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Tell us about your worst wedding experiences?

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ENormaSnob · 08/05/2012 13:49

Inspired by diamondsonthesoleofhershoes thread in aibu.

The worst wedding I have ever attended was an attempt at a big traditional wedding done on a tiny budget. Freezing cold room, luke warm daytime buffet with 2 choices served on paper plates that bent when the food hit them, no drinks at all, not even a toast after the speeches. There was a pay bar which is fine with me but not even one glass of wine with the meal seems mean. The night buffet was worse than the daytime one, a few plates of dry sarnies and 2 plates of mummified chicken. No pudding of any description throughout the whole day Sad I was cold and hungry all day. The bride had told me before hand that most of their budget had gone on outfits for the wedding party and the cars. Cars which no one saw anyway Confused On a positive note, the drinks weren't extortionate like they are in some places.

I am not a fussy cow btw, my ideal wedding as a guest would be a village hall type of affair with everyone bringing a plate and a bottle.

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Sometimesiwonder · 10/05/2012 12:57

Ooh Thumbwitch Sad

TBH I thought my dad was in danger of doing that he was so nervous about the speech....

LeQueen · 10/05/2012 13:05

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gramercy · 10/05/2012 13:10

Can't help singing "Suicide Gran" to the tune of InXs's "Suicide Blonde"...

Sometimesiwonder · 10/05/2012 13:12
Grin

I hope she'd be proud!

CeliaFate · 10/05/2012 13:13

Me too, gramercy! See you in hell...Grin

duckdodgers · 10/05/2012 13:22

I think out of all the hilarious awful stories here (and Ive read the whole thread) "Suicide Gran" has to be the winner.

duckdodgers · 10/05/2012 13:23

Gramercy and Celia - can I join you then, that was the first thing that went through my head to Grin

Elephantsteaparty · 10/05/2012 13:24

For me it was probably my sister's wedding. Being her only sister I was, naturally, chief bridesmaid. However, she'd either omitted to tell her best friend, or the info was ignored. Just because BF was 10 years older than me and the other two BMs was neither here nor there.

Luckily I knew trouble was brewing. We got to the church and BF tried to take over things pre-ceremony. No one had told us what formation we were walking in, so I decided to use one that my sister had mentioned and have me at the front, the other two together and BF at the back, to keep her out of the way! However, at the end of the ceremony as she was at the end of the pew nearest the aisle she thought she should have the bouquet to hand back to my sister, and then walk down the aisle with the best man. Cheeky mare! I refused to let go of the bouquet and instead told her to move back down the aisle to let us line up as we had before. She was not amused!

She didn't give up, mind you, and told the best man at the reception that they'd be taking the first dance together. He told her that no, he would be dancing with me! Honestly! got to admore her determination though!

In the loos later on I overheard the gooms granny slag my mother off because the wedding cake wasn't going to be cut until the evening, when the evening guests had arrived. Fair enough, she'd made the cake, but it had nowt to do with my mother, it the was B+G's decision! I did get a rather embarrassed apology from the groom's mother when I emerged from the cubicle, though!

Other than that, there was the time I was BM for a friend of my sister, and my sister, not liking the fact that she wasn't the centre of attention, stormed out the reception moaning that her boss had been molesting her. No idea if it was true, but surely not the time to bring it up. The only memory I have of that day is of my folks trying to calm her down in the carpark and me getting sent back inside. :-(

ripsishere · 10/05/2012 13:32

Shock at suicide gran.
DHs best friend was Bm at our wedding and DH at his first. He subsequently got divorced which if you are catholic is A Bad Thing.
At his second wedding, DH read the reading. BFs parents refused to go to the wedding as it was not real since it was in a hotel.
I met them at the reception, his mum kept saying she hadn't seen me since his real wedding (in church). I pointed out that this was his wedding and how lovely his bride looked. She refused to acknowledge that he had got divorced and refered to his bride by his first wifes name.
She and his Dad were awful, even my DH who has known them for 40 odd years agreed.

TobyLerone · 10/05/2012 13:34

refered to his bride by his first wifes name.

Shock
numbertaker · 10/05/2012 13:37

I went to a wedding were the groom was supposed to be in the hotel next to the church the night before, when some guests arrived late and needed guiding to the shared accomodation the bride found him drunk at a impromtue party.

On the day, the ceremony went off fine, but the girl who got married was not in contact with her dad so a friend gave her away, he did not therefore make a speech. The best man said how great the groom was, when the groom gave his speech he got all emotional about his friends and family, but FAILED to even mention his bride.

Menroca16 · 10/05/2012 13:57

I am getting married tomorrow and on a limited budget so we have opted for small and tasteful rather than big with people fighting over a few vol au vents!!!

ripsishere · 10/05/2012 14:06

They still do Tobes. DHs BF has very little to do with his family. His lovely wife has nothing to do with them whatsoever, nor do their three boys.
His first wife is a shit stirrer or the highest order though.
Menroca -enjoy your day.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 10/05/2012 14:08

LeQueen I'm well used to Cumbrian weather, we live in Cumbria, they're getting married in Wales ( snowdon to be precise) They aren't in Cumbria tho, they're in lancashire.

Poor, innocent souls. Wink.

MrGin · 10/05/2012 14:09

Friend of a friend's wedding. I knew the guy. see him outside the church so go up to shake his hand pre-ceremony and notice he has no eyebrows. men look pretty weird with no eye brows.

Apparently he woke up after his stag do with only one eyebrow and decided to shave the other off.

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 10/05/2012 14:11

And LeQueen, you do not look bleddy old enough to be step mother of the groom or whatever you'd be. Envy

StickleTick · 10/05/2012 15:11

So looking forward to seeing an account of my wedding on this thread. Quite disappointed, really, that there isn't :)

LRDtheFeministDragon · 10/05/2012 15:16

My own had its moments. Hmm Not least the twit priest telling us a week beforehand he'd forgotten to make sure the venue was available and it wasn't, and him deciding to tell everyone 'jokily' they had to stand through the whole ceremony. Including my disabled aunt and rather frail uncle, and my SIL, who promptly fainted. I wish I'd told him where to shove it.

I think what's generally worst is when the family can't be bothered to be nice to the bride and groom. It is surprising how often people do that. My cousins got married about a year apart and for the first wedding the father of the bride gave a beautiful speech about his younger daughter, with a couple of anecdotes about her childhood (which naturally involved her sister). The next year he gave the same speech for the older daughter! Obviously it wasn't as if the guests had forgotten it from the first time and we kept waiting for him to talk in more detail about the daughter who was actually getting married - not only did he not bother, he kept saying the other daughter's name. I felt so shit for her. Sad

I also went to a wedding last summer where the bride and groom stood up all happy and giggly and announced they were expecting a baby and her mother burst into tears. I've no idea what it was about but it kind of put a dampner on the news!

monkeymoma · 10/05/2012 15:18

why do people go if they don't like the couple?

LeQueen · 10/05/2012 15:23

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Thumbwitch · 10/05/2012 15:26

Monkey - I wouldn't go to a non-family wedding if I didn't like the couple, but sometimes when it's family it's easier to just go than face the nuclear-level fallout from not going. I am eternally grateful to my brother for one thing and one thing only - that he didn't marry his now ex-GF, who was a PITA but we all would have had to go to their wedding and smile and pretend we were happy for them both. And my mother would have been hell to live around if I had tried to get out of going.

CeliaFate · 10/05/2012 15:27

Monkeymoma, it's not that people don't like the couple, they don't like the lack of attention to their guests' comfort. A lot of b+g have the attitude of "It's OUR day, we'll do it the way we want." That's great, but if you are inviting guests to share your day the least you can do is think of their comfort.
If I went to someone's house I wouldn't expect to be cold, hungry or thirsty. It's bad manners.

monkeymoma · 10/05/2012 15:27

but people go who DON'T smile and pretend

monkeymoma · 10/05/2012 15:28

you missundrstand me Celia, I'm talking about the stories of people doing and saying horrible things to the B&G on the day

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