always been a fight, but that by far was the worst.
Made me and my now wife chuckle when we told them politely but firmly they are not invited to our wedding, and lo and behold we had a perfect wedding because those drunken cocaine sniffing twats weren’t there to ruin things.
BROmanicus85 9 months ago
Wait, what?!?!?!?! C0caine wasn't censored by BP?!?!?! The end of days is near, indeed...
#17
The groom's grandfather had a heart attack on the dance floor and died.
ManBlob 9 months ago
How dare he take the attention away from the bride?! /s Seriously though, that must've been awful for everyone there.
The Original Bruno 9 months ago
I'm sorry, but I did LOL pretty hard at that.
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Hooked 9 months ago
My late husbands grandfather died the day after they attended our wedding. They slept in a hotel and we all had breakfast together next morning. When grandparents arrived home later that day, grandpa said he was a bit tired and was going to lay down for a nap. Never woke up. Instead of honeymoning in New York, we attended his funeral. Five years and 2 kids later, I was widowed myself. To this day (25 years later) I never visited NY. Can't do it. But at least grandpa had a perfect last two days. He enjoyed our wedding immensely.
Zedrapazia 9 months ago
It's not much to say and still a very depressing situation but hey, at least he died happy.
Helena 9 months ago
I was going to say that. Depressing for the wedding party, great for grandpa. He went out celebrating surrounded by family.
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David 8 months ago
I know of a case where the Bride's father had a heart attack and was taken away by an ambulance. While he died on the way to the hospital, the family decided not to tell the new couple until the next morning, to not disturb their wedding. The Bride was upset after the fact, that she thought her father was OK and just in the hospital. But later admitted, that it was the right call.
Debbie Dixon 8 months ago
Sorry, but I can trump that one... Brides father had a heart attack and died in the church just after couple signed the register and were about to leave the church. On hearing the screams, my Mother and I's first thought was that the grooms mistress had turned up and ruined the day......but that is a whole other story!
Naomie Moore 8 months ago
Oh no. Not something we can control. Feel sorry for everyone there. The grandfather would want everyone to wish the couple well and have a happy life.
Marcellus II 8 months ago
It's a long, emotional time where every old family member tries to make it a last time... Of course there's deaths at a surprising number of weddings; something like 20%. [Source: the documentary "four weddings and a funeral".]
#18
My cousin was married in NYC 9/23/2001. One of the guests was missing her fiancé, a firefighter reported then as missing. God Bless America was played, and it was a pretty rough moment….
Oh, but there’s more to the human factor. Someone can most definitely be ill and hence drop out at the last minute. There might be some uninvited guests because someone didn’t understand what plus one means. And maybe that plus one will cause a domino effect that will ruin your dress. And then Uncle Tim is sure to get involved.
#19
My husband picked up a shift at work on our wedding night. Don’t worry, though — he didn’t actually end up working on our wedding night; he was just cheating.
I found that out way later. It was COVID, and I discovered later (by going through his phone finally after the most sus behavior in the world) that he wasn't actually going to work like a third of the time he claimed, and actually he hadn't been faithful, ever, with anyone he was with. Yeah. He's the ex. Funny enough, recently he tried to beg me back, and I just sent it all to his current girlfriend,the main side, who actually blew up her own marriage to be with this fool. It's only been a few months, and he's already trying to backwards cheat on her. What even is that?
SheamusFanFrom1987 9 months ago
Poor excuse of p*nis-wielders like this disgust me. Good for OP on publishing his poor fidelity track-record -_-"
#20
The priest called the bride by the wrong name the entire 2-hour long Catholic ceremony. The poor bride corrected the priest each time the first 10 times or so. The priest was the groom's uncle. The groom never corrected him.
Eventually, the bride looked like she had tears in her eyes and was going to start bawling so she stopped correcting him. The priest just kept using the wrong name through the end of the ceremony. Afterwards, I wondered if the couple was even legally married since he never got her name right.
#21
During my wedding vows, a fly landed on the minister’s face… near his lip. Using his tongue like a lizard, he pulled it into his mouth and swallowed it. It was horrifying.
As you might have noticed from the answers that Redditor had, things can be a lot worse: your brother might be hooking up with his new step-mom’s daughter (knowingly or not); your sister might decide to announce her pregnancy, stealing your thunder (and likely the lightning too); and someone getting so drunk, they smash the band’s instruments because they didn’t like the music.
#22
The music for the wedding was recorded by the bride and groom, neither of whom were singers. Basically prerecorded karaoke.
#23
The groom didn’t like the music so he proceeded to smash all the bands equipment, I really don’t like being around drunks.
#24
My father's speech (which he was asked not to do) included saying "I (the bride) and my sisters had always been a disappointment.
You could have heard a pin drop. It was devastating. I actually left my own wedding, went home and watched tv trying to compose myself, then stuck on a smile and went back. It depressed me for months.
Anna Ekberg 9 months ago
It needs to be normalised cutting toxic people out of your life even if they are family.
Sure, all of these can be resolved (more or less) by having a good wedding MC who will keep tabs on everyone, but there’s also another, simpler (again, more or less) option. The wedding experience is definitely a challenge for everyone. For some, more so than others. So why not embrace it?
#25
My father’s step sister's wedding. I was 5, it was hot, the groom smushed cake in her face even after she told him not to, she smushed cake in his face and broke his nose. Blood everywhere, we left as the ambulance was arriving.
When I was in my 30s, at my cousin’s wedding, his wife had asked him not to smush the cake, and he didn’t, the best man who was a massive ahole, did it instead. We left. Didn’t get any cake at either wedding.
#26
My own.
Trapped in an elevator with the groom for hours the night prior. Was mistakenly sent a red hummer with no AC on the hottest day of the year instead of the limo I rented. Wedding commissioner was 2 Hours late and didn’t have a phone. Almost got fake married. Rented a boat to get married and cruise around on. It was an old ice breaker with lots of character and I planned all my decor around it. On the day the boat didn’t work and we had to ask all the guest to grab whatever was on their table and re-set it up on the new boat. Which had maroon everything and my colours were teal and coral. That boat was just coming back from a bar party cruise so they hosed it down. As soon as I got on it my entire dress soaked up the water to my waist. Had to change into my friends sundress. There was not enough food and it was disgusting. The new boat had used all the fresh water on board on the last cruise so they hooked up the lines to some nasty slat water and were making drinks with that until people realized. There was no water on board and no gun drinks. The only thing to drink was palm bays. Even kids. Again on the hottest day of the year. Then we danced to 2 songs and they shut the music off as it had to be off by 12 even though we’re started hours late after the first boat didn’t work. I was so pissed I stormed off the boat. In the boat move one of my bridesmaids lost her keys and ended up having to come to our hotel room at the end of the night. Didn’t get refunded a dime. There was honestly so much more but I think I’ve blocked it all out.
#27
One of my good friends from high school got married in December. The couple gave the DJ a list of accepted music. You want to know what was NOT on that list? Dogs barking Christmas carols.
This guy played three songs of dogs barking Christmas carols in a row and the groom was PISSED. He asked after the 2nd one for the guy to stop. He didn't. By the third, I thought the groom was going to fight the guy. Who does that to someone's wedding? WTF?
It's the most annoying thing...
Sometimes, everything goes wrong in a wedding. And then you feel bad that parents (and maybe even more) invested so much into it but it left you feeling negative about it. And when you finally reach that “oh, well, it was kind of a disaster, but we're married now, so that's all that matters!” phase, it still feels like it might upset some people. But it has to be let go.
#28
I've been to two weddings where the Christian ministers went off the rails. One decided he needed to go on a diatribe about how the (cis-gender heterosexual) couple getting married was fighting the "good fight" against gay marriage. The other one decided he needed to discuss his personal sex life during the sermon. Nearly walked out of the first, nearly threw up in the second. Absolutely bizarre.
Michael Largey 9 months ago
On the other hand, Jesus - Whom they both profess to admire - knew how to behave at a wedding.
#29
The grooms dad made a speech that started with 'When we first met
Idk if it was his idea of a joke or what but it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
#30
The married bride’s dad went behind the reception hall for a make out session with her maid of honor. They got busted by his 9 months pregnant niece, who had a massive blowup in front of everyone. Meanwhile half the groomsmen were in the parking lot fist fighting a bunch of guys next door.
So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Have you ever experienced a wedding so crummy, it made you sick on the spot? Share your stories and takes in the comment section below!
And if you don’t even want to remember, well, then why not forget with more?
#31
It was the 4th of July and fireworks were going off. 3 scared local dogs came running in the church down the aisle and the brides family was freaking out. No one thought it was funny. I did though.
#32
Saw a bride give a very well thought out vow and remembrance, and the groom said
>”wow, that’s a lot. Ditto”.
Tiffany Marie 9 months ago (edited)
I wonder if she ever felt like it was a mistake to marry him. Even if your married 50 years, doesn't mean it's a good marriage. Co dependency plays a role. People settle too.
#33
I do wedding videography. A few years ago, I was covering a wedding in this incredibly formal cathedral. So much formality that I had rules where I could and could not be (not super typical with most venues)
All morning, the groom had been slamming beers with his groomsmen. Everyone celebrates in their own way, right?
The bride and groom meet at the altar and begin to exchange vows. Mid bridal vow, the groom begins to burp. Everything turned slow motion after that. The groom projectile vomited all over the altar and the bride, before running away while continuing to vomit. It was so silent that his upchucking echoed throughout the cathedral.
The groom returned wearing his best man’s suit jacket, and the bride had magically blotted away the vomit stained on her dress.
Although the vows were never finished, they still got happily married. True love prevails.
#34
My uncle got so drunk at my sister’s wedding that he confessed to having an affair and completely ruined the family💀.
#35
I was roofied (drugged) at the reception by a woman I never met before. I didn't know anyone at the wedding. I was the plus 1.
SheamusFanFrom1987 9 months ago
Good powers-that-be, I hope OP is okay and nothing serious happened T_T
#36
It was held in the couples backyard and all of the guests brought dishes and essentially catered for them. When the ceremony took place, no one sat down because the “officiant” didn’t tell anyone to. When it was time to eat, the groom went and sat at a table with his friends and the bride sat at a table by herself. We had to invite her to our table. At the end, they opened and read everyone’s cards containing money in front of the guests. Thought that was tacky as hell.
#37
My cousin's wedding.
For context, there had been some family issues about some inheritance and the relationship was cold, but we still got an invitation.
He had booked a hall and a cook but not a catering service, and we found out when the reception started.
The friends/sisters of the bride banded to serve the courses, and me and my brothers (cousins of the groom) doubled as waiters to take them to the tables.
We managed to eat in installments, taking g a couple minutes here and there to wolf down some food before we got back to serving tables.
He didn't thank us. He didn't even acknowledge us.
At the end of the reception he passed to every single table to toast with the people there and thank them for coming. He completely ignored us.
It's been over ten years since the last time I've talked to him.
#38
At my dad’s wedding, having to run around to find my brother for toasts, found him upstairs hooking up with our new step mom's daughter.
#39
The bride was wearing a $10k dress but didn’t feed her guests. The wedding was in the afternoon in a church with the reception “to follow immediately after” at a ball room nearby. The wedding party went to take pictures and everyone had to wait for them to get back and go through the line first.
One tray of appetizers for 200 guests went pretty quickly. There was only 2 buck chuck white wine or water to drink. No soda, no iced tea, no beer.
The bridal party spends 2 hours taking pictures while we wait to eat. They had set up a “stations” buffet but didn’t spring for plates at each station so the line moved through a snails pace at every station. We finally got something to eat 5 hours after the ceremony.
Jessica SpeLangm 9 months ago
I'm surprised nobody thought of going to the local grocery store to get paper plates.
#40
Had to go to an indian auspicious wedding that started at 10pm and the actual marriage was at like 3am bc that’s was when the moon aligned with saturn or smth. wasn’t bad just felt like a fever dream.
What do you think ?
Anna Ekberg 9 months ago
Alot of these stories could have been avoided if people didn't get completely wasted the day before their wedding. To the extend that it affects their own wedding day in a bad way. 🤷♀️
Rizzo 9 months ago
Dammit, at our wedding we didn't have a rehearsal. Maybe that's why we're still married? ;) We stayed at the northern sea for vacation and got married on top of a lighthouse. Very romantic. :)
Zedrapazia 9 months ago
The worst wedding I've ever been at was ruined by the parents of one groom. They had only one job, and that was to bring a traditional wedding cake from the groom's home country. They didn't bring a cake and instead decided to show their immense wealth off by dressing up super pompous like a bunch of Louis XIV monarchs, which totally didn't fit the very leisure wedding ... then gifted the groom a photo of some luxury car they wanted to gift him instead (it later on turned out that the car had previously belonged to another cousin who just didn't want it anymore). There was no cake at all and I had to go out with another two girls and rush to the next Dunkin' Donuts (the only store that was still open that late) and get as many donuts as we could as a replacement. They were a bit dry since they'd been sitting out since the morning, but it was passable. The wedding was fine nonetheless, but the groom has been on bad terms with his family since. Uber rich people are strange.
Mad McQueen 9 months ago
My neice was to get married in November. Kinda long dating relationship and they moved out of state from where everyone even their friends were located. So we would have to drive and rent a car. Book a hotel at one of their two choices and of course buy nice new clothes as other nephew got married earlier in April that year and they didn't want us in the same outfits. Week before event was told his mom was sick and wouldn't make it so it was all cancelled and postponed at a date not yet known. 4 month later they have broken up. No wedding. She is moving back to the state. So out a deposit on a car. A deposit on a hotel room and the cost of new clothes. Because they actually shouldn't have rushed to get marrried just because two of their friends were that year and they all wanted to be part of it. Except her groom. He dodged that bullet. She's a zilla for sure.
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
Concierge at a halfway posh hotel, acted as toastmaster / front man for the hotel at weddings for just over 5 years, every nightmare you’ve had I’ve witnessed from the other side. Behind the scenes we aren’t getting a great laugh out of your chaos / infighting / d**g abuse (yes we will call the Police) / drunken antics / falling in the moat / DJs and bands not appearing / grooms or brides walking out / you name it, honestly we aren’t laughing AT ALL…….
Tempest 8 months ago
A cousin of mine got married with a small ceremony and reception, both of which went well. What went wrong was the wedding photography. The photography studio that was hired somehow managed to lose all the digital copies of the photos from their computers (something to do with a problem encountered during transfer or something). There weren’t really much useable photos taken by any guests either because this wedding was in 2012/2013 when only a few guests had cameras/camera phones. I had a small digital camera but being a young and stupid kid almost all my photos from that day were of random nonsense. Sadly my cousin never got any professional photos from his day and worst he had to nearly go to war trying to get a refund from that studio.
ZombieRedfox 9 months ago
My MIL and her "friend" showed up drunk to our wedding rehearsal, almost falling out of the car, and threw-up in the parking lot. Her friend drove her home and she ended up missing the entire rehearsal. She showed up at the rehearsal dinner and looked s**t faced.
Donald 9 months ago
My cousin got married outside, in July, it was swelteringly hot and she was late to her own wedding so we sat outside and cooked. Ceremony and reception were relatively smooth but nobody was watching the groom and how much he was drinking. I snagged a ride in a limo to go back to my family home and the after party. My cousin's maid of honor flashed everyone in the limo her lady bits multiple times and another brides maid threw up back there. We got back to my family home and find the groom passed out drunk on the front lawn. My cousin Thomas and I got him into my parents guest bedroom to sleep it off and he pissed and s**t the bed. My cousin went to Applebee's and got hammered and left the groom at my parents for the night. They divorced 2 months later. It was, something.
Patricia Steward 8 months ago
With some obvious exceptions, a lot of these could have been laughed off and provided great stories.
Ariom Dahl 9 months ago
I think maybe there's something wrong with the way I see the world, as so many of these (especially those concerning alcohol) made me laugh.
Petra 8 months ago
No, laughing is way better than crying or getting angry. Life is more enjoyable that way!
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Jenny Mason 9 months ago
My eldest sister was getting married for the 5th time and I was originally going to attend the ceremony. I'd mentioned to one of our other sisters that I was planning to buy my new outfit from Phase Eight and we'd vaguely discussed which styles we each liked. As it turned out I didn't buy anything or attend this wedding at all, but the sis that I'd been talking to about outfits attended in an actual white wedding dress from the brand I mentioned. The photos I was shown afterwards were hilariously funny. I never found out if 'bride sis' was upset over it.
megasmacky 9 months ago (edited)
My decision to basically ignore my family is looking better every day. The knowledge that I'll never have to go to another wedding again never fails to bring me joy.
Clare Valentine 4 months ago
I am white and married an African guy with a different culture to mine... we were just starting our dance (the wedding was in Africa) and a female member of his family came up and interrupted it... I asked him why, I asked others why, I still don't know why she did that. Other things have meant that I divorced him as soon as the 2 years were up, and although I'm gladly shot of him, I'd like to know what the heck she thought she was doing; you get ONE wedding dance.
Angie Falzarano 6 months ago
My wedding, video Grapher who had been recommended and I spoke with and he agreed to it decided when I called 3 weeks before to remind him said he didnt want to . He did show great video of the floor. Dad was air force reserves and half his unit got called up (desert storm) 2 months before my wedding. Didn't know if dad was going to be called up or not. The chaplin who was to marry us was the chaplin for my dads unit, yea he was called up. Scrambled for another pastor. Had cake and non alcoholic drinks (friend of moms who catered) that was not good Pulled the cake out for 1st anniversary and she hadn't wrapped the cake. She put directly on the cardboard box and wrapped the box with foil. Cake had absorbed the cardboard. It was inedible. Couldn't take time off for a honeymoon but had a nice nite at a nice hotel (fell asleep after changing clothes both of us). Then it rained the whole ceremony and reception. Thank goodness indoor wedding.
Maim 8 months ago
At my SIL wedding, the grooms father declared they were "doing the right thing by getting married because they bought a house and would have to live together, and that no, the bride is not knocked up out of wedlock". Classy, right? Gets better: he said this in front of the bride's 17 year old nephew and his 17 year old pregnant girlfriend.
Reviewer UK01 8 months ago
My sister's wedding was at a church which is a common tourist attraction. The tourists were mad that they couldn't get in and they climbed over the walls at the back and swarmed the wedding to take pictures of her. Some guests had also invited other people without telling anyone, so she had some 30 extra uninvited people show up. Still a good day, but those events stand out
Trish Christoffersen 8 months ago
I had a lovely wedding...although I begged my Dad to take me anywhere but up the aisle. Turns out, he should have listened to me. My now ex-husband slept with his former wife during our whole marriage.
Lyone Fein 8 months ago
I think the most important lesson is that weddings and alcohol don't mix well. Don't know why people are always so keen on having booze at these events. It only brings out the worst in people.
Lady Stardust 8 months ago
All of these wedding nightmares make me so happy I just went with a courthouse marriage with two witnesses and we didn’t have any drama. Plus we’re divorced now 😅
Deb Johnston 9 months ago
During my daughter's destination wedding, my SIL's best man proposed to his GF the night of the Reception. The GF was a lovely woman, but we found out that night that she was a porn star. She also broke up with him 2 weeks later.
Rob D 9 months ago (edited)
Anyone else get MAGAt vibes from this post... bigots, antisemitism, homophobic in laws, drunk brawling, white-trash narcissist MILs, home-catered-but-s****y, entitled travel requirements, bad priests/pastors, denim? Anyone?
Edward Markovitz 8 months ago
We call them whatever, why bring politics? 🧌 🧌
Load More Replies... Anna Ekberg 9 months ago
Alot of these stories could have been avoided if people didn't get completely wasted the day before their wedding. To the extend that it affects their own wedding day in a bad way. 🤷♀️
Rizzo 9 months ago
Dammit, at our wedding we didn't have a rehearsal. Maybe that's why we're still married? ;) We stayed at the northern sea for vacation and got married on top of a lighthouse. Very romantic. :)
Zedrapazia 9 months ago
The worst wedding I've ever been at was ruined by the parents of one groom. They had only one job, and that was to bring a traditional wedding cake from the groom's home country. They didn't bring a cake and instead decided to show their immense wealth off by dressing up super pompous like a bunch of Louis XIV monarchs, which totally didn't fit the very leisure wedding ... then gifted the groom a photo of some luxury car they wanted to gift him instead (it later on turned out that the car had previously belonged to another cousin who just didn't want it anymore). There was no cake at all and I had to go out with another two girls and rush to the next Dunkin' Donuts (the only store that was still open that late) and get as many donuts as we could as a replacement. They were a bit dry since they'd been sitting out since the morning, but it was passable. The wedding was fine nonetheless, but the groom has been on bad terms with his family since. Uber rich people are strange.
Mad McQueen 9 months ago
My neice was to get married in November. Kinda long dating relationship and they moved out of state from where everyone even their friends were located. So we would have to drive and rent a car. Book a hotel at one of their two choices and of course buy nice new clothes as other nephew got married earlier in April that year and they didn't want us in the same outfits. Week before event was told his mom was sick and wouldn't make it so it was all cancelled and postponed at a date not yet known. 4 month later they have broken up. No wedding. She is moving back to the state. So out a deposit on a car. A deposit on a hotel room and the cost of new clothes. Because they actually shouldn't have rushed to get marrried just because two of their friends were that year and they all wanted to be part of it. Except her groom. He dodged that bullet. She's a zilla for sure.
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
Concierge at a halfway posh hotel, acted as toastmaster / front man for the hotel at weddings for just over 5 years, every nightmare you’ve had I’ve witnessed from the other side. Behind the scenes we aren’t getting a great laugh out of your chaos / infighting / d**g abuse (yes we will call the Police) / drunken antics / falling in the moat / DJs and bands not appearing / grooms or brides walking out / you name it, honestly we aren’t laughing AT ALL…….
Tempest 8 months ago
A cousin of mine got married with a small ceremony and reception, both of which went well. What went wrong was the wedding photography. The photography studio that was hired somehow managed to lose all the digital copies of the photos from their computers (something to do with a problem encountered during transfer or something). There weren’t really much useable photos taken by any guests either because this wedding was in 2012/2013 when only a few guests had cameras/camera phones. I had a small digital camera but being a young and stupid kid almost all my photos from that day were of random nonsense. Sadly my cousin never got any professional photos from his day and worst he had to nearly go to war trying to get a refund from that studio.
ZombieRedfox 9 months ago
My MIL and her "friend" showed up drunk to our wedding rehearsal, almost falling out of the car, and threw-up in the parking lot. Her friend drove her home and she ended up missing the entire rehearsal. She showed up at the rehearsal dinner and looked s**t faced.
Donald 9 months ago
My cousin got married outside, in July, it was swelteringly hot and she was late to her own wedding so we sat outside and cooked. Ceremony and reception were relatively smooth but nobody was watching the groom and how much he was drinking. I snagged a ride in a limo to go back to my family home and the after party. My cousin's maid of honor flashed everyone in the limo her lady bits multiple times and another brides maid threw up back there. We got back to my family home and find the groom passed out drunk on the front lawn. My cousin Thomas and I got him into my parents guest bedroom to sleep it off and he pissed and s**t the bed. My cousin went to Applebee's and got hammered and left the groom at my parents for the night. They divorced 2 months later. It was, something.
Patricia Steward 8 months ago
With some obvious exceptions, a lot of these could have been laughed off and provided great stories.
Ariom Dahl 9 months ago
I think maybe there's something wrong with the way I see the world, as so many of these (especially those concerning alcohol) made me laugh.
Petra 8 months ago
No, laughing is way better than crying or getting angry. Life is more enjoyable that way!
Load More Replies... Jenny Mason 9 months ago
My eldest sister was getting married for the 5th time and I was originally going to attend the ceremony. I'd mentioned to one of our other sisters that I was planning to buy my new outfit from Phase Eight and we'd vaguely discussed which styles we each liked. As it turned out I didn't buy anything or attend this wedding at all, but the sis that I'd been talking to about outfits attended in an actual white wedding dress from the brand I mentioned. The photos I was shown afterwards were hilariously funny. I never found out if 'bride sis' was upset over it.
megasmacky 9 months ago (edited)
My decision to basically ignore my family is looking better every day. The knowledge that I'll never have to go to another wedding again never fails to bring me joy.
Clare Valentine 4 months ago
I am white and married an African guy with a different culture to mine... we were just starting our dance (the wedding was in Africa) and a female member of his family came up and interrupted it... I asked him why, I asked others why, I still don't know why she did that. Other things have meant that I divorced him as soon as the 2 years were up, and although I'm gladly shot of him, I'd like to know what the heck she thought she was doing; you get ONE wedding dance.
Angie Falzarano 6 months ago
My wedding, video Grapher who had been recommended and I spoke with and he agreed to it decided when I called 3 weeks before to remind him said he didnt want to . He did show great video of the floor. Dad was air force reserves and half his unit got called up (desert storm) 2 months before my wedding. Didn't know if dad was going to be called up or not. The chaplin who was to marry us was the chaplin for my dads unit, yea he was called up. Scrambled for another pastor. Had cake and non alcoholic drinks (friend of moms who catered) that was not good Pulled the cake out for 1st anniversary and she hadn't wrapped the cake. She put directly on the cardboard box and wrapped the box with foil. Cake had absorbed the cardboard. It was inedible. Couldn't take time off for a honeymoon but had a nice nite at a nice hotel (fell asleep after changing clothes both of us). Then it rained the whole ceremony and reception. Thank goodness indoor wedding.
Maim 8 months ago
At my SIL wedding, the grooms father declared they were "doing the right thing by getting married because they bought a house and would have to live together, and that no, the bride is not knocked up out of wedlock". Classy, right? Gets better: he said this in front of the bride's 17 year old nephew and his 17 year old pregnant girlfriend.
Reviewer UK01 8 months ago
My sister's wedding was at a church which is a common tourist attraction. The tourists were mad that they couldn't get in and they climbed over the walls at the back and swarmed the wedding to take pictures of her. Some guests had also invited other people without telling anyone, so she had some 30 extra uninvited people show up. Still a good day, but those events stand out
Trish Christoffersen 8 months ago
I had a lovely wedding...although I begged my Dad to take me anywhere but up the aisle. Turns out, he should have listened to me. My now ex-husband slept with his former wife during our whole marriage.
Lyone Fein 8 months ago
I think the most important lesson is that weddings and alcohol don't mix well. Don't know why people are always so keen on having booze at these events. It only brings out the worst in people.
Lady Stardust 8 months ago
All of these wedding nightmares make me so happy I just went with a courthouse marriage with two witnesses and we didn’t have any drama. Plus we’re divorced now 😅
Deb Johnston 9 months ago
During my daughter's destination wedding, my SIL's best man proposed to his GF the night of the Reception. The GF was a lovely woman, but we found out that night that she was a porn star. She also broke up with him 2 weeks later.
Rob D 9 months ago (edited)
Anyone else get MAGAt vibes from this post... bigots, antisemitism, homophobic in laws, drunk brawling, white-trash narcissist MILs, home-catered-but-s****y, entitled travel requirements, bad priests/pastors, denim? Anyone?
Edward Markovitz 8 months ago
We call them whatever, why bring politics? 🧌 🧌
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