People Are Sharing Terrible Weddings They Attended

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Sometimes, we need to learn to say no. Just because you were invited to the wedding doesn't always mean you need to go, especially when major drama is afoot. But, then again, you could be completely caught off guard and have no idea you were walking into a $30,000 nightmare. On the r/AskReddit subreddit, Reddit user Fantastic_Series_599 asked people to share the "Worst wedding you've been to and what happened?" Goodness almighty, when I tell you, some of these responses made me never regret not getting invited to every wedding.
"The bride wanted her cat at the wedding, and the groom and his best man brought the uncaged cat in the car and went through the car wash right before the wedding. The cat freaked and scratched up the groom's face and pissed all over the best man's tux and hour before the wedding."
"About 15 years ago, I went to a small wedding in Las Vegas as the Maid of Honor's date. Almost immediately after the ceremony, the newlyweds got into an argument about something (I have no idea what) and the bride and groom ran off in separate directions. My then-girlfriend went to chase after the bride, and everyone else chased after the groom. Within less than a minute, everyone was gone, and I had no service on my phone, so I hung out in the casino alone for about two hours until everyone returned and acted like nothing strange had happened. That couple split after about a year and a half."
"I realised that I didn't actually want to marry him, and that it was in fact the loneliest day of my life, because he didn't even talk to me. He got so drunk that I had to knock on my sister's door to help me get out of my dress (hundreds of buttons down the back) while he was passed out, sprawled on the bed. The guests had a great time, it was a beautiful wedding. We're divorced."
"It was at a Mormon church, and for some reason, Mormon churches have indoor basketball courts in them. Half of the court was a wedding reception, and the other half was a pickup basketball game being played by a bunch of strangers who wouldn't leave. The ball hit the food table a couple times."
"I was a bridesmaid at a close friend's wedding. Her mother-in-law was a weirdo. She insisted that she be in the wedding party. When we were helping the bride get dressed (her wedding dress was ridiculous), she kept pinching the bride. Like helping her put on stockings and pinching her butt. It came to a head when we were helping her with lingerie, and the mother-in-law literally tried sticking her finger in the bride's bum. Like I saw it. It was fucking bizarre. The bride slapped the shit out of the mother-in-law. Cops were called. Things got crazy."
— Anonymous
"I worked a wedding where the bride's ENTIRE family didn't show. They didn't support the marriage. Empty tables everywhere."
"My (now) ex-wife wanted an extravagant wedding; I didn't, but I went with it for her. Originally, her parents offered to either buy us a house or pay for this wedding, and she chose the wedding. She was a total bridezilla. She insulted both of our families at the rehearsal dinner, forced all grandparents to wear specific clothing she picked, ordered her choice of food for EVERYBODY regardless of what they wanted, (she ordered a salad for my overweight relative."
"Worked a wedding as a caterer where the bride and groom were mixed race. The families apparently were not fans of each other and the mothers developed a tit for tat mentality for the wedding. If someone got something, the other had to have it too or better. We got prepped by the event planner that we couldn't serve one set of parents first, we had to serve them simultaneously, or else one would perceive the other as getting one over on them."
"So many speeches. They had both sets of parents, of course, maid of honor, best man, of course. But then, every other member of the wedding party also had a speech; there were six members per side. I think some aunts and uncles also spoke. Thankfully, the speeches were mostly after dinner was served, so people weren't starving. But the bar was closed during speeches, and the table wine ran out very quickly. The dinner and speeches lasted over 3 1/2 hours. By the time they ended and the dancing began, a large portion of the crowd just left, didn't hang around for the first dance or cake, etc.
"I went to what I can only describe as a redneck wedding a few years ago. Groom was 24, his bride-to-be was like 42 with two kids over the age of 18. So, a weird dynamic to begin with. The ceremony was at a public park under a gazebo, the groom's parents were visibly not down with the wedding, it was hot as fuck and there was enough food for maybe 30% of the guests."
"At the reception, I was sitting at a table with strangers. Turns out the bride's ex was sitting with us. I know this because he told me so before he projectile vomited onto the table, hitting my plus one in the face. We laugh about it now."
"It was in the middle of nowhere, held at a 'country club' which I don't think ever hosted an event of any kind. We arrived, went in, and there was hardly anyone there. We make our way to where they are going to have the ceremony in some courtyard, and the chairs are all blowing away, and there are staff trying to chase them down. But there had to have been a couple of hundred chairs, and there couldn't have been more than 20 or 30 of us. I don't even know who rented all the rooms; that's what I kept thinking about."
"The priest who was supposed to officiate the wedding fell ill, so the church sent in a backup or relief priest (didn't know that was a thing). Dude starts the ceremony and proceeds to launch into this whole speech about how, according to the Bible, the wife is supposed to be subservient to the man and take care of making his meals and keeping the house clean, etc, etc. It was some straight out of the 1950s bullshit. We all knew the bride well and watched in amazement as she managed to keep her shit together but we could tell she was absolutely fuming."
"Nice wedding, but just an unexpected and funny thing during the photos, which were being taken in a beautiful nature reserve. The kangaroos weren't originally part of the photo plan, but of course, the photographer went with it when they wandered up. And they made for great photos. Until one of the roos decided that lace looked yummy. And for non-Australians, you need to understand that when a medium-large kangaroo wants something, it's very difficult to stop. And that, kids, is the story of how your dad lived up to his best man title by wrestling a kangaroo for uncle Arthur and auntie Kellie."
"I went to a wedding where the bride insisted on travelling by horse and carriage to the reception, it took ages as the venue was a few miles away from the church. Everyone was just standing around waiting for the bride and groom to show up. When they eventually turned up, the bride insisted on her and her new husband going to their hotel room to consummate the marriage (she was desperate to get pregnant). So even more standing around until they showed up. It was all really, really cringey.
"We went to a friend's wedding about 20 years ago in a sweet little town. The wedding was early, at around lunchtime, in a big French Catholic cathedral. It was about 95 degrees outside, and the church was not air-conditioned. The wedding was a full mass plus an actual wedding ceremony. We were starving, hot, and thirsty by the time it ended. We didn't want to eat because we were expecting dinner. Everyone took their seats, did the usual speeches, and such. There was NEVER any food!"
"Unity candle started a fire in the church. They were able to put it out before it got too bad, but that was definitely interesting."
"We were invited to the reception but not the ceremony. When we arrived, it was as if the reception had been going on for a couple of hours already. The bride seemed surprised we were there. We grabbed our gift off the table and left. When she said, 'What are you doing here?' That was pretty telling. There had been no falling out, but we hadn't heard from her in a while. And now we haven't heard from her since (it was about 20 years ago, even)."
And finally, "Outside, right after the church wedding, the bride told the groom that he shouldn't have worn his stupid glasses to the wedding. And told him that his father should go fuck himself. Unbelievably, they're still married after 30 years."
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