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stoneycakes

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GTKY Fail:  What's your funniest wedding fail?  It can be from your own wedding or from a wedding you've attended.

Into+the+Kitty

I don't have a wedding fail, but my CD fail is freaking gross.

Sometimes we have to pick up the dogs' water bowl because A will splash in it and flip it over any time it's on the ground.  Well my dog saw that it was up and rather than asking or waiting for it, he went into the bathroom and started drinking the water that was in the bucket soaking my ON inserts. I soak them twice, so at least the water was relatively more clean than the first soak, but ughhhhhh. So gross.

stoneycakes

My funniest wedding fail happened at a friend's wedding.  She had meticulously planned her wedding down to every detail for almost two years.  The wedding itself went off without a hitch.  Towards the end of the night, all of the older guests had left and the young people were still drinking and dancing.  The DJ came out onto the dance floor to lead some kind of group dance and a bunch of people came up to join him.  While he was busting a move in front of everyone, I caught a flash of white on his rear end.  His pants were completely split!  I am not talking about a little split in the back seam.  The entire back end and crotch was opened up and flapping with every move he made!  I have no idea how he didn't feel the breeze.  He kept getting up and dancing until the end of the night!

moosebaby2011

We were at the cocktail hour at my wedding when the photographer pulled us aside and asked if she could borrow our rings to do some close up shots. We handed them over and continued on mingling with our guests. A short time later we went outside with some friends of ours to take pictures in the gazebo. On our way out there we met up with the banquet coordinator who said there was plenty of time for that later and steered us towards a rose arbor instead. I didn't think too much of it at the time. A short time later, the photographer returned our rings and said she had a confession to make. It turns out she had been using the gazebo to take pictures of our rings and her assistant had dropped them. Mine slipped through one of the slats in the gazebo floor. The banquet coordinator pointed us away from the gazebo because the maintenance crew was busy ripping out the floor to get my ring back!

MrsRiceARoni

I almost had a fail this week when I got behind on CD laundry, mostly because lo kept pooping after I changed her and we have peak energy hours so I try t only wash in the mornings and evenings. She was wearing the last clean diaper while the rest were drying and I kept telling her not to poop because I didn't want to put her in a sposie. She actually listened to me and we got away with it.

 GTKY: When I was in high school I went with a friend to her brother's wedding and she got drunk and ended up falling into the water fountain. Fortunately her sister had some gym clothes in the car but my friend is several sizes bigger than her sister and ended up looking quite special with her formal up do, bare feet and clothes that didn't fit her.

CLLDLL

Luckily no new CD fails to share.

GTKY: My dad was diagnosed with cancer back in 2007.  My sister and her then fiance had been engaged for several years and were just waiting for the right time to actually tie the knot.  When we learned that my dad would likely not win his battle with cancer, they decided they wanted to do it while my dad was still healthy enough he couldl give her away. So we planned  wedding in a week and a half.  DS1 was 20 months old at the time, and my sis asked if he would be the ring bearer.  I was hesitant, but said yes since it was just going to be small family wedding.  He walked down the aisle like a big boy.  Then seen MH sitting in the front row, got a huge grin, and tossed the ring pillow football sytle right to him!  Luckily the ring stayed stitched to the pillow & all that happened was a big giggle from the guests.  We still tease him about that now!   

brevans02

When I was first dating my now dh, he was in a wedding back home. (We were going to school about 3 hours from his hometown.) I was invited to come, but would be driving down by myself the day of the wedding since he had to be there for the rehearsal and groom's supper the night before. The couple getting married (and the wedding party) were all really good high school friends...that I had not yet met. I hadn't even met his parents yet, but would be sitting with them at the wedding.

Anyway, I drove down in comfortable clothes (shorts and a t-shirt, I suppose) and found the town and church without major difficulty. I walked in to the church and immediately got swarmed by the bride and bridesmaids - they were all really nice and made me feel welcome. After they were all ready and were taking pictures, I snuck in the room to change into my dress, putting my other clothes in my backpack.

This is where it gets foggy. I swear I left my backpack in the room, but obviously did not. After the wedding, I couldn't find it OR my car keys! I ended up riding on the bus w/ the wedding party to the reception and leaving my car in town. Next day, still couldn't find either one (the church had obviously been cleaned out already). I ended up having to borrow dh's (then bf's) car to drive back to school and mail him the spare set of keys to my car. Turns out that my backpack was in my car trunk. And the keys were on the BOTTOM of the bag. WTH. I honestly have absolutely no recollection of putting my back in my car or know why I'd put the keys in there first!

It broke the ice w/ my future in-laws, though...at least they knew exactly what they were getting!

sarenu1

No fails this week.

I actually bartended at a lot of weddings.  So I could probably tell tons of stories about failed wedding ideas.  The worst one had to do with the center pieces.

Someone had the bright idea of having fish bowls with gold fish at every table.  Which looks really nice and colorful.

However, we had no idea what to do with all of the goldfish afterward.  I think they expected people to take them home after the reception.

And if that wasn't bad enough, some of the guys were daring each other to eat them.  Gross.

I'm glad this didn't happen a second time.

Into+the+Kitty

sarenu1:

No fails this week.

I actually bartended at a lot of weddings.  So I could probably tell tons of stories about failed wedding ideas.  The worst one had to do with the center pieces.

Someone had the bright idea of having fish bowls with gold fish at every table.  Which looks really nice and colorful.

However, we had no idea what to do with all of the goldfish afterward.  I think they expected people to take them home after the reception.

And if that wasn't bad enough, some of the guys were daring each other to eat them.  Gross.

I'm glad this didn't happen a second time.

I almost did this. It wouldn't have been goldfish though, but some other kind of fish. I wanted to buy a tank and keep them all though.

sarenu1

Into+the+Kitty:

sarenu1:

No fails this week.

I actually bartended at a lot of weddings.  So I could probably tell tons of stories about failed wedding ideas.  The worst one had to do with the center pieces.

Someone had the bright idea of having fish bowls with gold fish at every table.  Which looks really nice and colorful.

However, we had no idea what to do with all of the goldfish afterward.  I think they expected people to take them home after the reception.

And if that wasn't bad enough, some of the guys were daring each other to eat them.  Gross.

I'm glad this didn't happen a second time.

I almost did this. It wouldn't have been goldfish though, but some other kind of fish. I wanted to buy a tank and keep them all though.

Which would have looked awesome.  But the bride didn't want the fish after the reception.  What a waste.  There were about three per bowl, per table.  And probably 15-20 tables.

sosoph

total fail here. One of the toddler poo diapers made it into the wash (they're supposed to go in a separate wet bag and I spray them, but this one went straight into the pail - we have a new nanny). So it gets washed, and apparently, gross as it is, toddler poo is just as water soluble as ebf poo. I wouldn't have even known it happened --- had I not found dried blueberries when everything came out of the dryer!!! yuck, yuck, yuck!

 

unaveragejane

DH rarely ever changes diapers, but he managed to change 3 over the past weekend...which I found later in the clothes hamper instead of the diaper pail. Thank goodness they were not messy!

GTKY: I was MOH for a friend back in college. I had never really been to many weddings much less ever been in one, so I had very little idea what my MOH duties entailed. When the couple drove off after the wedding, no one had written anything on their car. I felt SO bad b/c it was kind of the big thing to do back then, so another bridesmaid, her BF, and I drove to the couple's hotel, found their car, decorated it car markers, pried open the sun roof, and filled up the car with white balloons. I'm pretty sure we messed up the sun roof motor, and the couple caught us in the act, too. I still feel bad about that.

Into+the+Kitty

Oh oh I remembered another CD fail this week. A likes to get the sprayer off the back of the toilet when she has a poopy diaper and watch me spray it into the toilet. She was still hanging on to the clean pocket that I'd given her to play with while I'd changed her diaper. Well, she decided to help out and threw the clean diaper into the toilet while I was spraying the poop off of the other one.

My little helper.