Worst behaviour seen at a wedding. :)

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... Inspired by a thread in AIBU. (But not a thread about a thread. )

what is the worst behaviour you have seen/witnessed/heard of at a wedding?

A couple I have heard of.... Groom's mother turns up dressed in her own wedding dress and carrying a bouquet.

Another one.... during wedding speeches, Grooms mother gets up and welcomes her DIL into the family by stating 'Remeber. He will never love you as much as he loves me'.

bil (dh's bro) was best man and yet chose to turn up in suit that was more suited to an 80's supply teacher - brown moleskin.

his speech consisted of any embarrassing story that he could dredge up in relation to his db. i've blocked a lot of it out, but i remember a particularly cringeworthy moment when he recounted a story of dh crying after the break up of his previous relationship. there was no punchline. i would not have been surprised to see actual tumbleweed drift across the floor.

i have a very small family - on my side there was only mum and her bro and sis. they left by 4pm so that my uncle could go home to 'light the fires' - it was may. they're not great in social situations, my immediate family!

still had a great day, though i get wound up if i dwell on the mass exodus by my side of the family!

At my brother's wedding, we witnessed a bridesmaid and a male guest getting jiggy on the dancefloor and getting his cock out!

Meanwhile, my other brother's partner spent the whole night sobbing after one too many.

Oh yes, and a small terrier joined my brother and his new wife for the first dance, following them around the dance floor!

At my wedding, the only real amusement was that the organist in the church sounded very like Les Dawson. The vicar and I had discussed this at length prior to the big day and he assured me that it would all be fine. In the end, I found it all very amusing!

On SIL's big day, the vicar who had known her all her life forgot her name at the crucial moment. She had to tell him after several heart stopping moments of him struggling to pluck it from the recesses of his brain.

That was the same wedding where my dh was wearing a kilt for the first time ever (in the proper scottish manner) but being unused to wearing skirts it didn't occur to him to tuck it under his legs before he sat on the very cold pew

Not sure if this counts as wedding disasters but:

My mum and dad divorced when I was very young. Mum never remarried despite loads of shags several long term BFs.

My wedding had only 16 people there. We wanted a small intimate do with only very close friends and family, and DH's mum had died just a few months before.

My mum phones up the night before the wedding and asks if she can bring this bloke she's been dating - for less than two weeks.

I say, Mum, I don't think so really, it's a very intimate do - I'm not even inviting my own father, or most of my good friends. I don't want a complete stranger there. And besides, FIL might feel a bit awkward sincere MIL died - I want you to look after him and spend some time getting to know him.

OK says Mother.

Next day, half way through reception Mother says 'I know what you said, and that's fine, but I just want to bring him along for a quick drink. (so what bit of No did you not understand mum?) So off she goes to get him, and spends the rest of the evening like a love-struck teenager, ignoring everyone else. First time she's met DH's family.

Five days later she phones me up to tell me she's married him. Has known him precisely three weeks.

Well, if we've moved on from bad behaviour to disasters, I went back home the day before my wedding to discover my dress wasn't finished and my bridesmaids' dresses weren't finished. Then my father didn't turn up until gone midnight, leaving me worrying about whether he would appear before. THEN I had an ominous phone call from then-df beginning 'I'm OK but...'. Turned out he'd written off his Dad's car in the fast lane the M1 in rush hour. AND his best man didn't drive so had to find someone else to go and fetch him. Then dh's sister, who was staying in the same hotel as me, had hysterics because she was convinced he was dead. Very helpful.

Very fortunately we found a lovely dressmaker who sat up all night finishing my dress, my Dad eventually turned up (wondering what all the fuss was about when I demanded 'where WERE you?' and I was extremely grateful when I saw df the next day that he was indeed fine, had merely sprained his wrist.

Some last minute revision of his wedding speech included passing his Dad a carrier bag full of bits of metal and saying 'thanks for the loan of the car'.

Actually we did have a wonderful day. Despite all the drama. Being surrounded by people who love you and care about you is the most important thing, not whether your bridesmaids are wearing matching dresses.

At my friends wedding a bridesmaid was caught shagging a guest under the buffet table. (the wobbling table required further investigation et voila!) Entire roomful of guests got an eyeful.

At my aunts wedding her nieces boyfriend stole her fathers car and wrote it off in the carpark.

Not really funny but on our wedding day-

Mil had said they'd pay for the cars. We'd picked the ones we wanted. On the day dark blue rovers turn up (She knows the man who owns them and had got a good deal)

We got married in a registry office that only seated 50. My mother and Mil argued so much about what family were coming that in the end none of mine or DH's friends (other than my bridesmaid and dh's best man) saw us get married. Instead alot of random aunts, uncles and cousins that we hadn't seen for years were there.

We told Mil we didn't want her inviting her workmates to the reception as a) we didn't know them and b) there were limited numbers. She asked for a spare invite as a keepsake and gave it to her workmates.

We'd decided there would be no reading of cards, or long speaches. Just before our wedding Dh's gran had taken very unwell and couldn't attend, so we told our bestman he could read out her card only. While we were getting our photo's taken Mil gave the best man a bunch of cards and told him I'd said it was ok to read these out too. Cue a 1/2 hr reading of cards from people that dh and I had never heard of.

Also a male friend I'd invited brought his girlfriend with him- a girl I'd known but was never really friends with. She spent half of the reception asking why she wasn't my bridesmaid, and the other half harrasing my bridesmaid (my best friend), telling her she looked awful etc.

The photographer's mil took ill the day before the wedding so his friend, who we'd never met, took our photos.

And to top it off I was 6 months pregnant at the time.

If I was ever to do it again- I'd elope!

MIL brought her friend and her friend's adult son to our (very small) wedding - cermoney and reception - even though she asked previously asked and was told no. They are in all the group photos too - the day I told her we were emigrating was one of the happiest days of my life

Sorry, ceremony - my vitriol is affecting my spelling!

Went to a wedding of a couple who we met when DH worked with the groom. I got on well with the bride.

I already had reservations about the Groom as he regularly used my DH as a cover story when he was out in London picking up other girls. Was talked out of saying anything to bride.

Anyway, during the Groom's speech he;

1. Insulted the bride's father, calling him "boringly obsessed" with his dogs.

1. Insulted the bride's sister (bridesmaid) by saying how much support the other two bridesmaids had given the bride.

1. Said the chief bridesmaid was well known as having "the best breasts in Surrey".

This wedding was a two day, no expense spared extravaganza as the bride's family were very well off. I don't think I saw the bride crack a smile through the whole 2 days.

DH was an usher and we received a letter with our invite saying "a room has been booked for you at X hotel" which we naievely assumed meant it had been paid for. Were left with a bill for 350 pounds for a room which wasn't even available when we arrived and we basically just slept in.

It was the only wedding I have been to where DH and I went back to our room at the end and said "well if 1 in 3 marriages ends in divroce, that'll be the 1".

They got divorced only 18 months later.

These stories are hilarious and make me SO glad we had a secret wedding & told everyone afterwards

Exactly the same thing happened to me. All I could hear behind me were the wracking sobs coming from my MIL....

My MIL invited two people we had never even heard of that she met whilst on holiday in Malta, told us when she got back from holiday that she had invited them We only had 45 guests at out wedding so had to not invite two people we wanted there I was

We had a fantastic wedding and I really loved the day with lots of great moments, but my nearest and dearest conspired against me a bit.....

I normally get on quite well with my MIL, but she threw a complete fit before the wedding when we explained that her sister, her brother and family could not come, threatening not to come herself(we had a limited budget, were paying for it ourselves, and had a strict parents, siblings and friends only policy). During the ceremony, she called her sister on her mobile giving her a loud blow by blow account of proceedings, refusing to stop even at the registrar's and several of the guests' request.

She had also insisted offered to make the cake, only to ring up three days before the wedding to say that she hadn't had time to do it and now was too busy to try.

My sister was supposed to be coming to the hotel to get ready with me at 9am on the morning of the wedding. When she hadn't appeared by 10, I called her and got voicemail. I called again at 10.30, and at 11 she finally answered informing me that she had decided to have a lie in instead and would see me at the ceremony. When I burst into tears she informed me that I was hysterical, she would talk to me when I was 'sensible' and put the phone down on me. Luckily my fabulous BF (who I would much rather have asked in the first place, but felt I had to ask sister)got into a cab in her dressing gown with half her make-up done and a bottle of champagne to help and got me ready for 1230.

My blunt speaking step-mother came up to us just after the ceremony and said "Funny dress - have you come in your nightie?" (it was a bias cut 1930's style , not at all nightie like) and then kissed my DH saying "I never thought she would really go through with it"

My SIL (who I also normally get on very well with )proceeded to get smashed on the post-ceremony Pimms going around telling my friends that I was a "stuck up bitch who thinks putting f**ing salad in a drink is ok" Fortunately, I found that one really funny.

My sister is now getting married herself and wants me to be there to get ready with her in the morning. I wouldnt be so evil would I?

Aw... this thread brings back happy memories of my Mother calling my BIL a tosser behind his back at my wedding... not realising that he was actually standing behind her back

I've catered a lot of weddings and I've seen some absolute shockers!

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Come on spill

Some of these are horrific!

My wedding was pretty tame in comparison, though my chief bridesmaid got together with one of the ushers and spent the night in his room at the hotel. No problems there

However, my other bridesmaid was not very impressed the next morning. Chief bridesmaid had gone back to the room they were sharing to freshen up. Other bridesmaid came down to breakfast and was presented by usher with Chief bridesmaid's knickers from the night before. DH and I thought it was quite funny tbh, but think PIL were a bit shocked as they were sitting at the next table eating their bacon and eggs, and usher was not discrete in passing back the pants.

thank you all - i'm laughing my arse off reading these - but also now am shit scared, as my own wedding is in 12 days - how many stories can i come up with?

you're all evil

, though, keep them coming!

I was invited to a colleagues evening do. Having persuaded my other workmates that it wasn't appropriate to open their 'comedy' telegram (te be read at the reception) with "We never thought he'd get married again," what could possibly go wrong?

Well, everything was fine until one colleague's wife got so drunk that - after nicking and necking a whole bottle of blue WKD from the supplies cupboard of the hotel - she puked on two guests and had to be put to bed.

Her husband (my colleague) refused to help her to bed as he was too busy on the dancefloor - taking off all of his clothes !

And this is why I had a small wedding, with no work colleagues and no evening do

Dh was best man for his old school friend - bride didn't really like him, but they are close years on. Only other person I knew of their group refused to go to the wedding as he didn't like her and their relationship.

The day before, DH checks (in my hearing) that there isn't anything he needs to settle up for - is told no, everthing paid for. After the wedding, everyone taking photos, choirmaster comes up to DH and tells him the choir haven't been paid and they need 150 quid thank you very much. DH and I have 80 between us (and this is literally every bit of cash we have apart from the cost of the hotel that night), so have to work out who to ask for the rest. Eventually have to ask FOG to help out who is not impressed to say the least.
At reception, only the top table get wine. Nothing at all for the rest - leaving people trying to work out what to do (note I still had no money, hadn't been able to check in to charge to my room, and couldn't use a card in case there wasn't enough money the next day).
At the evening reception the MOG (who has the same food allergy as me) had absolutely nothing to eat at the buffet - nothing remotely suitable. FOG was drunk and had to be taken outside by DH as he was now apoplectic with rage.

We also went to a wedding where the bride was 45 minutes late (only coming from the vicarage next door as her dad was the minister), sobbed through the whole thing, the church was a v obvious split between the brides/grooms friends who were all goth/alternative, and the church lot who were all v conservative. FOG preached extensively about sinners, rather directed at the friends.
At the reception it was noted that girlfriend of one of our friends was wearing a full length white crushed velvet dress, and no underwear (very obvious)
There was a big fight at the reception too, but I can't remember about what

At my friend's wedding, he and his wife stepped out on the dancefloor for the traditional first dance, and his wife slid on the highly polished surface and fell over, breaking her wrist in a complex manner that required emergency surgery that night, and the cancellation of their honeymoon.

when I was best man, at the church with the groom, bride's family not yet there TWO wedding photographers turned up, and started issuing conflicting orders.

they both seemed quite genuinely convinced that they had been booked by the bride's family to cover the wedding.

there were no mobile phones in those days, so we couldn't check. The groom and I had a quick conversation and he was 'pretty sure' that it was Photographer-A who was booked, so I did the best-manly thing and took responsibility and told Photographer-B to go away.

Of course I picked the wrong one

Luckily he hadn't gone home he waited in his car until the bride's family got there.

oh my, some of these are awful (and a bit worrying as I'm getting married in 7 weeks and only having an evening do!)
thankfully my mil and I, and my step-mil and I get on great, so no wedding dresses are likely to appear, other than mine

I can remember a few weddings I've been to where there were some cringeworthy moments (nothing compared to some though)

One, years ago, bride went to change out of her wedding dress for the evening do, before the first dance. She emerged, not in a nice evening party dress bought especially, but her usual shell-suit bottoms and plain tee! (Can you tell it was in the 80s??
One where the bride had been topping up her tan on the sunbeds for weeks before - she spent a bit too long on there the day before the wedding and burnt, so looked very orange on the day against her white dress!
And the most recent, about 10 people made speeches, which meant nothing to anyone except the person speaking and the bride/groom. At the same wedding, bride's father and step-mother moaned the whole time, about not sitting with the bride (there wasn't a top table, they sat wit their daughters (BMs), best man (because he didn't know anyone else) and bride's mother (because they're v close, and well, she's her mother); they also moaned that they'd had to pay for their meal, had to wait ages adn were starving, and that generally it was all a bit mediocre. I on the other hand, thought it was very nice indeed - lovely food (even if we did have to wait an hour longer than planned, as it was changed last minute) and very casual. I hate stuffy weddings with the top table on the stage with the good wine, looking down on everyone else. One thing I was a bit about with that wedding though, was that B+G had both been married previously, but bride was given away by her father, which I found a bit off, but hey, everyone has their own choices.