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I went to a pretty bad wedding this weekend

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edited April 2014 in Snarky Brides
It was one of my friends from high school. It was decorated mostly cute (it had lace and burlap, though) and the food was really good. They ran out of food right after my table went up. They assigned seats with all random people so we would get to know everyone better. Everyone just ignored that and sat with who they wanted. They forgot several table's worth of seats and a lot of people had to stand in the back. They didn't get food anyway, because it ran out by then. Also, they had this weird thing where they made all 300 people sit and watch the B+G play jeopardy and the wedding party dance. We were so far away that we couldn't hear, so we decided to chat at our table. Everyone in the back got called out for talking and not paying attention by the bride's mom. It was literally 3 hours of sitting there watching them do various games before a few of our friends went up to make a song request, thinking they could dance soon. The DJ said there were a lot more activities they were going to do so my group left to go home. 

Also, you weren't considered a legit couple unless you were married, and people were invited without fiances and sig. others. They were relationship judges.

I got a thank you from the shower that only says, "Thank you for the stuff."

We weren't allowed to get up and leave after the ceremony. We were dismissed by isles so the B+G could see everyone. Luckily, there was a slideshow of all their pics for us to watch while we waited to be let out of the church. I like receiving lines way better.This was the only time they bothered talking to any of us lesser people.

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Re: I went to a pretty bad wedding this weekend

  • ElcaBElcaB member
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    Oh, man. What a waste of time. 

    Please tell me they at least had an open bar to get you through the madness...or did they run out of that, too?
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  • Aren't games supposed to be reserved for showers? How odd...
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  • I am so sorry you had to deal with that!

    How in the world do you run out of food!?!? And they were getting mad that people were drinking, yet they paid for an open bar?? Jeez...
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  • I'm still mad and they are the kind of pampered princesses that nobody will dare tell them the lines they crossed. BTW I was an OOT guest. No thank you for traveling 6 fucking hours to be here. I would have been happy with a thank you.
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  • What a shit show! 
  • OH- they also had people who didn't make the cut for wedding party doing the guest book and telling people about how to find their tables

    (they had little notes on where you would be seated)
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  • Utterly unbelievable! Thank goodness for the open bar...the only somewhat saving grace
  • Wow.... That is insanity.
  • I don't get why people think it's fun to mix crowds so everyone can get to know one another. 

    No, just no. If people really want to meet new people, they can do that at cocktail hour. If I have to be chained to my chair for at least an hour if not more, I better be with people I'm already comfortable with. 
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  • @thisismynickname Exactly! It was literally 4 hours of sitting there waiting to dance. We thought we would be able to after all the games, but that never happened. I can't imagine doing that with a table of strangers.
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  • That is...wow...I can't even fully comprehend this debacle. Running out of food?! Spending so much money on an open bar just to yell at people for partaking? They sound like absolutely TERRIBLE hosts! I would've been pretty pissed, especially if I was coming from out of town; I'd actually probably feel like I was only invited to give them stuff...

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  • @haileydancingbear I agree. You should not be forced to socialize with people outside of k-12. At that point you are an adult and you can make your own choices on how to socialize. I wanted to visit with people I like and haven't seen in awhile, not make new friends. I'll do that on my own time, if I want to. 
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  • My FI is a better person than I. He's over there like "He was happy and that's all I care about." while I complain about how I felt that day. I'm not changing my opinion of it. I'm glad they are happy so they can make each other miserable for the rest of their lives.

    He really is the better half of me, lol.
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  • Wow... I don't even know how that could have been worse
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  • I keep going back to that episode of Four Weddings where the venue ran out of food by the time the other three brides joined the buffet line. The caterer felt bad, so he fixed them a plate of saltine crackers. They ended up ordering out for food. It just blows my mind how messed up the planning was. I mean, there was literally nothing left except crackers? That's nutso.
    So, yeah, I've seen it, but only ever on a reality television show. I can't even imagine it happening in real life.
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  • lawhead said:
    That is...wow...I can't even fully comprehend this debacle. Running out of food?! Spending so much money on an open bar just to yell at people for partaking? They sound like absolutely TERRIBLE hosts! I would've been pretty pissed, especially if I was coming from out of town; I'd actually probably feel like I was only invited to give them stuff...
    Definitely bad hosts, but it was probably a consumption bar, like they wanted to look like they were providing alcohol but not have to actually pay for much of it.
  • Everything on facebook is about how amazing and perfect the BRIDE is and how amazing and perfect the day went and how everyone is just so pleased. 

    There are a million and 1 pictures of the bride and her family, and I have yet to see one of the couple or the groom and his family on facebook.

    I always thought it was a PPD and this is kind of the nail on the head. 
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  • Ohhhh wow.

    I'm terrified of the possibility of running out of food. It happened at my friend's wedding, but I'm pretty sure everyone did make it through there just wasn't enough for seconds for everybody, which still sucks but is a little more reasonable. 
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  • I haven't gotten that far into planning yet, but don't you give an exact number to the caterer and then they make up more than enough food? They either didn't double check the missing rsvps, told the caterer a lower number or a bunch of people showed up if they said they weren't going to. 

    I wouldn't put it past grooms family to not rsvp (they are those people), but just assume that the groom assumes they are coming. Probably they didn't double check and thought no response meant not coming. They didn't have enough seats which makes me think that the B+G just didn't double check their numbers. 
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