Worst Things You've Seen At Weddings You Attended

SepiaTone

Story 1: The worst part about this story was, his parents knew and approved.

My cousin and his former wife, I'll call them Timmy and Tudy, got married when I was in high school. My mother's side of the family is huge (100+ 2nd & 3rd cousins), so none of us were surprised not to have met her. After the reception, the family packed them in to the limo, and they're off. And then the groom's mother asks his sister: "So, how long do they have to wait for the divorce?"

Turns out, Tudy had an inheritance coming her way, but only after she got married. She and Timmy planned to get married and share the money, with her getting more, but him getting a free vacation out of it, and his family was in on it. This was horrifying, as they had gone back to his hometown to get married by the town preacher who had know our entire family for over 50 years. This was the most disgusting thing I had ever heard of related to a wedding, and it made me sick to think that they went through with it.

Story 2: Not the brightest match...

Wedding outside, in a field, in the beginning of fall, so the ground was very, very dry. One of the bride's country relatives had been allowed to help set up for the festivities afterwards, and thought it would be a great idea to light off fireworks as the couple was pronounced man and wife. Unfortunately, he didn't stake them down properly, and the fireworks tipped toward where the guests were seated. They did go off, and went careening between the outdoor chairs in, please remember, a dry field in the fall. Thankfully, no one caught fire.

thisismynickname2

SepiaTone said:

Story 1: The worst part about this story was, his parents knew and approved.

My cousin and his former wife, I'll call them Timmy and Tudy, got married when I was in high school. My mother's side of the family is huge (100+ 2nd & 3rd cousins), so none of us were surprised not to have met her. After the reception, the family packed them in to the limo, and they're off. And then the groom's mother asks his sister: "So, how long do they have to wait for the divorce?"

Turns out, Tudy had an inheritance coming her way, but only after she got married. She and Timmy planned to get married and share the money, with her getting more, but him getting a free vacation out of it, and his family was in on it. This was horrifying, as they had gone back to his hometown to get married by the town preacher who had know our entire family for over 50 years. This was the most disgusting thing I had ever heard of related to a wedding, and it made me sick to think that they went through with it.

Story 2: Not the brightest match...

Wedding outside, in a field, in the beginning of fall, so the ground was very, very dry. One of the bride's country relatives had been allowed to help set up for the festivities afterwards, and thought it would be a great idea to light off fireworks as the couple was pronounced man and wife. Unfortunately, he didn't stake them down properly, and the fireworks tipped toward where the guests were seated. They did go off, and went careening between the outdoor chairs in, please remember, a dry field in the fall. Thankfully, no one caught fire.

I think you win my vote for worst weddings

MegEn1

I think our caterer is doing some sort of vegan version of the vegetarian dish, which is a potato gnocchi with a sage sauce. It's nice that the vegan version is included in the price because they treat it the same as a dietary restriction (allergy). I only anticipate having a few of those anyway, thank God for RSVPs. 

MadHops21

Went to a wedding this weekend. Ceremony in Lombard, IL (Chicago NW suburb) at noon (it didn't start until 12:30. So mad I got there early, but the groom's side didn't show up until 12:15, so then I understood why they did that, but still). Ceremony ended around 1:30pm, then had to drive to Indiana for the reception. 

Reception had so many more people than the ceremony, I felt kind of bad, but driving an hour and so away was crazy enough. Then more prayers before reception started. Finally got started around 7pm. 

kiwicat1417

I went to a wedding at my church when I was in the ninth grade. I was only invited because my mom was doing the bride's hair. I didn't know these people at all. At the time, we didn't have a church building- just an office. They had the reception in the office but there wasn't enough room. Only the bridal party, the family, and the elderly were allowed inside. The rest of us had to stand outside in 100 degree July sunshine (No tent or chairs). If any kids went inside to refill their drink, we were served with dirty looks. There was also no music because the family of the bride believed that dancing at weddings promoted dirty dancing. So yeah, I stood in a marshy field in 100 degree heat for two hours before we decided to go home.

I was a bridesmaid in my former babysitter's wedding when I was a senior in high school. The MOB and the MOG were feuding because the MOG had taken over the wedding planning and didn't allow the MOB to participate at all. My brother caught the garter, and the MOH caught the bouquet. It was awkward because the BF of the MOH was standing right there when my brother had to put the garter on the MOH.

A year ago, the MOH mentioned above got married. It was supposed to be lovely country chic farm wedding but the groom came down with the stomach flu and they kept pausing the ceremony so he could go throw up in the woods behind the gazebo. He then ended up going to the ER. The bride was left sitting alone at the Sweetheart table so all the male guests took turns sitting with her.

Last Valentine's Day, I attended a beautiful wedding. Except the bridal party had 20 attendants and it was at a tiny little chapel. They were all crammed onto the stage and the pictures didn't look that great. It was way crowded. Other than that, the wedding was awesome!

thisismynickname2

kiwicat1417 said:

A year ago, the MOH mentioned above got married. It was supposed to be lovely country chic farm wedding but the groom came down with the stomach flu and they kept pausing the ceremony so he could go throw up in the woods behind the gazebo. He then ended up going to the ER. The bride was left sitting alone at the Sweetheart table so all the male guests took turns sitting with her.

OMG... We always say that as long as the couple gets married, at the end of the day it was a successful wedding. But this is really awful. The poor couple. 

kiwicat1417

I felt so terrible for them. It was a lovely wedding otherwise and I give kudos to the bride for keeping a smile on her face. A year out, and they just had a beautiful little girl that I just adore babysitting for. They are thinking of doing a vow renewal in a couple of years to make up for what happened at the wedding.

Wegl13

Can I ask a dumb? Why wasn't she at the ER with her husband?

kiwicat1417

She wanted to go with him but he insisted she stay at the reception. He ended up being sent home anyway. He was dehydrated and stuff so they gave him some IV fluids and then sent him home. The reception was still going on when he got back.

randomslove

That's why hydration should always be a priority.

kiwicat1417

He was dehydrated because he was sick and couldn't even keep down much water.

randomslove

Hey, hydration is still important. Especially when sick. But seriously, poor dude. I'm impressed he was able to stand up and get married being sick enough to go to the ER.

kiwicat1417

Me too. I was impressed. I felt bad that it put a damper on their day but kudos to him for at least showing up to the ceremony and following through.

simcal18

randomslove said:

Hey, hydration is still important. Especially when sick. But seriously, poor dude. I'm impressed he was able to stand up and get married being sick enough to go to the ER.

Me too.  I feel like there are very, very few instances where a do-over is appropriate.  But I would be okay with this one.

dreamsinpink

I went to a wedding a while ago and the bride forgot the grooms wedding band at the hotel. How do you forget that?! Lets just say it got really awkward really fast. Shocking, they just got a divorce.

loveislouder

Late to the party: My nail tech was telling me that she was at a wedding a couple weeks ago. The couple had been together for about 5 years, but they didn't live together because the bride's parents were super religious. 

Fast forward to the Bride's Man of Honour speech (her brother) wherein he goes into grim detail about catching the bride and groom having sex at the bride's parents house on more than one occasion. The brides parents walked out of the reception and didn't come back. Apparently they haven't talked to her at all since. 

banana468

loveislouder said:

Late to the party: My nail tech was telling me that she was at a wedding a couple weeks ago. The couple had been together for about 5 years, but they didn't live together because the bride's parents were super religious. 

Fast forward to the Bride's Man of Honour speech (her brother) wherein he goes into grim detail about catching the bride and groom having sex at the bride's parents house on more than one occasion. The brides parents walked out of the reception and didn't come back. Apparently they haven't talked to her at all since. 

If the brother had any sense about him then he did it to screw over his sister.  

dyerwise

We recently went to a wedding that was held at a senior retirement community. the reception was basically in the bingo room. Seniors dressed up all spiffy kept stopping by to see if it was bingo night... some joined in the dancing and open bar...

kimmiinthemitten

I attended a wedding for a college friend who dropped out of school to move back home and get married.  The wedding was mid semester, 3 hours away on a Friday, in the winter, down 30 minutes of Ohio backroads. All of the school guests carpooled and were hit by a snowstorm so we were running late (we left with ample time and changed and did our makeup in the car LOL).  

The brides sister called to see where we were and if we were safe and the bride chose to delay the ceremony 30 minutes to allow us time to get there since we traveled the furthest (we didn't ask her to).  The ceremony and reception were in the same place so there was no additional travel.  We ended up getting there only 15 minutes late and were seated.  During the reception, we noticed 1.  everyone in her family was ignoring us (grooms family was very nice) and 2.  the bartenders were only pouring us mixed drinks with 1/2 oz of alcohol (literally).  Turns out MOB wasn't happy we were invited (since the bride was leaving her school life behind to be a wife) so she instructed the bar staff to under-serve us and then was so angry the bride delayed the ceremony for us she complained to all of her family, who then in turn also blamed and ignored us.  And I mean straight up, didn't speak to us.  One of the girls asked where the restroom was and was ignored.

randomslove

So I was in the WP of a small, DIY wedding not long ago. I knew the couple worked long hours, so I offered to help some in the days leading up to the wedding, assuming based on what MOG (who came up a month or so in advance to help) was saying that it would be mostly food, and everything else would be done by the time we came up.

Well, we came up and almost nothing was done. They needed us to help get everything for the wedding (arch, tent, grill, etc.)-- so it was a good thing I had to bring my truck (FI's car's transmission went out). As far as decorations, only one piece was done. The kids of the bride and groom were running around quite a bit...

And the bride for some reason believed she wasn't supposed to help with anything wedding related. I don't know how this miscommunication occurred. Apparently the groom had told her that on the day of the wedding she should be focused on just getting herself ready ("looking pretty"), and I'm guessing she assumed from there? I have no idea...

What I do know is that I was very happy to help out at first. Until day three, when the BM decided my FI and I had slept long enough, knocked angrily on our door, and walked off before we could answer. No explanation. Apparently, he had decided (and not told us) that the guys were going to be leaving the house at 9 to pick up tents, etc. My FI and I had stayed up until 3 something, when I'd been hot-gluing decorations and making some rice crispy treat thing.

It was that day I started getting pissed. All I heard was complaining about the help being given ALL day. MOG wasn't consulting the bride about each and every decoration, nor was she working fast enough (she was also supposed to sew clothes). MOG was trying to get everything done and there was just too much for one, two, probably even three people to get done on time as far as cooking, decorations go. There just was. She had been unable to complete much before we got up there because she was watching the kids everyday by herself and has a lot of health issues on top of it.

So at one point, bride is on the verge of murder because she hates a lot of the stuff MOG is doing. My FI steps up and talks to MOG about it-- because NO one else will. MOG ends up half in tears and silent the rest of the day. I lose the only alone time I was going to have with my FI because other people can't bother to tell us the plans they make for us...

But, hey, Bachelorette party. I go out with bride, her FSIL, and it's kinda fun. However, I cannot for the life of me sleep, and FI and I end up going to bed sometime after sunrise because he was worried until I got home.

The next day is the wedding. We are all woken by yelling to get up. Whatever, it's not a big deal. I stay in my room doing homework for an hour and a half, but I hear people complaining about "needing every body able to help." Ummm... I ignore their loud complaints and get my homework done, because this is not my wedding. While I'm willing to help, I -am not- willing to fail my courses. In my online course, missing one homework assignment may be grounds enough to get kicked out of the course, per the syllabus.

So I come out. MOG, newly-arrived Uncle of Groom, and I did a lot of the cooking yesterday. The decorations are pretty much done. MOG is scrambling to do as much of the sewing as she can, but it's not looking good. Honestly, the only thing i could do inside is some cooking.

I go outside. I dislike the BM, reeeeeaaalllyyy dislike. I won't go into reasons, just suffice to say that if I never see him again, it'll still be too soon. However, he's actually shutting up today, rather than complaining and whining the entire time.

I go inside to use the bathroom, put my phone on the charger... and hear the bride complain about how I should be helping more, she doesn't like that I'm outside, I should be inside, she doesn't want me working with my FI, because she feels we distract each other (we don't). I get pissed. I really, really, really dislike that she's complaining about free labor. I go outside, tell my FI I want to leave immediately after the wedding, screw helping them clean up. Volunteering means just that-- volunteering. When I say I'm done, I'm done.

And then the bride runs over to me, tears in her eyes, because the MOG can't finish all the clothes. I inwardly sigh. I'm still pissed that I overheard her complaining and she hasn't helped at all with wedding stuff, but I'm like, "Let's go grab some clothes from Target for the kids." So we go, grab clothes, get the kids cleaned up... the girl who said she'd help with bride's hair and make-up hasn't shown... I start decorating the wedding arch. Bride asks me if I'll do it (I did her hair and make-up the night before for the bachelorette party).

Sure, lemme finish the arch right-quick. I ask my FI to finish the decorating, or find someone willing to help. Just get tablecloths on tables, streamers up, paper lanterns up, and it'll pretty much be good enough. MOG is doing groom's outfit-- which is actually completed on time and looks good (so kids and BM had to get clothes-- BM had slacks and shirt). I get bride ready. She looks great.

And she starts telling me she's really grateful for the help, they couldn't have done it without us. I tell her I was almost ready to leave right then and there, she asks why, so I told her I felt like this whole thing was chaos, and overheard her, but it's not a big deal right now.

Groom thanks FI and I for everything-- including getting him and bride mentally okay with the chaos, and dealing with MOG.

Wedding actually looks pretty good, even though we all have no idea what's happening, and it's an hour-ish late (all the guests were late, too, somehow). There's a big storm and for the first dance, we all held the tent down so the couple could do it.

FI's aunt is there and asks if FI and I would like the extra bed in one of the two rooms she and her family has gotten for the night. We say yes. When bride overhears, she's instantly jealous until it's explained that no, we aren't getting the room to ourselves.

I'm sooooooooooooooooo happy to leave that night, sleep in a bed, not be woken by someone assuming it's my responsibility to do something.

We go back and help clean-up for a few hours, then leave for good.

Anyway, it's been over a week. I know I should and could have stood up and said, "Bride, you need to help out instead of just complaining." But I didn't want to create issues with the family. I'm happy everything turned out as well as it did. However, I am very, very happy we are getting a venue and professional food, and doing everything ourselves. FI's mom wants to help, which is all well and good (appreciated-- she can make some pretty awesome crafts), but I don't want to push everything onto her or make her feel like she has to take on more, etc. Nor will I expect people who say they're going to help out to help with EVERYTHING and on my time.

Anyway, I'm very glad their wedding is over. And I'm overjoyed that I have seventeen months until mine.

TheCheeseWench

When I married ex-DH the (MY family's...insisted upon by my Grandmother) family priest spent the entire sermon talking about divorce, lonliness and death. Then he handed me my own rings to but on him. In no way should they have been confused for man blIng. Then at the end of the ceremony he want over some "hosekeeping" announcements and a change in the route to the reception due to construction before he even concluded the ceremony (we are just standing there waiting for the man and wife bit). I swear he was either drunk, hungover, or severely jet lagged (he returned from Scotland the day before). The best part is that the videographer caught the whole thing on tape. From the total 180 in my facial expression when I recognized the awful story he began to tell for the sermon (he told it in one of our counseling sessions...I went from smiling to that "oh HELL NO he isn't!" look ) to the snickers of the groomsmen who saw and were quietly joking with one another about me landing in jail on my wedding day for killing a priest.
I stood there and forced the best fake smile that I could, and it was fine.

luckystraw

I love my BFF, I really do. But her wedding day was absolute chaos. Nowhere near as bad as some of the previous ones posted, but I thought it was wild enough to share!

The time leading up to the big day wasn't too chaotic, though it was definitely a ride. My BFF made me MOH two weeks before the wedding, which I was completely fine with and we had fun shopping for my dress, though it made the big day a little stressful for me (explained later). My FI and one of his friends had to back out of the wedding party and attend as guests because the groom had a set outfit picked out and only gave the groomsmen two weeks' notice to get fitted and buy the clothes.

All of this had nothing on the big day. My FI and I were just on vacation to see my family, and we got back the day before the wedding. The groom messaged all bridal party members a few days before the wedding to announce that we needed to be there at 2pm (the wedding started at 5) to help set up and decorate. We thought it was a little weird and maybe pushing it a little close, but said nothing and showed up at 2. We waited for half an hour before the groom and his mom came. We had to roll out the tables and chairs, help decorate, and we were all sweating and gross by the time we had to get ready. My FI was upset that they got the free labor and we never even got a "thank you" from the MOG or groom (bride kept saying "Sorry" and "thank you" though; she is a super sweet person).

BFF got lost on the way to the venue and got there an hour after we did, and the groom was actually upset with her for being lost and not being there to help decorate. I stayed on the phone and gave her directions, was super patient, and he kept giving me looks as if to say "Is she HERE yet?" He's lucky he never acts that way or else he would have heard it from me for causing more stress on her; it's your guy's wedding day, you shouldn't be getting so upset, especially with each other!

We rehearsed the ceremony 30 minutes before it began, and it did not go very well (we were going to stand GBGBetc with me and the BM at the front, and we had to stand there and wait for everyone else to line up before we could take our places so we could give the bride and groom their rings). The bride almost fainted before the ceremony started because she did not eat all day, and I had to force her to take a few breaths, drink some water, and eat a few cookies, telling her that her health was more important and that the ceremony could wait. I was also running her food during the cocktail hour because her family kept her across the room for pictures the entire time.

The rest of the wedding went smoothly until just before the exit when the bride had a little breakdown (she saved herself for her wedding night and was SUPER nervous) and kept refusing to leave!

Again, not the worst wedding compared to all the comments here, but definitely the most wild I've experienced!

[Deleted User]

I know this thread is old and yall will kill me for reviving it but oh my GODDDD the entertainment I got out of it! Any other stories to tell?

spockforprez

randomslove said:

So I was in the WP of a small, DIY wedding not long ago. I knew the couple worked long hours, so I offered to help some in the days leading up to the wedding, assuming based on what MOG (who came up a month or so in advance to help) was saying that it would be mostly food, and everything else would be done by the time we came up.

Well, we came up and almost nothing was done. They needed us to help get everything for the wedding (arch, tent, grill, etc.)-- so it was a good thing I had to bring my truck (FI's car's transmission went out). As far as decorations, only one piece was done. The kids of the bride and groom were running around quite a bit...

And the bride for some reason believed she wasn't supposed to help with anything wedding related. I don't know how this miscommunication occurred. Apparently the groom had told her that on the day of the wedding she should be focused on just getting herself ready ("looking pretty"), and I'm guessing she assumed from there? I have no idea...

What I do know is that I was very happy to help out at first. Until day three, when the BM decided my FI and I had slept long enough, knocked angrily on our door, and walked off before we could answer. No explanation. Apparently, he had decided (and not told us) that the guys were going to be leaving the house at 9 to pick up tents, etc. My FI and I had stayed up until 3 something, when I'd been hot-gluing decorations and making some rice crispy treat thing.

It was that day I started getting pissed. All I heard was complaining about the help being given ALL day. MOG wasn't consulting the bride about each and every decoration, nor was she working fast enough (she was also supposed to sew clothes). MOG was trying to get everything done and there was just too much for one, two, probably even three people to get done on time as far as cooking, decorations go. There just was. She had been unable to complete much before we got up there because she was watching the kids everyday by herself and has a lot of health issues on top of it.

So at one point, bride is on the verge of murder because she hates a lot of the stuff MOG is doing. My FI steps up and talks to MOG about it-- because NO one else will. MOG ends up half in tears and silent the rest of the day. I lose the only alone time I was going to have with my FI because other people can't bother to tell us the plans they make for us...

But, hey, Bachelorette party. I go out with bride, her FSIL, and it's kinda fun. However, I cannot for the life of me sleep, and FI and I end up going to bed sometime after sunrise because he was worried until I got home.

The next day is the wedding. We are all woken by yelling to get up. Whatever, it's not a big deal. I stay in my room doing homework for an hour and a half, but I hear people complaining about "needing every body able to help." Ummm... I ignore their loud complaints and get my homework done, because this is not my wedding. While I'm willing to help, I -am not- willing to fail my courses. In my online course, missing one homework assignment may be grounds enough to get kicked out of the course, per the syllabus.

So I come out. MOG, newly-arrived Uncle of Groom, and I did a lot of the cooking yesterday. The decorations are pretty much done. MOG is scrambling to do as much of the sewing as she can, but it's not looking good. Honestly, the only thing i could do inside is some cooking.

I go outside. I dislike the BM, reeeeeaaalllyyy dislike. I won't go into reasons, just suffice to say that if I never see him again, it'll still be too soon. However, he's actually shutting up today, rather than complaining and whining the entire time.

I go inside to use the bathroom, put my phone on the charger... and hear the bride complain about how I should be helping more, she doesn't like that I'm outside, I should be inside, she doesn't want me working with my FI, because she feels we distract each other (we don't). I get pissed. I really, really, really dislike that she's complaining about free labor. I go outside, tell my FI I want to leave immediately after the wedding, screw helping them clean up. Volunteering means just that-- volunteering. When I say I'm done, I'm done.

And then the bride runs over to me, tears in her eyes, because the MOG can't finish all the clothes. I inwardly sigh. I'm still pissed that I overheard her complaining and she hasn't helped at all with wedding stuff, but I'm like, "Let's go grab some clothes from Target for the kids." So we go, grab clothes, get the kids cleaned up... the girl who said she'd help with bride's hair and make-up hasn't shown... I start decorating the wedding arch. Bride asks me if I'll do it (I did her hair and make-up the night before for the bachelorette party).

Sure, lemme finish the arch right-quick. I ask my FI to finish the decorating, or find someone willing to help. Just get tablecloths on tables, streamers up, paper lanterns up, and it'll pretty much be good enough. MOG is doing groom's outfit-- which is actually completed on time and looks good (so kids and BM had to get clothes-- BM had slacks and shirt). I get bride ready. She looks great.

And she starts telling me she's really grateful for the help, they couldn't have done it without us. I tell her I was almost ready to leave right then and there, she asks why, so I told her I felt like this whole thing was chaos, and overheard her, but it's not a big deal right now.

Groom thanks FI and I for everything-- including getting him and bride mentally okay with the chaos, and dealing with MOG.

Wedding actually looks pretty good, even though we all have no idea what's happening, and it's an hour-ish late (all the guests were late, too, somehow). There's a big storm and for the first dance, we all held the tent down so the couple could do it.

FI's aunt is there and asks if FI and I would like the extra bed in one of the two rooms she and her family has gotten for the night. We say yes. When bride overhears, she's instantly jealous until it's explained that no, we aren't getting the room to ourselves.

I'm sooooooooooooooooo happy to leave that night, sleep in a bed, not be woken by someone assuming it's my responsibility to do something.

We go back and help clean-up for a few hours, then leave for good.

Anyway, it's been over a week. I know I should and could have stood up and said, "Bride, you need to help out instead of just complaining." But I didn't want to create issues with the family. I'm happy everything turned out as well as it did. However, I am very, very happy we are getting a venue and professional food, and doing everything ourselves. FI's mom wants to help, which is all well and good (appreciated-- she can make some pretty awesome crafts), but I don't want to push everything onto her or make her feel like she has to take on more, etc. Nor will I expect people who say they're going to help out to help with EVERYTHING and on my time.

Anyway, I'm very glad their wedding is over. And I'm overjoyed that I have seventeen months until mine.

WHAT. THE. FUCK. 

You are a fucking saint. WHAT???????????????? That is awful. Fucking awful.

sunflower0592

I went to a friend's wedding recently, and there were quite a few things worthy of some major side-eye.

-The ceremony was outdoors, with enough seats for only about 1/3 of the guests

-Cash bar

-The DJ was TERRIBLE. They had a buffet dinner, the DJ stopped calling tables to the buffet after about table 7, and there were about 17 tables total. The rest of the guests were left to figure it out on their own, meanwhile the first tables called were already going up for seconds while other tables hadn't had a chance to eat yet. The DJ also played music at dance club-level volumes during dinner, it was nearly impossible to have a conversation with other people at the table without yelling. 

-After dinner, about half the guests were informed that the dancing would be starting, so please clear away from their tables so they could make room for the dance floor. So, about half of the tables were removed and people were left without a place to sit, including some grandparent-aged guests. 

-We left a little on the early side, around 9, because we were tired and, you know, our chairs had been taken away, and at that point the cake still hadn't been cut (the reception started at 5). I found out from another friend later that they didn't cut the cake until nearly 11 PM. 

Pupatella

Okay wow. So my story is not even on the same level as some of these, but I will share anyways.

Went to a wedding in very hot 95 degree summer heat and it was very humid that day. Ugh. Wedding ceremony was about 20 minutes. I was glad they kept it short and was looking forward to go into the ac....nope! Cocktail hour was outside as well...ugh. I was just so uncomfortable.

Finally we move inside for the reception - yay to ac finally!! B&G do their first dance, buffet is opened. B is eating dinner and gets into an argument with her new SIL (this is maybe 15 minutes into the reception). B storms out of reception with MOH and goes outside to smoke......for about 3 hours. G was just hanging out with his friends, but it was really awkward. A lot of guests left, but we stayed as FI was a GM so we were just hanging out with the G and the rest of the WP. B came back in to do the final dance and then went straight to the hotel bar.

We went to the hotel bar as well to hang out with G a bit more. B was extremely drunk and was very combative with the bartender. The bartender refused to serve her, and the B got violent and all of us were thrown out of the bar as a result. B ended up walking outside to the the next closest bar, where they surprisingly served her. She was really out of hand. We left after about an hour, but she was beyond out of control.

In B's defense, her and the SIL were arguing because the SIL did not agree with the marriage. The SIL should have kept her mouth shut, especially on the wedding day. But, after the argument, the SIL left the reception immediately. B could have come back in and partied with all of the guests instead of disappearing for the entire reception.

It was just really awkward.

ETA: The B and SIL's argument was not loud or noticeable at all. The only reason we knew about it is because the G told us what happened. We had no idea what went down before he told us. Most of the guests had zero clue why the B left the reception and seemed confused by it.

msuprincess04

My friend brought her boyfriend to her wedding. She got divorced about 6 weeks later and married the boyfriend.

ETA: It wouldn't have been so awkward except she told me she was sleeping with the boyfriend at her reception. Umm. Not sure how she expected me to respond to that.

ryanandjoe4

I went to a wedding where my BF was the best man, they knew I was attending, and my FMIL went to the wedding, and I sat with her at the ceremony, but FMIL didn't attend the reception.

I drive to the reception alone because the WP rode in the Limo, I was not bothered by this I expected this. I walk in to the reception hall, there is assigned seating, but my name is no where to be found.. So I have no seat, he is waiting to be announced so I stand in the back.. they get announced, and all sit at the WP party table. they then do the first dances, and have the WP only dance together, and the bride pairs my BF up with the only single girl in the party, and who has been all over him all day. SO I quietly walk out and text him to call me when he is ready to go, I will come back and drive him home. he texted me back asking for me to come back I said I would but I am getting food since I have no place to sit. when I get back it is the end of the Pre-bride Approved best man speech.. the rest of the night, my BF and I hung out with each other and the groom.

They decide to go to a bar afterwards to keep the night going, but the reception hall was 30 minutes away from town, (this is the same town the church was in) all the very drunk groomsman that I was told to drive, the bride and groom rode with one of her friends. Everyone fell asleep in the car ride (at least they were not puking!) but no one was ready to party after the drive. so most called for another ride home from there.

I found out later that my x's new GF was there, and had been telling the bride who had never met me all the lies my X told about me.. Since then we talk, and hang out when the guys get together, (her husband is my FI's best man in our wedding) we are nice to each other, and get along, but we are not friends and wouldn't hang out if our guys were not such close friends..

leroweb

Porta-potty....
That sums it up

ChelleJayne

My mom, FI (BF at the time), and I went to a third cousin's wedding. FI went up for the garter toss, he caught it. The DJ then asked if the bride or groom knew him, they both said no. So the DJ then asked the entire crowd if anyone knows him. The bride's mom starts yelling from the back of the room that she knows him. He then has to put the garter on the girl that caught the bouquet. So as he is doing this, the DJ says "Now tell her you love her." My FI just looks at her and goes "Hi, my name is Chuck.", gets up and walks away. He was so embarrassed. I have never been to a wedding before where the man who caught garter had to put it on the girl that caught the bouquet. It will not happen at my wedding.