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NTTGPR: Worst wedding stories
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AF is here, I have bad cramps, we have more snow forecasted, I am temporarily benched, and I'm a rather sad panda today. I wanted to cheer myself up by sharing the worst wedding story ever, and I want to hear yours. Why? Well, it's the season... the season it happened...
My friend had an outdoor winter wedding. In northwest Indiana. Yes, up near Lake Michigan. The wedding itself was fine, it was the bachelorette party beforehand that was just plain terrible.
We carefully planned the day to go like this: a nice lunch at a tea house, going to Chicago for a psychic reading, and then hitting the town at night to go to a couple bars, get our friend some shots, and enjoy the night. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
Our third bridesmaid is a scrub whose life was kind of falling apart around the time of the bachelorette party. She needed the bride to cover a loan for her from Western Union so instead of making the reservation to the nice lunch we drove around town trying to get this loan paid. Where do we end up going to lunch? A truck stop diner. Classy. Our fancy tea sandwiches and dainty desserts were replaced with greasy diner fare - which I usually love, but this was supposed to be a ladies' day. Ugh!
Just as we were getting ready to go to Chicago, the bride told us she was bringing her cousin. Who was 15 at the time. Naturally, her aunt was not happy with her 15 year old daughter attending a bachelorette party in Chicago so she came, too. Her aunt isn't like your fun, energetic aunt who's crazier than you and keeps the party going. Her aunt is a stodgy, angry woman who very much only attended the party to keep tabs on her daughter. Great, so now things are super awkward with a teenager and older lady in tow as we head to the city.
We get to the psychic, and the woman doing the reading told the bride that her marriage probably won't last and that she may want to rethink her decision. She wanted $150 for her sage wisdom, which the bride didn't have anymore because she paid the other bridesmaid's loan off, so DP had to cover the cost for her. After this we wanted to hit a bar, but since we had a child tagging along we needed to find a place that would allow her to be with us. We got in touch with a friend of ours who lived in Chicago and she recommended a mid-priced restaurant with really good organic, local fare and a decent beer selection. We got to the restaurant and the bride, cousin, and aunt took one look at the menu and declared "This place is way too expensive!" It was slightly more than what you may pay in Indiana... but not by much. They got up and left and went to Subway to eat sandwiches and watch a football game while DP, our friend, and I sat in the restaurant and had a beer.
We had to drive 45 minutes out of our way in the snow to get aunt and cousin to their home which was several miles away from the bride's home via windy country rouds. It was snowing very hard, at this point. DP and I spent the day doing things we did not want to do for an ungrateful bride, her young cousin, and her frigid aunt.
Not to mention the nightmares we all suffered at the hands of the most incompetent bridal shop in the history of weddings. I'll save that story for another day.
Whatcha got, ladies? Can you top this?
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Re: NTTGPR: Worst wedding stories
@lwoehlk - the same thing would've happened at this particulary wedding, actually, if it wasn't for the blizzard. Half the guests who RSVP'd did not come because the weather made driving dangerous. The bride's mom ordered half as much food as we actually needed and said "Well, if some don't eat, too bad." Some? HALF!!
Oh, also... there was no alcohol. Not even a cash bar. No soda either. Just tea or water. Oh, and no music because the bride kicked the DJ out because she didn't have the first dance song. Because the bride didn't send her a list.
ETA: I'm not really convincing anyone that the wedding was "fine," am I?
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@norweigan - Oh, I love a good parking lot brawl! The reason the bride didn't want alcohol at the wedding, actually, was to prevent that from happening. She said her relatives can't handle having alcohol around without getting into a fight.
Great story, though! I've never attended a wedding where people fought.
WHO DOES THAT??!?!?!? Oh my God, I am enraged on your behalf. I have been a bridesmaid and/or maid of honor 3 times, and each time was grueling, exhausting, and expensive. In the end, it was worth it for each of them (even the bride from my tale above) because they were always so grateful for everything I did for them. I am so sorry that happened. Awful.
Your first story was pretty funny though
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My poor SIL had a bit more drama. Her pastor got angry when she was trying to tell him how she had planned for everyone to walk in and out. He told tthat's not how he did things and she started tearing up until my DH (who was a gm, I was a bm) stepped in before I could and said "well, its HER wedding and if you don't mind, I'll be doing as SHE asks." I high fived him. (And sexed him when we got home. Lol) Her MOH had to be sewn into her dress. Her other two bm's were useless. At one point before the big moment the bride had to pee, and asked one of her bm's to help hold the dress. I had just run back in the bridal cabin from doing a different task to find the two other bms just standing there telling her sorry but they already had their bouquets in their hands. I just said I would help as I flew past them and shot them a dirty look, turned the faucet and music on my phone so the bride could go. Finally we get the bride down the aisle, everything is awesome... the ring bearer is chasing the flower girl growling as vows are being exchanged... memories, right? Lol. The wedding party exits to "afternoon delight" (as chosen by my brother) and the preacher gets pissed at the music choices and makes another snide remark about "if he had it his way..." to which I replied, "good thing you don't".
To top off the night, the bride almost passed out while pictures were being taken and her dad kept taking her water away and letting her nephew pour it out in front of her and no one but the grooms (our) side danced at the reception, excpet the bride...who is the most awesome one in her family, and I am glad she married my goofy brother. The rest of her family lined the side of the floor and glared at us having fun. Meh, let them suit themselves. (To be honest, I like her mom and dad, they are just kind of sticks in the mud)
My in laws turned my wedding into something way more dramatic than it needed to be. And let me just say i was the complete opposite of bridezilla, in fact I heard my SILs were pissed because when they asked what kind of shoes I wanted them to wear, I said "whatever you already have and is most comfortable!" Thinking they'd appreciate I wasn't asking them to buy anything. No. I was being "too vague."
For my bachelorette party I wanted something low key- a spa day followed by a night at the melting pot. Well my SILs were mad that my aunt (my matron of honor, she's young it's not as weird as it sounds) wasn't involving them in the bachelorette plans since they were condescending to her during the entire bridal shower planning process. So when asked if they were doing dinner with us one SIL said "I'm going to a luncheon that day" dafuq?! Do you eat one meal a day?? And the other said "I don't like the smell of chocolate, sorry" I mean really?? So fun. Ugh.
At our rehearsal, my cousin didn't think he needed to practice reading from the bible but the preacher asked him to. Good thing he did because my cousin read the passage about the anti-Christ! I had given him the wrong verses. We got that straightened out and there was no mention of the anti-Christ at the wedding. The programs had the wrong verse numbers printed but who checks that?
The rehearsal dinner was dry, so H's family decided to tailgate in the parking lot in between the church and the dinner location. Which was all held at the children's home my mom works at. I had to ask them to stop before my mom was fired for bringing alcohol on campus. When I explained that, H's uncle said, "I wondered how you could afford this." The fuck?
At the wedding, I almost set my veil on fire during the unity candle lighting.
The groomsmen changed into jeans and tees before the reception. As we were waiting for them outside, h's aunt said if I hadn't wanted them to change I should have told them they had to wear their tuxes to the reception. How is it not implied? Since we had to skip the planned entrance with the wedding party, I changed our entrance song to 2001, the song the Carolina football team runs into the stadium to. H's family loves Clemson. My family was thrilled.
April 2013: Femara + Trigger + IUI = ???
April 2013: Femara + Trigger + IUI = ???
We had planned as close to my dream wedding as we could! Everything was going to be beautiful. The flowers, the wedding party, the hall. Well, 3 weeks before our wedding, I got a phone call, the so called "owner" of the hall had stopped paying his rent a month before he cashed our first cheque, the sheriff came out and changed the locks and he no longer had access. Oh and he also stole all of our money. He then went on a vacation in Italy...with our money, as he was stressed out...slime ball.
Obviously I spent the day bawling. But in the end it all turned out. We found an even better wedding venue who were more than willing to work with us last minute. They even were willing to give us a break on some of the costs as we had next to nothing left of the wedding budget. We had to postpone our honeymoon as we could no longer afford it, but we had an amazing adventure late summer on a cruise to Alaska, which we wouldn't have been able to do in February...brrr!
Married: August 2012
DD: 9/22/2014
Married: August 2012
DD: 9/22/2014
April 2013: Femara + Trigger + IUI = ???
I think if you can't afford alcohol, having a dry wedding is perfectly acceptable. It's hosting what you can afford, and there's nothing wrong with that. Alcohol is expensive.
I think if you can't afford alcohol, having a dry wedding is perfectly acceptable. It's hosting what you can afford, and there's nothing wrong with that. Alcohol is expensive.
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What do you mean "either way they aren't paying for it"? If they're offering alcohol, then yes they're paying for it. If they're not offering alcohol, they shouldn't have their guests pay for it. If you really can't go 5 hours without a beer that's an issue. Drink before or after. Weddings aren't about alcohol. We had a top shelf open bar cause we wanted it, but- we paid for it. Cause it was our party and it's incredibly rude to ask your guests to pay for food or drink costs of your party.
Dry weddings aren't trying to tell you beer is bad and you can never drink it- they're telling you they're hosting you with what they can afford, as I said above. Some venues don't allow alcohol, or the couples religious preferences don't allow alcohol. Id hate to invite someone to my wedding thinking they'd be happy with what I had to offer only to find out they wish I had done more to make their experience better. That's fucked up.
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My wedding was small. 30 people, a gazebo and a pond. No real reception, just dinner afterward in a private room where everyone could get anything from the bar and ordered off of a limited menu. The food took a little long but otherwise it was great for us.
1. The priest clearly forgot the groom's name. There was an obvious pause in the service as he tried to remember.
2. There was a 3 hour break between the end of the service and the start of the reception. In a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. With nothing around for the guests to do during that time. H and I ended up driving around the countryside for 2 hours to kill time.
3. The dj was a family friend who had no idea how to dj. The bride's brother had to set up the equipment and teach them how to use it. Plus, the dj never announced anything, so if you weren't paying attention, you missed the cake cutting, first dance, etc.
4. Last (and best), the groom spent most of the time at the reception on his cell phone running his "business" of buying and selling things on Ebay. The bride was walking around being a great hostess and he was sitting by himself at the head table. When he wasn't checking his phone, he was staring into space looking like he wanted to be anywhere but at his own wedding. He apparently behaved so badly at the rehearsal dinner that a bridesmaid asked the bride if she was sure she wanted to get married and telling her that she shouldn't settle.
It was a weird wedding, but a great story.
First, the church included printing of the brochures for free since I am a member. They left the names of all of my grandparents off of it except for the set that also attends church there. One of my ushers SLEPT THROUGH the ceremony so my cousin had to step in. Then the wedding planner never told the ushers that they were responsible for handing out the wedding programs like she was supposed to do (which I guess was a good thing since my grandparents were all left out) so I have a stack of 250 wedding programs that I still need to throw away (I am a bit of a hoarder.)
Then the wedding planner didn't tell the aunt who drove my wheelchair bound great grandmother that we needed her to stay for pictures. So I have no pictures of her at my wedding except one of just the two of us at the reception. This was my only chance to get a 5 generations picture of us with my son, mom and grandpa. She died in August.
When we go to the reception hall, the light switch that controlled the dimmer was broken so all the lights had to be on the whole time. My husband decided to hire his friend as our DJ which wasn't initially a big deal because I spent WEEKS making the playlist and all he had to do was pick from those songs. He decided that he didn't like the music I picked out (to cater to the mainly older people who were in attendance) and plugged in his phone to the system and played "head banging shit" and all the older people left about an hour in. By 8:00 there were 20 people other than the wedding party.It was totally over by 9. He decided he was bored at 8:30 and left to go to a party, but not before trying to get our best man to go with him (thank god he didn't) so my husband was stuck doing to music.
I am a Nazi about under age drinking so I made sure that the bartender would card everyone. I even put in the invitations that everyone who planned on drinking should bring their ID. Well, the bartender didn't card ANYONE! My 15 year old cousin kept sneaking up to the bar and getting Jack and Cokes and ended up wasted out of her mind and came inches from throwing up all over my son.
We were supposed to have the hall rental until noon the next day so we left our stuff there and came back the next morning at 9 to clean up. There were people there already doing it and they had thrown all of our expensive DJ equipment (yes it belongs to us, we did not rent it) outside because there was a baby shower scheduled for noon. I had to take everything home and set it up again so that I could test it and make sure they didn't fuck anything up. Thank God everything was ok because that crap is expensive!
I think it goes without saying but we are no longer friends with the guy who was supposed to do the DJing. We are also planning a vow renewal for our 5 year anniversary that will be on our terms instead of doing what our family wants us to. I have also left a bad review for the wedding planner with every place that I possibly can. And as a result of her epic failures at my wedding and at my cousin's wedding 6 weeks later, she is no longer allowed to work with our church.
ETA: Because of the general craziness with our reception, my husband and I didn't get any cake. We do have our top tier in the deep freezer at my grandmother's' house so maybe we will get to have a little taste in April. Too bad it will probably be freezer burnt
TTC Since August 2013
I'm also worried about finding a good DJ. There are so many self indulgent douchebags out there... I hate when I'm at a wedding and have a request that gets completely ignored. Or being told they don't have a certain genre because the DJ doesn't like it.
News flash, asshole! No one is paying you to play music YOU like. You're being paid to play music for the crowd and keep the mood lively.
TTC Since August 2013
Married: August 2012
DD: 9/22/2014