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Did anything go wrong on your wedding day?

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TheChild · 27/07/2021 18:11

I'm getting married in the morning Gin and, like you do, I'm having a pre-wedding "what might go wrong" thoughts.

So just to make me EVEN MORE nervous, did anything go wrong at your wedding, or anyone else's wedding that you attended? I have never been to a wrdding with any fuck ups (that I know of!), so I'm hoping mine won't be the first one I experience Grin

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SunshineCake · 27/07/2021 18:48

My headdress was out on in the wrong place so the first few photos are rubbish Sad.

My friend didn't come and no one told me Sad.

I said no when the vicar said I could kiss dh SadHmmBlush

The food was very disappointing.

I didn't get any cake.

Feel like I hardly got to speak to anyone.

Congratulations 🥳 👰 🤵‍♂️ 💍 💐 hope all goes well.

Freshprincess · 27/07/2021 18:49

They didn’t put the place settings or favours out so newly married me went round and did it. They said I hadn’t asked them to do it, and like a fool, I didn’t have my wedding folder with me to prove otherwise.

I went to one where the hotel got the evening buffet numbers wrong and catered for the day do numbers not the evening numbers, about 100 less. It was like lord of the flies by 9.30pm

Limeinthacoconut · 27/07/2021 18:49

Flowers turned up at the wrong church!

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Onebabyandamadcat · 27/07/2021 18:49

A bit outing but it was too funny to care - my DH's aunt bought us two three foot(I think) high garden gnomes - one a bride and one a groom. I have never suggested I like gnomes or have any inclination to start a collection.

They brought them to the reception and insisted they were put in front of the top table. The reception's wedding planner asked if I knew about them and was told yes but she still didn't feel that was quite right so put them next to the cake instead of infront of our seats.

While not (I hope) a bridezilla, I had spent ages painstakingly matching colour schemes and accessories for the venue, as you do. These gnomes stood out a mile from the black and white "elegant" colour scheme and the first I saw of them was when I was shown the room five mins before everyone was taken in for the meal. I remember asking "what the fuck is with the gnomes?" And seeing the wedding planner go white. After a quick explanation I said to just leave them as I didn't want to upset people (I'm not as nice these days) but I did hiss to my photographer to make them disappear before we cut the cake.

By the end of the night the gnomes were wearing other people's ties and dancing on the dance floor to bits n pieces 🙈. I was the first of my friends to get married but a few were in the following weeks/months and the gnomes were always a threat in the background.

We had a fabulous day and the gnomes were nothing but a very strange addition but now whenever we watch the wedding dvd right at the start is a montage of the room all set up and pride of place are those bloody gnomes 😂

Purplewithred · 27/07/2021 18:50

Found out the night before that we hadn't had the banns read so couldn't get married in the morning.

XDH rushed off in the morning and got a special licence. Shame, should have taken the chance God was offering me.

Limeinthacoconut · 27/07/2021 18:51

I think one thing always goes wrong with so many elements and the key is not to let it ruin your day if it does - no one even noticed there were no flowers in church etc it’s just things you spot most of the time

Firstruleofsoupover · 27/07/2021 18:51

Dear Scrambled that is absolutely awful. What a crew, I feel angry on your behalf. Like they were trying to stop you enjoying what should be even if stressful surely a Good Day for the bride. Sheesh.

Whatafool123 · 27/07/2021 18:53

The priest got our names wrong and essentially married my mum to my father in law. Everyone laughed. It was fine (I assume - we appear to be married).

greenlynx · 27/07/2021 18:54

Coach with guests lost our car on the traffic lights and went wrong way.

Marimaur · 27/07/2021 18:54

Yeah! It was chaos. We laugh about it now. Don’t worry about too much and just enjoy! Congratulations!

Needsleeeeepsendheeeelp · 27/07/2021 18:54

After the speeches were finished and people were starting to clear the table, DH's granddad decided he also wanted to do a speech, picked the microphone up, inadvertently knocking a napkin onto a candle. All of a sudden we had a fire on the top table right in front of us! It was quickly extinguished using our ice bucket 🤦‍♀️

Drbrowns · 27/07/2021 18:55

My dh was best man at a wedding that the priest didn’t turn up to. Church full, bride outside in the car and no priest. No one could get through to him for. She’s and when they did He’d gotten the days mixed up and was off somewhere else. Luckily they where able to get another priest over to do it and was a lovely ceremony. On our wedding day the hotel forgot to put out our wedding Favours.

tubbycustardtummyache · 27/07/2021 18:58

Nothing that I remember from my wedding but I treated both a bride and groom for injuries following a punch up at the reception (same wedding!)

TheScottishPlay · 27/07/2021 18:58

A few things. MIL ended up in hospital on the run up as she couldn't control the whole thing.
Me and my friend who was bridesmaid were locked in the car park when we came out of the hairdresser and had to be let out.
Not exactly wrong but our band organised a magician to entertain the children at the wedding and neglected to tell us. It was surreal.
DH's ex turned up to watch us arrive at our reception

All adds to the fun. You'll have a ball whatever happens.

Sailor2009 · 27/07/2021 19:01

Mother of bride and groom both against the wedding so sat with faces like smacked arses the whole day. Fathers of bride and groom almost came to blows after father of groom called father of brides friend the n word. Some one offered me cocaine when I went to the toilet. Sister of the groom got hammered and made a holy show of herself screaming that the bride was a slut. and most of the buffet didn't arrive so everyone was starving. Probably my favourite wedding ever.

ShadowInVain · 27/07/2021 19:02

@Onebabyandamadcat Out of interest, what became of the gnomes after your wedding?

Waitinginmycar · 27/07/2021 19:02

Parents in law made my mother sit with them in the church so the front bench of my side of the aisle was empty during the ceremony. My mother wanted to be polite and agreed but it felt a bit sad somehow (no big deal, I know).

My FIL declined to make any sort of speech at the wedding - extremely uncharacteristic for him not to do the expected, done thing if you see what I mean, and he certainly doesn’t mind being the centre of attention, so I can only take it personally (right? Or?).

My MIL decided there was no time for the first dance so it had to be skipped (for logistical reasons it was planned to take place outside, where we had had the dinner, before everyone made their way to the bar and disco area which was in another part of the venue.

Parents in law avoided my mother for the entire weekend, except for that one time in church which I mentioned above. Parents in laws friends were invited to the wedding so they socialised exclusively with them. It hurt to see my mother disrespected.

And to finish it off, ours was a destination wedding and my parents in law decided to stay for the duration of our honeymoon and expected to see us at least for lunch and dinner every day.

So yes, many, many MANY things did not go according to plan. But we are still married and I still loved everything else about our wedding!

Tempusfudgeit · 27/07/2021 19:04

My 4 year old nephew was practicing his writing, except he used a spoon handle and some 14th century plaster, hiding behind a stone pillar.

Also the reindeer meat was tough.

An odd wedding ...

KeflavikAirport · 27/07/2021 19:05

It absolutely pissed it down all day.

Vickim03 · 27/07/2021 19:07

So mine didn’t go to plan and started a week before. Tried my dress on just because, id lost more weight and needed emergency fitting to take it in. Couldn’t get hold of the lady I was borrowing a hoop from so my dress was too long for me and nearly tripped up the isle! On the day my photographers were late, husband and wife team. They took about 3 pics with me then headed to the church as hubby requested pics. I have no getting ready pics. All ready to go and drinking champagne and my car was late. Got to the church an hour late. Ceremony went on longer than planned as I didn’t realise there is a long version of ‘all things bright and beutiful’ 😂 any way, get to the venue and we were told they’d been panicking as my cake had only just arrived. Rain had set in so pics inside… couldn’t ever find my drink! Turned out my friends hubby was going round drinking the left ones… mine wasn’t abandoned, I was having pics taken! Then top it off watched my friend drink shots from the free bar and then deny it along with flirting with other friends hubby infront if her! Thankfully she took herself off to bed. Later on the hook for my train broke so had to hunt for something to fix it. I do have a lovely pic of me and my auntie, her sewing my dress.

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 27/07/2021 19:09

My amazing Aunty made my wedding cake. Three tiers. Successfully transported it over 250 miles to venue then night before. Stacked it looked amazing. Wedding venue team dropped it on day moving it to the table Shock luckily it only caused a few minor cracks rather than total disaster and ny Aunty has brought an emergency repair kit! I was none the wiser until the following day.

My friends wedding as she walked down the aisle her sister bridesmaid accidentally stood on her —stupidly— long veil and pulled it out her hair. Blush

LeithPlace · 27/07/2021 19:09

Loads of little things at mine, but guests didn't really notice most.

A'friend' moved everyone's seats, (my sweated over seating plan😅...) even lifting chairs across tables...because she wanted to sit on the end.

I forgot to collect the bridesmaids bracelets from the jewellers and had to get someone to pick them up on the wedding day.

The bridesmaids bracelets, engraved with their names, were given out, but had been wrapped (last minute...see above) without name tags...bridesmaids playing 'open the gift and pass/throw across the room so that they had the right one.

My dad introduced me to everyone at the start of his very nervous speech...as if they didn't know who I was????

Unbeknown to me one of my future DH's gf's had threatened to show up, apparently we had strategically placed, well informed groomsmen at the church entrance.

I was so nervous I was up vomiting from 4.30am.

Other than that...it was perfect😂

As I said at the start, no one noticed any of it or minded the bits they did see!
Have a great day.

Firstruleofsoupover · 27/07/2021 19:12

But TheChild, how cool that you are getting wed tomorrow and I bet it will all go very nicely. Making sure you get to speak to all guests would be very good. I failed to do that and also to get enough food for my own wedding, meaning I didn't order enough, and that was embarrassing. A magician also went a bit off piste so perhaps reiterate what is and what isn't OK if you have hired someone like that. Do consider making someone do a trip to Majestic to get a few extra champagne bottles if you are at all unsure you have enough, and alcohol free equivalent same - better too much than not enough methinks. DH had only thought to bring one bottle for 20 guests at the TH ceremony, and forgot the music CD too so last minute reminders for those you have detailed to do important things could be good! I also drank way way too much but I am sure you have more sense than to do that. Many best wishes to you.

shatteredstudentmum · 27/07/2021 19:12

The car took mum and bridesmaids but then forgot to come back for me and dad. Everyone we knew was already there and we had no money for taxi so dad had to get the car out of the garage and drive us there. We were 15 minutes late but nobody really noticed, except DH.

Apparently there were several drunken people crying in the loos too but I only heard about that after our honeymoon.

LondonJax · 27/07/2021 19:13

Ours was trivial compared to many. We'd pre-ordered and paid for a cab to take us to our hotel (where many were staying). The best man and a friend were putting people in cabs that they'd also ordered. So we're waiting, and waiting. Finally all the cabs have gone...so the best man calls the company and a cab turns up. 'Have you had a lovely day' he says. 'Yes, great' we say. 'So whose side are you on, Bride or Groom'. 'We are the Bride and Groom' (I'd changed into a party dress so I could have a dance). 'You can't be' he says 'I dropped you at the hotel ages ago'...

Yep, some bugger had nicked our cab, said they were the Bride and Groom and got off without paying!

My cousin, when she got married years ago, had her three tier cake on a table near the stage. The cake tipped off with the vibration when the disco started up and slide out onto the dance floor - still intact!