Vent and GTKY - Tacky shit

blinksmb

JCWhitey said:

@holimb  I am so curious where this wedding was!  I live in Minnesota on Lake Superior and I'm wondering if I know about this wedding.  It sounds so familiar.  Not anyone I know but someone mentioned something about something similar on Facebook a while back.

Oh, and it's impossible to be on the North Shore and be 5 hours from a city, but yeah, it's pretty isolated up here!

Well, it took us 5 hours from "the cities". You're right though, I guess you could count Duluth as a city. I always forget that it exists I've only been there a couple of times. Being originally from a much more populous region of the country I think a lot of people's definition of "city" is what I consider a "town" though. I'm usually completely lost a half an hour out of Minneapolis. Where are you from?

JCWhitey

Nothing I have is as bad as these, I just wanted to say this thread has been super entertaining!  

I'm a wedding photographer so I've been to my fair share of weddings and the only "bad" one I've ever been to was a DW in Jamaica.  The bride and groom were AMAZING and beautiful and were doing the best they could in the situation.  One side of the family complained at the cost of the wedding so they picked a really cheap resort, and then they got there and complained that it wasn't a nice resort.  The brother of the groom was drunk almost the whole time and telling everyone within ear shot that his brother was about to end his life by getting married.  He said this to a couple who had clearly just gotten married!  I wanted to tell him to just leave and GTF home.  Ugh, still can't stand the thought of that creep!  He also ripped the bride's dress, but luckily not until well after the ceremony was over.  The wedding itself was really beautiful and the bride's side of the family was amazing. I was mad for the bride that this one guy put a dark cloud over everything.

JCWhitey

hollmb said:

@holimb  I am so curious where this wedding was!  I live in Minnesota on Lake Superior and I'm wondering if I know about this wedding.  It sounds so familiar.  Not anyone I know but someone mentioned something about something similar on Facebook a while back.

Oh, and it's impossible to be on the North Shore and be 5 hours from a city, but yeah, it's pretty isolated up here!

Well, it took us 5 hours from "the cities". You're right though, I guess you could count Duluth as a city. I always forget that it exists I've only been there a couple of times. Being originally from a much more populous region of the country I think a lot of people's definition of "city" is what I consider a "town" though. I'm usually completely lost a half an hour out of Minneapolis. Where are you from?

Yeah I forget that for most people Duluth is a small town still.  For us it's like "oooh, a mall and fast food!!!"  It's a novelty.  Haha!  Right now I actually live in Duluth, but it's temporary.  Next week we're back up north living in the Grand Marais area.

JCWhitey

@minniesasa We used to jokingly say we wanted to get a cabin in Castle Danger so we could have that as our address.  Only there's no post office so that's not even possible.  It's very nice up here, but very isolated and we can get some harsh winters!  But it's worth it.  We recently relocated back here from living in California for 10 years and I am thrilled to be back.

And I get to enjoy watching people try to have spring and fall outdoor weddings and get the giggles when the snow starts to fall on them.  

wishiwaspreggo

bdazzld said:

Hmmm...so let's see...

My wedding weekend, I get a call from my sister that she can't come to Disneyland with the rest of the bridal party because she got arrested!  But that she'd do me the favor and bail herself out so she can make the wedding.

Then come the actual wedding day, she shows up late complaining the whole time.  Goes to get ready, asks for scissors and cuts the straps on the bridesmaid dress she chose and turns it into a halter style dress, complaining all the time about how much she hates it and it doesn't fit right (she didn't take it to get altered and rejected ALL other dresses until she finally picked this one herself--she had new breast implants and didn't like how the dresses looked on them), then she pulls out her 6 inch LITERAL stripper heels to wear with the dress -.-

Then by the time we made it to the offsite reception hall she'd changed into her hot pink Juicy Couture track suit with bikini top underneath--which then led to my Dad changing out of his suit and into casual clothes, essentially ruining the father daughter dance pictures etc. 

I think that qualifies as tacky...

Wow.  Is your sister a Playboy Playmate?

bdazzld

wishiwaspreggo said:

bdazzld said:

Hmmm...so let's see...

My wedding weekend, I get a call from my sister that she can't come to Disneyland with the rest of the bridal party because she got arrested!  But that she'd do me the favor and bail herself out so she can make the wedding.

Then come the actual wedding day, she shows up late complaining the whole time.  Goes to get ready, asks for scissors and cuts the straps on the bridesmaid dress she chose and turns it into a halter style dress, complaining all the time about how much she hates it and it doesn't fit right (she didn't take it to get altered and rejected ALL other dresses until she finally picked this one herself--she had new breast implants and didn't like how the dresses looked on them), then she pulls out her 6 inch LITERAL stripper heels to wear with the dress -.-

Then by the time we made it to the offsite reception hall she'd changed into her hot pink Juicy Couture track suit with bikini top underneath--which then led to my Dad changing out of his suit and into casual clothes, essentially ruining the father daughter dance pictures etc. 

I think that qualifies as tacky...

Wow.  Is your sister a Playboy Playmate?

It certainly seemed like she was aspiring to be.  Luckily she's settled down now and has two boys and is married.  Kicked some bad habits and isn't stripping anymore.  But my cookies are still a little burned about the wedding and I don't like looking at pictures of the reception very often

blinksmb

JCWhitey said:

hollmb said:

JCWhitey said:

@holimb  I am so curious where this wedding was!  I live in Minnesota on Lake Superior and I'm wondering if I know about this wedding.  It sounds so familiar.  Not anyone I know but someone mentioned something about something similar on Facebook a while back.

Oh, and it's impossible to be on the North Shore and be 5 hours from a city, but yeah, it's pretty isolated up here!

Well, it took us 5 hours from "the cities". You're right though, I guess you could count Duluth as a city. I always forget that it exists I've only been there a couple of times. Being originally from a much more populous region of the country I think a lot of people's definition of "city" is what I consider a "town" though. I'm usually completely lost a half an hour out of Minneapolis. Where are you from?

Yeah I forget that for most people Duluth is a small town still.  For us it's like "oooh, a mall and fast food!!!"  It's a novelty.  Haha!  Right now I actually live in Duluth, but it's temporary.  Next week we're back up north living in the Grand Marais area.

I have a couple of friends that used to live up north and a few times I've caught them referring to Walmart as the mall. Lol What.
It is very pretty up there! Just so so so cold! It feels like it's always twenty degrees colder up there because of the wind.

blinksmb

bdazzld said:

wishiwaspreggo said:

bdazzld said:

Hmmm...so let's see...

My wedding weekend, I get a call from my sister that she can't come to Disneyland with the rest of the bridal party because she got arrested!  But that she'd do me the favor and bail herself out so she can make the wedding.

Then come the actual wedding day, she shows up late complaining the whole time.  Goes to get ready, asks for scissors and cuts the straps on the bridesmaid dress she chose and turns it into a halter style dress, complaining all the time about how much she hates it and it doesn't fit right (she didn't take it to get altered and rejected ALL other dresses until she finally picked this one herself--she had new breast implants and didn't like how the dresses looked on them), then she pulls out her 6 inch LITERAL stripper heels to wear with the dress -.-

Then by the time we made it to the offsite reception hall she'd changed into her hot pink Juicy Couture track suit with bikini top underneath--which then led to my Dad changing out of his suit and into casual clothes, essentially ruining the father daughter dance pictures etc. 

I think that qualifies as tacky...

Wow.  Is your sister a Playboy Playmate?

It certainly seemed like she was aspiring to be.  Luckily she's settled down now and has two boys and is married.  Kicked some bad habits and isn't stripping anymore.  But my cookies are still a little burned about the wedding and I don't like looking at pictures of the reception very often


Thanks, now I have to eat cookies!

AshleighW13

The tackiest thing I witnessed was about an hour after being in my recovery room after my son was born c-section, my over the top religious MIL walked in and told me and my husband that we were sinners but that she was praying for us. Me and DH weren't married at the time so getting pregnant out of wedlock was a huge upset to her. I was to drugged to react really. I pretty much said get the hell out and slipped back into my drugged stupor

wishiwaspreggo

@bdazzld - Sorry your wedding pics got ruined I think that would be the shittiest part of that experience.  She should've had the decency to stay dressed until pictures were done!  Or put on something classier for the reception, for God's sake. 

At my white trash wedding from Hell (I was a bridesmaid for an outdoor winter wedding for one of the most ungrateful brides in America, though she's proven to not be THE most ungrateful bride based on some of these stories!) the bride's 15 year old cousin wore a skin tight mini leopard print dress, patent leather purple stripper shoes (platform with 6 inch spike heels), and her boobs were pretty much popping out of her top.  Classy.

Her name is Charity.  Let it be known that it is a bad idea to name your daughter after a virtue.  It almost always backfires.  I knew a Destiny in high school who had a baby before graduation, a Chastity who slept with so many guys she lost count, and a drug addicted Mercy.

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JCWhitey

ToasterCat said:

This thread is the best and there's not even a troll in it!

You spoke too soon...

bdazzld

hollmb said:

Thanks, now I have to eat cookies!

Ain't nothing wrong with cookies ^_~ I say eat them with a glass of milk and call it one of your dairy servings for the day

marissalucia

daizedoo said:

Tackiest thing I've ever seen was a wedding registry for a couple's wedding my mom was going to. They registered very few inexpensive items at Bed, Bath & Beyond which were of course already purchased. The other two choices for guests were to give money.

One site helped them gather money for a down payment for their first house (lol). Here's a sample registry page as a demo so you can see what it looks like: https://www.hatchmyhouse.com/weddings/reagan-myers-william-knapp. You mouse-over different aspects of the house, and "buy" one for them. They get the cash.

The other option was to pay for things for them to do on their honeymoon, including the plane tickets and hotel. Here's another demo registry: https://www.honeyfund.com/SampleRegistries

Both of these last options were just "cute" ways to ask for money. Both my mom and I were mortified.

Lmao! Hey atleast they're focusing on being financially stable in the future....with other peoples money.. hahaha I liked this one.

kcbizme

These stories are great entertainment! I wish I could think of a tacky story to add but right now my brain isn't working..

FrecklesInside

Holy shit I can't even get past @mauibliss because...holy shit!!!! Don't let @mandjs read that or she might pass out.

Christina80xoxo

I have a wretched sister. My daughter was born with a cleft lip and palate. I'm currently pregnant with my second. (From a new relationship) my honey asked me to marry him. My sister told my mother "she better hurry up and marry him cuz if this baby comes out like her first he won't want her anymore " OH EM GEE
I was so mad I thought I was gonna have a stroke !!! Some people

BostonAlison

My sister in law had a... well.. we call it "The baby shower in the mud".

So.  We get there.   There is a man on a ladder doing roof work, holding a circular saw, above his head. No one is spotting him, he wears no protective gear.  There are children running around underneath and around the ladder.   There is a temporary pop up garage car port thing, inside that there are tables with "food" on them.  There are broken toys, construction equipment, ripped off shingles, bent nails and all sorts of stuff strewn about the yard.    There are snot nosed children everywhere.   There are limited places to sit,  Inside is off limits.  (God knows why, I am afraid to even ask).  It begins to rain.

My mom and I look at each other horrified.   A kid actually walks up to my mom and wipes his face on her pants.  

We literally dropped our present and RUN.

almeyer2013

@BostonAlison‌ I never understood a party in the garage either!!! A good friend of mine had her baby shower in her parents garage, instead of in her parents beautiful home their had built. I always assumed it's because they don't want to clean up a mess in their h

almeyer2013

Damn butter fingers!

I was finishing that with a clean up a party in their home. But whatever.

sweetmama17

Wow... I think all of you above win for tacky events.

Mine isn't too bad. My SIL announced her pregnancy at the beginning of my bridal shower. Most people there didn't care but my MIL couldn't stop talking about it and my wedding immediately became 2nd tier to the baby. (note: I was very happy for her and she wanted to tell everyone while we were together but she could have at least waited til the END of the shower, plus she was only like 5 weeks).

bdazzld

 

sweetmama17 said:

Wow... I think all of you above win for tacky events.

Mine isn't too bad. My SIL announced her pregnancy at the beginning of my bridal shower. Most people there didn't care but my MIL couldn't stop talking about it and my wedding immediately became 2nd tier to the baby. (note: I was very happy for her and she wanted to tell everyone while we were together but she could have at least waited til the END of the shower, plus she was only like 5 weeks).

That's still pretty rude/tacky. 

JEPES1348

These are great and horrifying.

My aunt is so tacky. She (and only she) was invited to my shower. She brought her entire family- 2 kids and my uncle. Then all 4 of them took party favors that I overheard her telling the daughter they will give to someone else one day, because their family doesn't like scented candles.

Same aunt: my aunt and uncle were invited to my sister's wedding, and the invitation clearly stated it was an adult-only reception. She RSVP's for 4 and wrote her kids' names, "H & A!!" Well, H is flipping 19 years old, while A is 10, so the 19-year-old could have stayed home with the younger sister. Anyway, they all came and quickly left after dinner, telling my sister that this "clearly wasn't a child-friendly reception." Um, nope, that's why it said "adult only." There was plenty of drinking and their friends tend to get rowdy. So tacky that they feel the rules of etiquette don't apply to them. 

psychbear

My jaw dropped so many times reading these!

My tacky story is a friend's wedding we attended a few years ago. The couple did not register for anything, but requested cash in lieu of gifts. On an invitation insert there was an announcement that the reception would be potluck. The bride's family would provide the "main dishes" so bring a side dish. Turns out, the potluck message was only given to some of the guests (on purpose).

The wedding itself goes well, but immediately after, everyone is ushered outside so the ceremony room can be converted to a reception hall. It's raining outside. No covering, just everyone standing around waiting to be let back inside. The reception finally rolls around about 45 minutes later. We get back inside to find that the bride's family apparently just decided not to do a main dish. Instead they just brought three bagged salads, no dressing. There were like 15 potato salads, a coleslaw, several bags of chips, and a couple fruit salads. 

The bride also asked a friend's sister to bartend. They couldn't pay her, but she could "work for tips." The sister agreed. An hour into the reception, the hard liquor ran out. At the bride's suggestion, her family raided the bartender tip jar to go get more liquor! They tried again a few hours later when the beer supply got low. The night ended with half the attendees completely wasted and a huge fist fight broke out in the parking lot.

The bride pulled some shit at my wedding the year before as well. We're not really friends anymore, I don't need that craziness in my life.

HallRents

These are bad in the best way possible!

I have a really special step sister who is frankly a stuck up bitch. She was married last year in an over the top ceremony worth a ton of money (so I hear. I didn't attend. See 'stuck up bitch'). Her engagement party was an affair to remember - complete with $8,000.00 worth of fresh flowers, valet parking (at her in laws home), and a string quartet. She was SHOWERED with gifts (even though it was not the shower...more gifts came at the shower). The next day, my mom (who travelled across the country to be at the engagement party) congratulated her and said she couldn't believe how many gifts she received. My step sister asked my mom how many she thought she could return for cash - including the gift cards - my mom was stunned.

It should be noted that step sister and her husband are both lawyers.

Also, at step sister's wedding, her step father gave a speech about how he was really her dad because he was always there for her growing up. Meanwhile, her real dad (my step dad) patiently waited his turn to make a speech - it should be noted that he is a good man and always gave her whatever she wanted.

She was registered for a ton of expensive gifts. I sent her a card stating that I donated money to UNICEF on behalf of her and her new husband - I told them that they bought a village a donkey.

Unforch, money doesn't by class.

jnowosielski

This was one of the most entertaining threads I've seen.

My friends had a "gender" reveal party and when they found out it was a boy they didn't look very excited. The father to be got drunk and told us they already knew before the party because the tech wouldn't write it down. Waste of my money to get a gift for the sham reveal.

Same friend who complained when people bought stuff off her registry. Entitled and ungrateful.

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ToasterCat said:

jnowosielski said:

This was one of the most entertaining threads I've seen.

My friends had a "gender" reveal party and when they found out it was a boy they didn't look very excited. The father to be got drunk and told us they already knew before the party because the tech wouldn't write it down. Waste of my money to get a gift for the sham reveal.

Same friend who complained when people bought stuff off her registry. Entitled and ungrateful.

Wait, you brought a gift to a gender reveal? I've never heard of that


I wasn't planning on it but all my friends talked about it before because nobody knew what to do. I'm glad we did because apparently it was a thing. I only spent $10 on a cute onesie that i probably would have gotten anyway. But was still annoyed we went to all the trouble when they were faking a reaction.

I want to have a reveal with my family and very close friends but now I'm second guessing it because i don't want them to bring gifts.

almeyer2013

@jnowosielski‌ I want to do one too, but may wait until thanksgiving since we are hosting.
I don't really want a separate party for it. Plus if we don't tell family that we will be revealing the sex at thanksgiving, they don't have to bring a gift. Win win!

jnowosielski

almeyer2013 said:

@jnowosielski‌ I want to do one too, but may wait until thanksgiving since we are hosting.
I don't really want a separate party for it. Plus if we don't tell family that we will be revealing the sex at thanksgiving, they don't have to bring a gift. Win win!

That's a really good idea, problem is i would have both sides of my family there so they would know something is up (or that i lost my mind). Maybe I'll do that anyway just to see the confusion.

nannabee21

Ok after reading through all the insanity in this thread, I thought of a few.

My aunt always fixes herself a plate of leftovers at family gatherings...BEFORE everyone eats!! She fixes her to-go plate and puts it in her car. Then she comes back in and fixes a plate with everyone else. She does this at every family event. It's so ridiculous it's almost funny.


And a girl I was on the dance team in high school with posted her gender reveal video on Facebook. This girl is a dancer still. At the beginning of the video she says "This better be a girl". Once she opens the box of blue balloons she stands there for a minute, throws the blue confetti on the ground, and runs into the house crying. I was appalled when I saw that. If I acted like that I would be totally embarrassed and would beg to keep that off Facebook. I watched it four or five times because there was no way that actually happened. But it did.

almeyer2013

@nannabee21‌ bauahahaha! I am all about crushing dreams!

I am too the point I could care less what sex of my baby is. I am just so excited this is happening! Plus whether it's a boy or girl, the baby is still getting the periodic table of elements baby blocks!

kella0708

HallRents said:

She was registered for a ton of expensive gifts. I sent her a card stating that I donated money to UNICEF on behalf of her and her new husband - I told them that they bought a village a donkey.

This is amazing on so many levels.

kowyen

Loved catching up on this thread! One to add:
We were at a wedding this summer and before the toasts started, we were watching the best man get WASTED. During his speech, he proceeded to babble and slur into great detail about how great of a dad his buddy is going to be and how he is glad they got the wedding over with so we can all get excited about a baby. Everyone was so confused... until the groom got a hold of the mic, confirmed the pregnancy (she was 6 wks) and told the best man that he appreciated him keeping the secret.

Best man's response? "Well at least I didn't tell them what happened at the Bachelor party in Vegas with the naked chick we met in the pool!"

wishiwaspreggo

@Nannabee21 – if I don’t get to family gatherings in time, C and I don’t eat because I have 14 full-grown male cousins, 8 large aunts and uncles, and 2 brothers who hoover the food down so quickly it’s gone within an hour. Keep in mind we usually get 2 or 3 large turkeys for Thanksgiving, plus gallons of sides. I’d be pissed if one of my relatives packed a leftover plate before we all had a chance to get some ourselves!!!

And OMG, I HAVE to see this gender reveal video!!! What a hot mess!

@almeyer2013 – where do you get this set of periodic table of elements blocks? I must have one, too!

@HallRents – Wow, that is insane. $8K for an engagement party? What a little shit!!! I gave my jerk “friend” I recently broke up with a donation to Girl Scouts of America as a wedding gift. We were going to do a gay rights organization but we thought that might be too much after all that happened. But regardless, I did not want to buy this couple anything they’d actually want. And I felt better about attending knowing that at least a pro-woman organization benefited from our donation.

@kowyen – what an awesome best man lol… I want to know what happened in Vegas with the naked chick at the pool!

@sweetmama17 – I was thisclose to announcing my pregnancy at Bitch Friend’s bridal shower but C stopped me. I would have done it to be an asshole but I held back and decided it was better if I just didn’t tell her and she found out months later from a 3rd party (we used to be really close. Before I realized she’s a phony piece of shit, she would’ve been the first person I called after telling C while the damn pee stick was still wet).

@estamos_tomamos – I laughed out loud at the Uncle Cracker bit! That is awesome! I went to a wedding like that once. My friend from high school got married and her ceremony was interspersed with 80’s power ballads at various intervals. At the end of the ceremony she and her husband walked down the aisle to “Time of my Life” from Dirty Dancing. I had to stifle my laughter.

Thanks, everyone, for sharing on this thread! It makes me feel less alone knowing that I’m not the only one who has suffered in silence through unimaginable rudeness and tackiness!

alexandria22489

nannabee21 said:

Ok after reading through all the insanity in this thread, I thought of a few. My aunt always fixes herself a plate of leftovers at family gatherings...BEFORE everyone eats!! She fixes her to-go plate and puts it in her car. Then she comes back in and fixes a plate with everyone else. She does this at every family event. It's so ridiculous it's almost funny. And a girl I was on the dance team in high school with posted her gender reveal video on Facebook. This girl is a dancer still. At the beginning of the video she says "This better be a girl". Once she opens the box of blue balloons she stands there for a minute, throws the blue confetti on the ground, and runs into the house crying. I was appalled when I saw that. If I acted like that I would be totally embarrassed and would beg to keep that off Facebook. I watched it four or five times because there was no way that actually happened. But it did.

sometimes it concerns me when people don't understand it is a 50/50 chance lol. Holy shit. 

almeyer2013

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alexandria22489

HallRents said:

 She was registered for a ton of expensive gifts. I sent her a card stating that I donated money to UNICEF on behalf of her and her new husband - I told them that they bought a village a donkey. Unforch, money doesn't by class.

this is the best thing I've ever heard. amazing. 

wishiwaspreggo

@cwbandthenewbie - DUDE.  I kind of feel the same way as you do, actually!  I got roped into planning an opulent second-baby shower with an overzealous crazy person who is insisting on doing things our friend expressly asked us NOT to do.  At least our friend knows it's tacky to have a 2nd shower so she's asking us to keep it as low-key as possible and call it a sprinkle.  I'm cool with that.  I don't mind bringing a dish and a small gift up for my friend to celebrate her son. 

But this crazy chick wants it to be an all-out baby shower complete with games, decorations, prizes, and party favors.  Our friend said no games, so crazy chick suggested that we have a baby food tasting (SICK) and whoever is closest to the actual flavor gets a prize.  And she suggested we get a basket full of baby toiletries and have people guess how much it cost and then give the basket to our friend and give a prize to the person who guessed the closest price.  Those aren't considered to be games how...?

We agreed to the toiletries basket and that will be crazy girl's gift to our friend (because shit's expensive!).  We have a white wine gift basket we were going to bring as a prize anyway (C and I hate white wine and we already have lots of wine accessories like corks, glasses, charms, etc.  Fucking hell, do I miss wine).

gardinet

MauiBliss said:

Tackiest was a wedding I was invited to. We were out of town guests so I was not going to make the shower or the bachelorette party. The host of the shower and the bachelorette sent me a special note in my invitations to not only the shower and party but also to the wedding detailing what gift I was to send, how it was to be wrapped and when it was to be shipped by. And I was assigned a gift for all three things! 

I politely stated that my husband was doing their invitations, for free, and we would be bringing a gift to the wedding. I was called and told that no, I would send my two gifts for the events I couldn't attend and I would be buying The Gift Assigned To Me for the wedding because the bride and groom really didn't want random stuff for which they didn't register.

I ignored the whole thing and we brought a gift from their registry that wasn't purchased yet. I never got a thank you note for that gift. 

Second tackiest would be SIL at her first wedding. She had a gift opening party after the wedding and after opening each gift, ranked it according to value and use. We got them a wine rack they'd registered for. They didn't thank us at the party nor afterward and put it in the "cheap" pile. 

Holy cow, people actually do these things?  How horrible!! 

And OP, your friend, oy vei!