The Worst Wedding You Ever Attended?
Here's mine: My ex-boyfriend's cousin decided to get married to a girl in his church group that he was youth pastor of. He was 19, knew her for, I think, 2 months and were only waiting an extra month to get married so she could turn 18.  E
Anyway, we drove 4 hours to get to the wedding, not stopping to eat since we thought we'd be eating within an hour or so. We get there and the church foyer looked like a high school mixer (it turned out the bride was still in high school) and there were teenage girls shrieking and boys messing around like it was recess. We went into the church to escape and to wait for the ceremony to begin. Well, it started close to 45 minutes late because the bride's mother wasn't there (no idea why) so they had to wait. The icing on the cake? The ceremony itself lasted nearly 2 hours. Everyone and their brother read entire chapters from the bible that seemingly had no relation to getting married. Several were about death, which I thought was really weird. Finally it was time for the reception. We left the church and found that the newly married couples' car (which was borrowed from the groom's father) was filled with popcorn and chocolate syrup as a "joke" by their buddies. They wound up having to get a ride from someone else to the reception site. The reception site was about 30 minutes away so all 150+ guests piled into their cars and drove over. The site turned out to be the gymnasium of another church. There were no tables, except for the "head" table and just a bunch of folding chairs, still unfolded on a rack at one side of the gym. I think there was a few crepe paper streamers as decorations. Most importantly, no food in sight! I'm dying now and there isn't even anything to drink. After about a half an hour, someone starts bringing out card tables and putting out big bowls of chips and sandwiches cut into fours. The tables were polished off with a few bottles of grape juice and a bowl of punch. This was dinner.
Everyone started moving the chairs in circles to sit and they called us to the line by grouping. Needless to say, by the time we were called, all the food was gone. And, for 150 guests, they had 3 sheet cakes that someone had made. You better believe I RAN to get the cake. While the eating went on, if you wanted the couple to kiss, you were supposed to clap because there were no utensils to clang, lol. When they did kiss, they both looked horrified. We got out of there and headed right to a restaurant, theorizing that the gift that we gave solely paid for all the food and drink at the "reception." Anyone else have horrible wedding stories to share? |
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| Actually I guess I have been a fairly lucky wedding guest or I tend to avoid the ones that look to be headed in that direction.
But when I started dating Tim the whole family was still talking about his brother's wedding two years earlier. The reception was just punch and cookies and nobody knew that before they went so they were expecting food. That was back in 1979 when it was fairly uncommon for people to get creative due to budget. It certainly set the tone though for a disasterous 20 year marriage with three "surprise" pregnancies and outrageous behavior by his lunatic wife at many family gatherings. |
| Mine isn't that bad - but....
We went to a wedding about 6 years ago at what was supposed to be a medieval castle, but was less medieval than my house!! It was in the middle of a refurbishment so was only half open, and was a mess. We had driven 4 hours to get there and had come from a friends wedding on the saturday! The bride and groom had requested that everyone wore evening wear as it was going to be a banquet style recpetion. When we arrived at the castle grounds all of the guests were asked to go into the barn for drinks. Then the groom arrived in a limo which spoilt the medieval theme! We all went inside for the ceremony the brides mother was a bridesmaid in a dress that was at least 2 sizes too small for her and she didn't wear a bra which added to the look!! The bride was pregnant. The photographers assistant was the most bossy woman I have ever met. After the photos and the ceremony we went for the reception which was a medieval banquet. When the first course came it was soup that was full of chunky veg that you had to eat with a knife (no spoons provided) The main course was supposed to be chicken but was probably sparrow as I have never seen smaller birds! Again you had to pull this apart with your hands. I had a white evening dress on which I really didn't want to spoil! The main course was meringues which was the only thing that everyone ate. between each course there was a jester who was just rubbish I think he had learnt his trade at kids parties! At the end of the meal we all had to stand outside as there were no other rooms available in the castle to use, and the staff needed to get the room ready for the evening reception! We left long before the night time party got going and went for something to eat. At least it gave me ideas of what not to do for my wedding!!! |
| Jill, I gots to know--are those two still married? |
| i have to say, even with the nose event, jill, your wedding was awesome! it was fun, small and sweet!
i went to a wedding that the reception was at the vfw....and it looked like it...metal folding chairs, and collaspable tables with the formica peeling off...water and orange juice to drink and burritos to eat...they couldnt afford more, so all of the above is certainly no tragedy....what i couldnt handle were the 400 little kids running around and being obnoxious... they are still happily married..with NO children.... ps...from my experience, NEVER pick your minister out of the phone book...i had a destination wedding too (san diego) and just called someone....we still get made fun of it.....the minister looked like lurch with coke bottle glasses, big yellow teeth and spoke soooo slowly..."Do. you. Daaaaarcy. take. Briiiiiiian. to. be. your. husband..." Oh and when we went to sign the marriage licence it says we were married ''holistically''..is that EVEN a religion???? |
| The first wedding doesn't sound so very different from some Baptist weddings I attended. In these cases, the couple was very young, and there was very little money.
The saddest wedding I ever saw (and I will explain how I knew about how sad it was but was there even if not as an invited guest) involved people I worked with waaaaaaay back when I worked for a year at Bonanza (steak house). Both bride and groom worked at Bonanza, as I did. He was assistant manager, she was cashier and had worked there for a couple of years. The bride was very young--younger than I was and I had only just turned 21 (or was about to---don't remember which...). It was his second marriage (no kids) and her first (kind of--long story--apparently you can be married by proxy in Mexico and she had been while still in high school). Her family really, really, really disapproved. She was very sweet and was very unhappy to have a very bad relationship with her family. I think this is part of the reason for the proxy marriage, and the one where she married the assistant manager. The manager and his wife, who were truly nasty people, did actually allow them to use that room, and perhaps even helped with the costs. Neither bride nor groom had money--and if I remember correctly, the bride's family not only did not help, but also did not attend. The wedding was held in the back "banquet" room of the restaurant--we passed through there on the way to the back to take dishes to be washed, get supplies, etc. Very obvious that the dish washing area of the kitchen was right behind the room, as were the only rest rooms in the building, so basically, everybody went back past the wedding. Noisy, sound of clattering dishes, bad smells, the whole nine yards. Food: punch (no alcohol, of course) and chips and Bonanza fair. Sheet cake. I was working that night and not part of the official celebration. The bride wore one of her prom dresses--this was in the days of the Little House on the Prairie look--pale blue . She just looked sad the whole time. I remember feeling really sorry for her--the guy she married was kind of a jerk--not bad, but just kind of a jerk. I don't think she was so much in love with him as she really, really needed out of her house. |
Paula O. wrote: Jill, I gots to know--are those two still married?
I wish I knew! I know she was pregnant almost immediately. It was my feeing that the wedding was so rushed because the groom was just dying to lose his virginity. Now you have me wondering, too, Paula. I don't talk to my ex-boyfriend anymore but I'm going to send his sister an e-mail... |
Paula O. wrote: Jill, I gots to know--are those two still married? Exactly my thoughts! LOL |
Vicki & George wrote: We left long before the night time party got going and went for something to eat. ...which is when you dropped ketchup on your white dress? |
Darcy wrote: Oh and when we went to sign the marriage licence it says we were married ''holistically''..is that EVEN a religion???? Perhaps you're not really married at all! |
ButtersStotch wrote: All this talk of invitations and not having money made me think of a terrible wedding that I went to years ago and wondered if others had similar terrible wedding stories.
Here's mine: My ex-boyfriend's cousin decided to get married to a girl in his church group that he was youth pastor of. He was 19, knew her for, I think, 2 months and were only waiting an extra month to get married so she could turn 18. EAnyway, we drove 4 hours to get to the wedding, not stopping to eat since we thought we'd be eating within an hour or so. We get there and the church foyer looked like a high school mixer (it turned out the bride was still in high school) and there were teenage girls shrieking and boys messing around like it was recess. We went into the church to escape and to wait for the ceremony to begin. Well, it started close to 45 minutes late because the bride's mother wasn't there (no idea why) so they had to wait. The icing on the cake? The ceremony itself lasted nearly 2 hours. Everyone and their brother read entire chapters from the bible that seemingly had no relation to getting married. Several were about death, which I thought was really weird. Finally it was time for the reception. We left the church and found that the newly married couples' car (which was borrowed from the groom's father) was filled with popcorn and chocolate syrup as a "joke" by their buddies. They wound up having to get a ride from someone else to the reception site. The reception site was about 30 minutes away so all 150+ guests piled into their cars and drove over. The site turned out to be the gymnasium of another church. There were no tables, except for the "head" table and just a bunch of folding chairs, still unfolded on a rack at one side of the gym. I think there was a few crepe paper streamers as decorations. Most importantly, no food in sight! I'm dying now and there isn't even anything to drink. After about a half an hour, someone starts bringing out card tables and putting out big bowls of chips and sandwiches cut into fours. The tables were polished off with a few bottles of grape juice and a bowl of punch. This was dinner. Everyone started moving the chairs in circles to sit and they called us to the line by grouping. Needless to say, by the time we were called, all the food was gone. And, for 150 guests, they had 3 sheet cakes that someone had made. You better believe I RAN to get the cake. While the eating went on, if you wanted the couple to kiss, you were supposed to clap because there were no utensils to clang, lol. When they did kiss, they both looked horrified. We got out of there and headed right to a restaurant, theorizing that the gift that we gave solely paid for all the food and drink at the "reception." Anyone else have horrible wedding stories to share? Mormon?? by chance?? The age and quickness of engagement sounds mormon |
| No, it wasn't Mormon, just weird. |
| I went to a wedding 18 months ago for one of my daughter's best friends. She was in the wedding.
It was outside, beautiful warm day. Butterflies were released at the end of the ceremony. The reception was over a mile from the ceremony at the Student Union (beautiful place). The bride hadn't arranged for transportation, so the wedding party walked. My daughter's slippers broke on the walk. The guys were sweating in their suits from the sun and heat. The reception area was beautifully arranged with table decorated by the bride, wonderful food and an area to dance. They forgot to block off the main doors or put a private party sign up, so strange people were walking through to get to the hall on the opposite side of hte room. I took pictures of them, it was strange. Midway thorugh the reception, I took a picture of my daughter sitting next to one of the other bridesmaids. They both look upset. Turns out the bride and groom had been married for two years (he was in the Army) and the wedding was a sham. None of their family knew it was fake. My daughter has never forgiven the bride for keeping that secret and their friendship has suffered. I haven't forgiven the bride for chasing my older son when she was a freshman - and married! |
| Why is it unforgivable to be married before your wedding? Just because you are, doesn't mean the wedding is a sham! Many people do it for varies reasons.
My Brother was in the Army as well. He and his wife were going to get married before he was deployed to Iraq, in the event anything were to happen to him while he was there. I hardly think this qualifies for "the worst wedding" |
avicayia wrote: Why is it unforgivable to be married before your wedding? Just because you are, doesn't mean the wedding is a sham! Many people do it for varies reasons.
My Brother was in the Army as well. He and his wife were going to get married before he was deployed to Iraq, in the event anything were to happen to him while he was there. I hardly think this qualifies for "the worst wedding" But I think strange people walking through does, lol. |
ButtersStotch wrote: avicayia wrote: Why is it unforgivable to be married before your wedding? Just because you are, doesn't mean the wedding is a sham! Many people do it for varies reasons. I hardly think this qualifies for "the worst wedding" But I think strange people walking through does, lol. Being forced to walk a mile in your bridesmaid ensemble is pretty bad. Finding out at the wedding that your friend has been lying to you for two years is even worse. There's nothing wrong with getting married before deployment and having a reception when you return. There is something wrong with being deceitful. |
Bailey's Mom wrote: avicayia wrote: Why is it unforgivable to be married before your wedding? Just because you are, doesn't mean the wedding is a sham! Many people do it for varies reasons. There's nothing wrong with getting married before deployment and having a reception when you return. There is something wrong with being deceitful. I agree. I believe that was the point being made. |
| Okay-- here goes.
1) Worst Wedding. Our niece's. John's sister's oldest daughter married her dream man. 
2) Day of the wedding - it was 96 degrees. A hot, humid August afternoon. 3) We arrive in sweltering heat to find people standing outside fanning themselves. You guessed it-- air conditioning unit was on the fritz. No hope of repairman either. 4) We went in, and I went to find the Bridal party. They were dressing and sweating in a small classroom. John's sister looked awful. Her hair was hanging in her face, she was sweating up a storm, and she had been crying. She also looked very wrinkled. Oh dear-- what had happened. 5) Seems the drycleaner had LOST her dress. When they brought the garments the night before to the church, Joyce's was missing. They noticed it after the rehearsal dinner was over. It was well after Midnight when they went knocking on the door of the owner of the cleaners. Long story-- end result -- NO DRESS. 6) Dress for the Mother of the bride had to be bought off the rack at the Mall that morning. 
7) While we were discussing that, John's Mom poked her head in the room, and motioned me out. Seems the organist had just gotten word to the church. She was very ill-- with what looked to be a bad kidney infection. She was in the ER-- and didn't think she could make it to the wedding. She was sending her sister to fill in. Nobody knew the sister at that time. We do now. 8 ) Wedding party finished dressing, and we waited , and waited , and waited for the sub- organist. It was 30 minutes after the wedding was supposed to start-- when she came flying in, carrying a KEYBOARD and a stand.  She also had on a 1950's house dress and cat glasses, along witth a very attractive beehive up do. Slippers completed the outfit. She was an older sister.
9) She set up her "band" and begin to play " Here comes the bride" on the keyboard. We had turned on the stero system at the church for some background music, until she arrived. No warning , she started playing the keyboard while "The Wedding" song was being piped in. 10) The Bride began her long walk..... 11) The keyboard player hit more than one sour note. 12) Let the nuptials begin. 13) Grandpa - who was a 90 year old minister ( The brides GPA on her Dad's side) began the ceremony. He immediatly dropped the bible, lost his place, and - after much "Oh dearing " And "Oh my gollying" the Groom stepped up and helped him find his place. He called the Bride, his Grandaughter by her sisters name twice, so I am not sure if she is really married. He was adorable-- and such a sweet heart. Poor guy. 14) I now pronouce You man and wife. Finally. 15) Reception-- here we come. 16) Cake and punch reception-- this was years ago. I was a hostess. 
17) I mentioned it was years ago, and at that time, some couples still opened presents at the reception. The happy couple choose to do this. 18 ) I was back in the kitchen preparing the coffee and such, listening to the happenings as they opened each gift... and each card. And I listened as the groom announced the amount enclosed in the cards. 
John came in the kitchen and told me to go out and tell the niece and dream boat to stop being so rude. Nope - not me. I was a hostess, and had a pretty blue chiffon apron to prove it. I was not a part of the etiquette commitee. 19) Cake time!!! Best Man toasted-- and then time to feed each other cake. Dream boat smashed the cake in nieces nostrils-- she got mad-- ran to the bathroom. I cut the cake- asked the other hostess's if they could get along ok without me. Took off my pretty apron, said goodbye to the niece through the bathroom door-- said "Best wishes" to the groom. 20) We left-- stopped and got two bottles of wine, and drank the night away. 21) Three kids later, they are still married. |
| I LOVE that they announced the amount of each gift, lol. I can't even imagine the looks and sidelong glances being given between the guests! |
avicayia wrote: Why is it unforgivable to be married before your wedding? Just because you are, doesn't mean the wedding is a sham! Many people do it for varies reasons.
My Brother was in the Army as well. He and his wife were going to get married before he was deployed to Iraq, in the event anything were to happen to him while he was there. I hardly think this qualifies for "the worst wedding" Keeping the marriage a secret for two years - everyone, includng family, not knowing they were married and then Pretending they were newly weds is wrong. Not to mention the bride chasing my son, which was bad enough as she was engaged, but worse since she was married. Had they told everyone that they were married and wanted to have a ceremony when they could afford it - great! But it was a big secret, which some of their family is still not privy to. Wrong. It made the whoLe thing a sham, IMO. My nephew married his wife before he went to Iraq. Nothing wrong at all with that. But he didn't keep it a secret or lie about it. |
ButtersStotch wrote: I LOVE that they announced the amount of each gift, lol. I can't even imagine the looks and sidelong glances being given between the guests!
Oh - it was something to see. And hear. And it is all on video. Uncle Joe- $20 Aunt Sally- $25 Joe Blow- $10 LOL |
Mom of 3... you just had your 666th post  Happy Halloween!  (well, it is here anyway) |
Abuckie wrote: ButtersStotch wrote: I LOVE that they announced the amount of each gift, lol. I can't even imagine the looks and sidelong glances being given between the guests! Oh - it was something to see. And hear. And it is all on video. Uncle Joe- $20 Aunt Sally- $25 Joe Blow- $10 LOL |
OMG, Lori! I'm sitting here at my desk just laughing my fool head off!  Your story wins - hands down!!  |
| I am cackling and crying all at once....
All these stories made me think of my former roomate's wedding... I should explain that during college she became something of a born again. When she met her husband to be they belonged to a church that believed dates shouldn't happen at night as it led to sinful behavior. So she knew him only from his discussions at bible study. Sometime before dating it was decided they would get married...yes I said BEFORE dating. Three months in he proposed, it was July. Due to school schedules they were going to get married in Jan. of the next year but she was pushing for August... So hubby to be was driving to work one day and saw a green light far off in the distance. He decided that if god wanted them to get married in Aug then the light would stay green until he got to it....if not it would turn red.... Yeah it stayed green.
I later asked my roommate what road he was driving down as I new of SEVERAL in the area that had LONG green lights...she wouldn't tell me and thought I was being blasphamous
Fast foward to the wedding.... in which passages were read that stated something along the lines of the wife being a servant and slave. I sat there next to a few other friends , and while I was getting more disgusted by the moment, I had two next to me laughing or crying... it was ridiculous.
Then came the reception which started at 3pm. The "less important guests" where shoved in the basement to eat and by 7:30pm the happy new couple was off to there honeymoon destination...Sybris Spa Suites....I get the heebee jeebees just thinking about it. Both of them were far from being virgins...but being a born again apparently has it's restrictions...which is what I suspect prompted the short engagement and reception
I didn't speak to her much after that...after all I was supposedly going to hell...which could be true enough as I tried to explain to her that God spelled backward is dog and a dog show is my version of church on sunday.. 
At any rate, we reconnected a few years later. She is still married to the same guy. However, after the brainwashing church told them thier entire family would go to hell if they didn't join that church THAT apparently was the last straw and they are now a bit more normal...as normal as it gets for them. Thank dog she drinks alcohol again at least
As I write I am desperately hoping my wedding will not wind up being a post on a forum somewhere...but how could it be that bad when my dogs are involved...ok so it may still end up on the forum as a HYSTERICAL pee your pants wedding but I'll take that any day over being a worst wedding EVER post! |
| My flower picked her nose - and we have pictures.
The litlle boy with the rings growled all the way doen the isle becuase he was the Ring Bear. Honest. It was a garden wedding. when they turned the fountain off, it also turned off the organ. So they turned the fountain back on. August is not the best month for a wedding. My make up didn't hold up too well. The bridesmaids were in a soft yellow and the groomsmen in baby blue - what was I thinking? B&W pictures cover many a bad choice. But my wedding was fun and I have funny stories to tell. |
Mom of 3 wrote: My flower picked her nose - and we have pictures.
The litlle boy with the rings growled all the way doen the isle becuase he was the Ring Bear. Honest. It was a garden wedding. when they turned the fountain off, it also turned off the organ. So they turned the fountain back on. August is not the best month for a wedding. My make up didn't hold up too well. The bridesmaids were in a soft yellow and the groomsmen in baby blue - what was I thinking? B&W pictures cover many a bad choice. But my wedding was fun and I have funny stories to tell. All right, the Ring Bear thing is too cute. You can't be mad at that! |
ButtersStotch wrote: Mom of 3 wrote: My flower picked her nose - and we have pictures. The litlle boy with the rings growled all the way doen the isle becuase he was the Ring Bear. Honest. It was a garden wedding. when they turned the fountain off, it also turned off the organ. So they turned the fountain back on. August is not the best month for a wedding. My make up didn't hold up too well. The bridesmaids were in a soft yellow and the groomsmen in baby blue - what was I thinking? B&W pictures cover many a bad choice. But my wedding was fun and I have funny stories to tell. All right, the Ring Bear thing is too cute. You can't be mad at that! Oh the is the cutest thing!!!  |
| HA! I love all these stories. |
| A fellow co-worker of ours got married 2 years ago. I brought my best friend with me to the wedding and we both decided to go on an empty stomach because - well you know, guests are supposed to have food and drink waiting for them at the reception! Anyway, the wedding ceremony was at a Lutheran church, which was a 40 minute drive, plus more for all wedding guests, since this church was out in the boonies. But it was great, the ceremony only lasted about 45 minutes. The reception was held at a campground which was a 30 minute drive from the church. So as the Bride, Groom and bridal party all stayed behind at the church to take pictures- the guests were drive over to the campground and wait for the wedding party to arrive. This is where things got very irritating for everyone who attended the wedding. Not only were all of the wedding guests at the camp ground just waiting around (seemed like forever) for the Bride brigade to show up, but the only thing provided to us wedding guests were 2 kegs of -very strong "hoppy" beer, that I cant even pronounce the names of! No hors d'oeuvres were provided-nothing! Besides 2 kegs of beer in 85 degree and very humid mid-west weather. It took the bridal party almost an hour to show up. Then, bridal pictures resumed at the campground, in which the guests stood around waiting an extra 45 minutes for them to be done with pictures. About 1 beer later on a very empty stomach both me and my best friend left the reception- (had to say there was an emergency so we could leave without looking like assholes) while pictures were being taken. And it wasnt until we were driving away, the catering people start bringing food to the reception. But Oh well! It was pretty rude to keep guests on an empty stomach in nasty weather - I'm sure our Taco Bell was still much more delicious than the food they provided. |
| I love when old threads pop up that are new to me. I will be giggling about the ring bear for days. |
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