What NOT to do: Wedding Edition

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt · November 2009

Don't use the excuse that "the WP s/o's will all know each other by the end of the week" so that's why it's okay not to seat them at the head table. Then, don't "forget" to invite one of the s/o's to the guy's night where everyone is hanging out and getting to know one another.And finally, don't seat that s/o at a table with your elderly relatives, because he "wasn't social" and "didn't make an attempt to know the other guys" when he wasn't invited. Oh, and ditto not dressing the WP in any shade of orange. I don't care if DB calls it "persimmon" - the word you're looking for is pumpkin. And that's exactly what I looked like in it.

goheels05 · November 2009

Don't write a cute little poem about how the bride and groom want cash and put it in the invitations.If you are MOH, don't disappear for an hour between the wedding and the reception, especially when you have the bride's purse, clothes, and cell phone.Don't invite everyone you know to your wedding when you're having the reception in your church's fellowship hall that only accommodates 40 people. If you're in a WP and the bride hasn't offered to pay for your hotel room, don't call her and ask her to pay for your room and your date's room who wants to sleep separately since he is "just a friend." Especially do not do this 3 days before the wedding after you never RSVPed with a date in the first place.

lpstl · November 2009

Also, do not dictate the type of underwear your BMs wear, nor think that you have any right at all to ask them to have pictures taken of it, regardless of how long you spent hand-attaching the rhinestones on the butt.Stage, this is hypothetical, right? I refuse to believe anyone would actually do this.

Moneypenny424 · November 2009

Don't buy a $650 dress at David's Bridal, rig it with Christmas lights, think it is the most awesome thing ever and then try to sell it for $8000.[url]http://talk.theknot.com/boards/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=57799871&forumid=15[/url]

carrieoz_76 · November 2009

Don't ask if you're invited. If you don't know, you probably aren't. Don't talk extensively about your wedding with folks you haven't invited. Don't RSVP then not show up. If you're not a BM, don't talk endlessly in a teasing (but not) way about how you're not a BM.

janedoe1113a · November 2009

Don't not put your big breasted BMs in strapless gowns that do not support their boobs.

laurenclaire1386 · November 2009

Don't have an officiant who forgets to tell all your wedding guests to be seated after the processional.

bbyckes · November 2009

Don't have an awkward first dance. Especially one where the bride refuses to dance with the groom because she's embarrassed and he has to constantly coax her onto the dancefloor. Awk.ward. for everyone.

BecW2be · November 2009

Don't start down the aisle as soon as your song starts, but before the officiant has a chance to tell everyone to stand for your entrance. What can I say? I was excited to be getting married!

bbyckes · November 2009

Stage, that is psychotic.

lpstl · November 2009

WTF, please tell me you weren't the only one who had a problem with this. That girl sounds BSC.

BecW2be · November 2009

I'm so glad you dodged that one like a bullet out of a BSC shotgun! Holy crap!

Pirata13 · November 2009

Don't seat all your coworkers with people they don't know in an effort to get people to "mingle". Especially when 1 couple ends up at a table for 10 alone because you had several no-shows.

katiewhompus · November 2009

For the groom - Don't assume that you know the directions to the hotel and then don't get mad when your new bride makes you stop at a Taco Bell to pee. The rest of the family thinks its hilarious, you should too!Don't let the father of the flower girl be your videographer. 4 hours of wedding footage boil down to 3.5 hours being her going "Hi Daddy". At least he got the ceremony...Don't have your first dance be to "At Last" when both the bride and groom are under 20, been dating for 3 months, and the bride was caught giving some random dude a BJ behind the dorm 1 month before the wedding (yes the groom knew, no he didn't believe the 10 people who saw her).

fakename120 · November 2009

If you are a bridesmaid, don't come up to the bride an hour before the reception is supposed to end and ask to change out of the dress that you helped pick out! This happened to me, I told her no but she changed anyway. She wore some leopard shirt, short black shorts with knee high black boots. The outfit looked like something one of the girls out of the old school Laguna Beach show would wear. I had multiple people come up to me and ask who the chick was in the hooker outfit.

missy68 · November 2009

Don't ask the bride if it's ok if you get married on the day she's getting married and if she'll be a witness with her groom.

tdmd09 · November 2009

Don't invite your BMs and friends over for your "bachelorette party" and, when they get there, inform them that instead of going out or doing anything fun, they're going to assemble programs. All. Night. Long.Then, when you're a BM, don't suggest this idea to the bride, saying how much fun it was for everybody.If you're a BM and have a problem with the amount of money the MOH is asking you to contribute to the bridal shower, please don't go and complain to the bride. The bride doesn't need to know how much money was spent on the shower, and it only puts her in an awkward position.

thesuninherhead · November 2009

Wow, you all have some terrible friends! Stage, that takes the cake. There is no way in hell I would be seen running around in underwear in front of my friends and my friends' parents. Ridiculous and insane. We were invited to a wedding which we declined as they were on our invite list: turns out it was horribly trashtastic. My MOH was in said wedding and really seriously wanted to wear the BM dress from this wedding to my 'ugly wedding attire' themed bach party. And that's neglecting the huge amount of tackiness associated with the wedding, such as a BM getting drunk, slapping my MOH and throwing up in the kitchen at this hall, the MOB getting so drunk she fell asleep under a bench outside of the venue, and last weekend, I was talking in a group about thank-you cards and the bride from this wedding loudly exclaimed, 'what? why do you need to do those?'. Umm, yeah. The worst part of this all was that the groom's father is a minister. I hate to think what they were feeling whilst walking past MOB under the bench...

ThePinkSuperhero · November 2009

One girl's said "the sweet one" one's said "the funny one", etc. MINE said "the naughty one" She wanted us all to get ready in nothing but those and our matching pink "Bridesmaid" tank tops, so the photographer could get "super cute" pics of us all. I said no. She insisted. I backed out and haven't talked to her since.It's crazy stories like this that keep me reading The Knot! So glad you backed out.

IDzine01 · November 2009

Don’t try and convince your BMs that they will get “tons of wear” out of their teal & espresso full length gown they just bought and then get offended when you find out 4 months later that they were trying to sell it on eBay. Ladies, some dresses are just one-time-wear no matter what you try and tell yourself. Love you though.

What NOT to do: Wedding Edition

Re: What NOT to do: Wedding Edition

Choose Another Board

Search Boards