To ask for examples of the worst behaviour you've seen from an adult at a wedding?

Mine told me to make sure I didn't let myself go 😬

@SabrinaThwaite sorry it wasn't, was the notorious '5th Ave' in Manchester. I remember you used to pay £2 I think to get in, but you'd be given a drinks token on entry which would get you a cheap bottle of beer and a vk lemon and a plastic pint glass so you could start with a power shandy

At my first attempt at getting married my MIL to be declared that she didn't like me and I was only after DH to be for his money
I earned nearly double his wage and had my own house and he had a massive gambling debt that they knew of but had all kept from me
We didn't say "I do"

Please tell me how this ended 😳🫣

It was quite the death trap.

Happy days.

@B1anche

Of course I've made a mistake, but I was operating under the assumption that the poster had got the part about it being a "Sir" correct.

If she was mistaken about that, then it makes sense.

🙄 What do you mean you 'have trouble understanding'? Clearly the person who related the story got that bit wrong. Have you never made a mistake? She has confirmed it WAS DAVID STARKEY! Plus you are the 97th person to mention that he is not a Sir!

I'd have stuck a fork in it to see if it was cooked.

@Idontjetwashthefucker

I have trouble understanding how it could be - the person who related the story said it was someone with the title of "Sir" and David Starkey isn't a Sir.

SmudgeButt
I've just had a coughing fit laughing at 'Two hours worth of wailing and chanting in Ukrainian and Latin complete with waving incense about.' 😂

Tame by comparison to some of the previous posts, but....
I wasn't at this wedding in the 70s, but l was told about it by another family member.
One of my dad's much older (by more than 20 years) sisters was at the wedding of one of her granddaughter's husband's sisters. The bride was very visibly pregnant.
At the evening reception my auntie had (allegedly) had more than a few sherries, and was introduced to the bride and groom by her granddaughter.
When she was talking to another family member a while later, she remarked (referring to the groom's looks and the bride's condition) "Dear me, it must have been dark the night she went with him....."

Friends husband screaming at her for getting drunk and dancing

Klute!! Very happy memories. Worst nightclub in Europe and all that, IYKYK.

A wedding we were at, the groom’s sister for some inexplicable reason wore a long white gown (she may have also been wearing a tiara but it’s possible my memory is exaggerating). That being said that seems very tame compared to a lot of these stories 😱

Why are you making excuses for such bad behaviour? If she had such social anxiety then she should have declined being a bridesmaid!

@Verytall Please tell me that was Klute!

I’m a bit taken aback at all the weddings where people have taken drugs. I can understand getting drunk but taking drugs at a wedding is just a bit weird.

Sadly I'm not. Some people don't think a party is a party unless they've got a nose full of coke to go with their drink. It's probably as ubiquitous at weddings these days as cheese and pineapple on sticks, Party Sevens and doing the Ooops Upside Your Head dance while sitting on the floor used to be.

Not a problem at the reception and not randy like the other comments but....

My friends from high school were finally getting married. It was great on the lead up to the wedding which was delayed for 2 years because her grandmother and aunts needed to hand embroider the dress as her family was Ukrainian and very traditional. Despite this and getting married in the Eastern Orthodox Church (so very Catholic) it had been agreed that the service would be all in English as the groom wasn't Ukrainian or even Catholic. The priest would do one blessing in Ukrainian and then the standard English ceremony lasting about 15 minutes.

Come the day of the wedding the priest was called away to give last rites to some old boy and a different priest agreed to do the ceremony. Two hours worth of wailing and chanting in Ukrainian and Latin complete with waving incense about. We told our groom friend that we would vouch for him if he wanted an annulment on the basis that he didn't know what was happening throughout the ceremony as apparently the first part was baptising him as a Catholic.

Sorry, NRTWT. But have to ask whether your Username is specific to this post, or is it a joyous coincidence?

How horrendous and traumatic for her. I hope her life is on the up now.

Yes, reading this I'm beginning to realise why wedding venues charge such astronomically high prices.

I think that for some people, party drugs are quite mainstream, and they look upon a wedding as an excuse for a party.

asco · Yesterday 11:04
Jesus, we are in the process of setting up a unique wedding venue, restored building for the venue and a fair amount of accommodation on our land and this thread has me panicking.
Wonder would I get away with an alcohol free venue?????😂

After reading this thread, I think you're very brave even to consider it. My sister was planning to this at one time, but I'm so glad she didn't.

But at least, reading these posts, you can be aware and try to prepare for almost anything.😂😮😳

Mine has NOTHING on some of these, but it was an eye-opener at the time.

I'm in a small choir which can be booked for weddings. We sing what is requested and because we're only amateurs, it takes some time to meet and rehearse (as well as sourcing the actual music and sometimes buying it).

We were booked for a very flash wedding at a huge church where we were singing from the gallery above. Everyone was dressed to the nines but the uncouth congregation chatted, laughed and scrolled on their phones for the entire service, including the vows. They totally ignored our efforts - OK, but they had specifically requested a choir.

When we left to find our cars (parked in a specific place on the advice of the church, to enable us to get away before the wedding party, which was going to be there for ages) we found we were all totally blocked in for the next hour and a half (while photos were taken) by huge 4 x 4s parked just anywhere.

And they never paid us.

Some people have absolutely NO class.

Aye, don’t mess