Weddings you went to where things went wrong?

FFS - this was probably my wedding. We are no longer get in contact with DHs best man. My DM still hasn't recovered from the "mooning" by some of the guests.

I went to one where they forgot to confirm the date with celebrant so they didn't turn up

Wasn't at the wedding but a colleague's wife (bride) had her drinks spiked by his "mates" as a joke. They thought she was too uptight about booze. For reasons I won't go into, she had every right to expect her husband not to get wrecked especially on their wedding day.

She had to be put to bed after the first dance. Unsurprisingly, they've never spoken to this groups of friends since in 10 years.

The bride had told us about her dress which had a bespoke made overcoat. The colleague who told her ‘nice dressing gown Carol’ was not well received.

Now that made me laugh.

One wedding - very expensive affair, small Scottish castle, fireworks etc. Everything was really beautifully done, literally no expense spared. After dinner we moved to a large ante room for speeches, everyone standing around, a few scattered chairs. The speeches took 2 hours. Folk ended up moving through different parts of the venue to find a seat while everyone who had ever met the bride and groom had their say. I found a seat with then 8 year old DS who fell asleep until the dancing started.

Firstly, I wasn't bothered about having a hen do. BM however persuaded me that I really should and offered to organise it for me. We decided on a date and I watched her write it in her diary. Most of my friends had asked about a hen do so I told them "Mary" was arranging everything and that she'd be in touch with them. It got to the day before said date and she hadn't told me what the plan was so I asked. She'd forgotten about it... Luckily most friends were still available for the date I'd earmarked so we had a lovely meal out.

Two or three days before the wedding my BMs (2 of them) had a final trying on of their dresses. Mary (yes,her with the bad memory) had put on a bit of weight. The zip on her dress would no longer do up. No amount of yanking, squeezing or breath-holding-in was going to make that dress fit... Last minute frantic dress hunting resulted in a dress that fitted at least, albeit a different shade to the other BMs dress.

The day itself... after all the various group photos the photographer was snapping me and DH in different parts of the venue. During this I could see the cake being set up and I turned to DH, smiling through clenched teeth, and said "that's not my cake!". Upon cutting and eating said cake I knew it was shop bought not "home" baked. I found out the next day that when the cake hadn't been delivered at the arranged time the venue manager phoned and discovered that the cake maker had got the date wrong. All hell broke loose with the manager, ushers and cake maker herself hot footing it to nearby supermarkets and M&S to try to find suitable replacements for the "naked" Victoria sponge 3 tiers I'd ordered and paid for, plus fresh fruit to decorate it with. With some clever fruit and flower arranging, between them they managed to cobble together a lovely looking cake, just not the one I was expecting.

Oh, and I also discovered post wedding that the outside caterers had had an equipment failure and had to improvise a bit to get everything cooked for the meal!

All a tad annoying at the time but quite funny really

God, I would've loved that SO much. Unfortunately she could walk and just came across as unhinged foghorn.

Went to one where the vicar got his dates muddled up and the groom and guests arrived to an empty, dark church…

2 hours of speeches done pre-meal in a huge, drafty hall with no chairs and a very uneven stone floor. Older and less mobile people were really struggling. There were more speeches at dinner so it was a confusing decision all round.

Over an hour long??? Omg really? How embarrassing!!! I would have fallen asleep.

Nothing horrific that I recall but some interesting experiences

Friend booked a country club/golf club venue. Think Manor House thing with the whole building given over to the wedding. No idea where the golfers went. Discovered on the day that the golf course was being "refurbed" and all the beautiful views were basically a sea of mud. Bride was apoplectic

Speeches that went on for 2.45 hours due to language barrier, translations and cultural differences so every man and his dog made a "speech"... needing translating. Hotel staff anticipating the usual 30 mins had ff'ed off leaving the bar closed and everyone with a single glass of bubbles for the toasts. Everyone was dying for the loo and alcohol by the time the speech marathon was over .

I’ve been to weddings with:

*not enough food
*food served so late or after a very long wait and everyone was extremely hungry & cranky
having to pay for all our own drinks (at 5 hotel prices too). Not even getting one or two included
one wedding had all their gifts and envelopes containing cash stolen (again a 5 establishment) so make sure someone else is taking charge of any gifts you get on the day rather than allowing the reception to hold them.
*too hot with no shade (happened at an overseas wedding)
*different overseas wedding they had skimped on the buffet so said to cater for 30 people but actually 40 people were there. As a result I had no chair / place at the table and ate cheese instead of local cuisine. Argh. The lovely caterer was also furious.
*been at weddings where the photos took so long it was very very annoying

im sure there are more 🤣

The registrar shouldnt have married them!

At both my weddings the vicar/registrar made it clear that if either of us was noticeably drunk then they wouldnt perform the ceremony. Both said that they had had to cancel weddings before because at least one of the couple was so pissed they could barely stand.

It didn't go wrong exactly. But the father of the brides speech was over an hour long, worse still he was my ex geography teacher. It went on and on and on and on......

Blimey!! So what happened in the end?!

We went to a friend’s wedding where the best man was so drunk he couldn’t string a sentence together. It was awful.

Isn’t this the truth. A marriage is very different to a wedding!

This is one I'll never forget. The church service was at 2pm, then straight to the hotel for drinks reception/meal whilst the room was being set up. Went into a room and noticed the tables weren't set...then platters of sausages, chicken goujons, sandwiches etc. got brought out. By 6pm, I'd say 90% of the guests were pissed (including me!) due to lack of food. No more food brought out for the rest of it. Luckily there was a McDonald's across the road

I've just remembered another one. My first wedding was in Cyprus. It's a conveyor belt of weddings over there and our hotel was 95% wedding parties. We got speaking to a couple who it turned out we had mutual friends at home with. Anyway, they liked a drink and were not very loved up at all. We went out with them one night and they lasted about 20 mins before they had a blazing row and the guy stormed off. Also, the day after their wedding they weren't even speaking and the bride was constantly on the phone trying to arrange to come home. Turned out the grooms stag do 3 nights before the wedding had turned silly, the groom and his dad (and/or best man - I can't remember exactly) had both had sex with women who weren't their partners down an alleyway and the whole family ended up getting dragged into this massive fallout. I was only in my early 20's and it was certainly an eye opener for me.

Been to many where the person doing the speech shouts "CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME?" at the start but then proceeds with the rest of the speech in a dreary monotone getting quieter and quieter, and no idea what they are saying.

At the reception, a buffet affair at the the bride's family home, her mother kept making bitchy remarks about the groom's family and friends, including his best man. He asked her to stop, she went into one, and the bride's brother punched the groom for upsetting his mother.

A full-on brawl ensued...

They were only together for two years after that.

Girl I worked with had the flu, she barely made it through the ceremony, ate nothing, and retired to bed alone. The groom partied away like a good one.
A friend decided in the taxi with her father that she wasn't going through with it. True soap style!!!. We were all in the church when the minister came out and told us it was off. We all went out for a meal in the town and had a good drink!!.

After the ceremony, newly married groom decided to go to nearby pub with his fiends. Eventually arrived at the reception at the wedding venue much the worse for wear. Blazing row between bride and groom. Marriage didn’t last long (probably for the best).

Best best man's speech ever!

To be honest, I can remember almost nothing about our wedding, except that it happened and I was very, very happy. Well over 40 years later, I'm still very happy. So what matters is picking the right person, and of course there's a huge amount of luck in that. Can't remember the last time I looked at our wedding photos. I don't even know where they are. Weddings are far less important than marriages.

Not mine (thank gawd) but does anyone remember that newd story where the groom was wearing a kilt and hadnt wiped his bum properly? He sat on his new brides lap, needless to say the dress was ruined and there was a big punch up?

My memory may be adding extra details in...

Jinx!