Weddings you went to where things went wrong?

Haha mine. It was cancelled twice thanks to Covid to start, but thankfully you won’t have to worry about that!

Then my hair and makeup artist cancelled on the morning of, had to get a taxi to my DHs cousins who gave up hers! So missed getting ready in the hotel etc, the registrar called my husband the wrong name (the name of his best man, lol), oh and the fire alarm went off during the meal…and our cake knife snapped when cutting the cake 😂

Still the best day ever ❤️

The most comical was when the female vicar decided to sing, extremely badly. Bride and Groom combined their wedding with their son’s christening. They were standing at the front of the church with the godparents when this god awful sound came out of the Vicar’s mouth.

I had to look down and concentrate on the floor, all the while my shoulders were vibrating from the stifled laughter. With tears in my eyes I dared to glance up and all those around me (thankfully we were quite near to the back of the church) were in similar stifled laughter postures.

I’m sure DH said that the B&G weren’t aware the Vicar was going to do this?!

So not a singing Vicar would be my advice, OP! 🤣

The groom went home after the registry office, so the bride hosted the reception herself.

I went to one with a "cream tea style buffet" as the one and only meal for the whole day. It was tea and cake and finger sandwiches on a little cakestand thing in the middle of the table, not enough to go round and people were absolutely starving. To the point that some left to go to a chippy

Some don't do they it's the control thing, I was a similar MOH thankfully it was in a hotel so we were already there but I didn't have much clue what was going on.

I went to the wedding of a friend whose father had died a couple of years previously, so her BIL gave her away and made the speech. However, his speech spoke of the late father and him missing the day and seeing his daughter wed. This set the bride and her mother off, they couldn't stop crying. It was awful.

The only one I can think of is where the bride was two hours late.

Jesus, I think I'd have left 🤣
How selfish do you have to be to leave your guests sitting in a church for hours.

I think as long as you remember that guests are just that - guests, and that you are hosts, you'll be fine. Consider how it will be for guests, so don't leave them for hours between the ceremony and whatever comes next. I think some couples forget they're hosts, and so the guests day isn't viewed as that important.

One of my Dds were asked to be a flower girl because there was no other little girls in the b&g family, I was a friend of a friend I declined because i thought it would be too much for a toddler then got our invites revoked !

This was 30 odd years ago I had totally forgot about it a pp reminded me of Bride madness!

The worst was a wedding where they'd been in a relationship for years and the bride spent the whole evening by herself while the groom stood at the bar with his friends getting hammered.

I know. And I would have happily taken care of that if only she outsourced more things!

Also from personal experience- don’t encourage your bridesmaids to drinks a lot of champagne while getting ready together. Save it till the evening

I don't understand sorry.
Do you mean the toilets were blocked at the Hall before the reception?

Oh no I mean I know it was "her day" but that's just too much 😀

Bride & Groom got drunk and broke up at the church after everybody was sat in the church. I wasn't there my parents were there, they were standing for them.

i was MOH at a wedding where a bride organised most of things herself, and after getting ready at the hotel with me and bridesmaids and photos she drove off in a beautiful car to the wedding venue: at which point it became clear she forgot to organise or ask me to organise transport for her bridesmaids and flower girls 😁
luckily we managed to find two taxis in time 😁

Only the one I was glad to have missed, since dh had just been admitted to hospital. Apparently the venue was very cold, the supposedly hot food likewise.

The best man made a bit of a fumbled poor speech lasting all of a couple of minutes then the bride went ‘well that’s that then’ threw her arms up and back they went up the aisle. Failing that it was a brilliant day.

I was actually at a wedding just before Christmas where there was a fire alarm at the venue.

It was all dealt with very well and it was a dry day so it was all fine. All over within about 30 minutes or so and back inside.

DH ridiculous cousin. Had nut allergy. Wanted Waldorf salad. Gave her self an epi pen. Had a reaction, ambulance had to be called. Missed the entire evening reception

I heard of one where the bride's grandma died on the morning of the wedding. I think they had to tell her. Such sad timing! But it must indeed be pretty rare

Wow
Some of these are very bad or really funny

There was a fire and explosion at a building next to the reception venue. All nearby building evacuated.

We heard the fire engines tearing past as we got to the church. Whispers of the explosion passed round during the service. The bride was informed after signing the register. She took it amazingly well.

Grooms brother and a couple of the brides family got into an argument at the evening do.
Punches thrown, chairs broken. Grooms brother stormed out and police were called.
Bride ‘fainted’ and carried to the toilets.
Once police left the wedding continued but the bride/groom were billed for the damage and banned from the venue.

My sister was at a wedding where both the bride and groom had a sickness bug, they were rushing out during the service to be sick. Both of them missed the reception.