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Terrible wedding behaviour.

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WayHarshTai · 21/08/2013 11:44

In light of the recent rash of threads about it, I thought we could have a compilation thread to keep them all in one place.

I'll start with my wedding, and my SIL.

We wanted her DS (who was about two and a half) to be a sort of page boy and wear the same style suit as his dad (best man) and the rest of the 'wedding party' including my DS. SIL said no as he woudn't want to wear a suit. And then promptly went out and bought him, that's right, a suit to wear.

She then asked if we could arrange a vegetarian meal for her despite the fact she is not a vegetarian. Which of course we did, although it smacked of 'making life difficult'. And she then managed to take both veggie meals on the day leaving my actual veggie cousin without a meal (still not sure how this happened).

At the ceremony she brought her DS in eating the World's Biggest Icecream? which he then sat and slurped in his non matching suit all through the vows.

When we got to the venue she moved all the place settings around because she didn't like where she was sitting.

She then got very drunk very quickly, became very loud, heckled the speeches, announced her recent (six months ago) miscarriage to the room and then coralled me for nearly an on the balcony while she cried and told me how awful her life was.

I just found the whole thing quite funny (well, not the crying) and it makes for an interesting story, so if she was trying to ruin things it didn't work.

Anyway, that's my Terrible Wedding Behaviour story, I know you lot have some corkers, so spill.

OP posts:
ShipwreckedAndComatose · 27/08/2013 20:09

Peppa Shock

peppapigmustdie · 27/08/2013 20:27

paw and Shipwrecked she is a whole 1000 threads to herself.
She saw the card as appropriate as the MC meant he had been spared bringing up a disabled baby with me.
She thinks that if a baby isn't born they just didn't cut it in the evolutionary process.
Suffice to say she took to me already having a dd when I met her ds so badly she cried for a week.
I should start a thread on her turning up at my house when exdh was away on tour (we are both ex forces) claiming that as he hadn't written for a week that I was some how lying that he was still away and searching every room for him!

garlicbargain · 27/08/2013 20:31

Good grief, Peppa! Don't know whether to Shock or Grin

pictish · 27/08/2013 20:33

My supposed 'best friend' was the fly in my wedding ointment.

Dh were never that big on tying the knot, being quite happy and secure as we were....with a mortgage and a son together, we both felt well committed.
However, my mum developed an aggressive brain tumour and went downhill quickly. She asked to see me go down the aisle before she died, and we had no reason not to get married, so a quickie wedding was hastily organised with five weeks to plan it.
Unfortunately my mum died five days before the wedding. As you can imagine, I was devastated.
Anyway it was decided that the wedding should go ahead as planned despite my grief as it was what mum would have wanted. She died with the wedding invite in pride of place at her bedside.

Bf managed to....
Refuse to stay with me the night before with my other friend (the unofficial bridesmaids), as she had "too much washing to do".
Promised to come round with breakfast in the morning (croissants, orange juice and strawberries were ordered), and turned up after lunchtime clutching some cheap scones and Hartleys jam from the Spar next door.
Wore trainers to the wedding.
Rowed very publicly with her boyfriend at the reception, and then spent the entire night sitting at the entrance to the toilets crying, so everyone could see her and ask what the matter was.
Drank the bottle of very expensive champagne that we were given as a wedding gift from dh's brother, herself.
Phoned me at 4am pissed out of her head, to complain about her boyfriend. On my wedding night - 5 days after my mother had died.

Needless to say, although we still speak, we are no longer close friends.

Elektra83 · 27/08/2013 20:51

Holy cow, some of you have really suffered! Sorry to you all.

Not much happened at my weddings (Civil and Indian ceremony). A friend of mine did go round telling my other friends that the wedding cake was horrible and not very nice...my MIL had made our cakes and she (friend) was the only one to say it wasn't nice.

At my brother's wedding, my uncle had a fit (he was an alcoholic and hadn't had any booze as we didn't have any on the day)...thankfully it was right at the end of the wedding when all the guests had gone. He was taken to hospital, when my dad (it was his brother) went to visit, uncle's son was there and he nearly punched my dad in the face...(cousin wasn't invited due to a spat at his wedding 10 years previously!).

The only sad thing about my weddings was that my dad didn't come to either of them because he doesn't agree with who I married :( it also meant various family members didn't turn up.

ElectricalBanana · 27/08/2013 20:54

mine are minor

1st wedding to ExH (note no D) we were students and had no money. Got married at local registry office in Laura Ashley dress etc (early 90s). Had reception in parent's local pub 30 mins away. had the beer garden to ourselves (was lovely btw). Before the wedding even happened H to be's family moaned and moaned about how far away the reception was (my parents paid for the reception and were not well off either at the time). The biggest moaner was BIL to be, he didnt drive (neither did my H2B) and wanted to know how he would get home (there were others who could give him a lift but he thought i should organise it) so i said "you know what i will take you home after the reception..." he didnt realise i was being sarcastic. - he didnt come in the end

2nd wedding to the present Mr banana - we had 50 guests and 60 beautiful cupcakes made. We and half our guests didnt get a cake as lots of bloody guests took extra home for the dog/marj next door/the hairdresser. But as it was a lovely day i didnt give a shit really.....and the cakes were fantastic!

MrsKoala · 27/08/2013 20:55

After reading these, i just want to say WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? How does their thought process work that they think, 'mmm uhuh, hmmm, yep, that's defo the best course of action in this situation' then do something outrageous. Are they all playing 'Dice Man' and are forced to do terrible things because fate has chosen it - it's the only logical explanation. it couldn't possibly be the result of rational reasoning. So whyyyyy?

peppapigmustdie · 27/08/2013 21:00

Garlic I only Grin now. I have at least a hundred stories. His second wife even contacted me on the dreaded FB to see if it was just her who had this madness to contend with.

peppapigmustdie · 27/08/2013 21:03

pictish that is crap. So sorry for your loss.

insummeritrains · 27/08/2013 21:11

Am Grin Grin at 'suck and spit'!!!

Pipbin · 27/08/2013 21:28

I might have to create a new name for my story.

I'm loving this thread, some people's stories are just horrific, and to be honest some read like they are slight bridezillas.

Moxiegirl · 27/08/2013 21:33

I once went to a reasonably posh wedding reception held in a stately home venue. One of the guests got so pissed he got his knob out and pissed on the dance floor Shock
I felt so sorry for his gf she was mortified!!

Moxiegirl · 27/08/2013 21:35

At my wedding to now xh, his dad gkt so drunk he tried it on with the best man's gf (a police officer) and had a mini stroke the next morning!

UnexpectedStepmum · 27/08/2013 22:01

My sister got falling around drunk and tried to get off with my stepson (she was a 34 year old mother of two, he was 17). She then accused all of the thirty odd independent eye witnesses of making it up, and refused to speak to me or DH for a year, despite me having my first child. My mother backed her up, firstly saying "they were just being kids" (no, he is a kid, she is an embarrassing adult), then also not talking to me for months.

Apart from this it was a really great day though!

BerylStreep · 27/08/2013 22:06

Moxie, my DH farted on the dance floor of a friend's wedding and cleared the floor. I mean completely. It was a miasma. Blush

Grin at 'suck and spit, suck and spit'.

ShipwreckedAndComatose · 27/08/2013 22:24

Just gone back to find the 'suck and spit'!! Genius!

Up there with my mate who chose the owl and the pussycat as a reading at her wedding and her friend (male) with a deadpan face and a challengingly defiant look to all the rest of us....read:

'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

YouTheCat · 27/08/2013 22:26

snort Grin

QOD · 27/08/2013 22:31
Grin I wish I had a funny story but for some reason, I totally can't remember my wedding reception Grin 23 yrs ago ....
Ezio · 27/08/2013 22:51

I think i just died at "O lovely pussy" how did people not fall about laughing.

ShipwreckedAndComatose · 27/08/2013 23:01

We were chewing on hankies...

inneedofrain · 27/08/2013 23:01

Ok I have been one of those horrible guests!

So family wedding between invite being sent out and wedding my dh died, I was not in the wedding mood but still wanted to go, bride changed my invite to plus one so I wouldn't be alone. Unfortunately the person that was coming with me had to cancel on very short notice ie day before I'm on the phone to the bride appologising and feeling terrible because its a small budget and u know that there have not invited some else etc etc etc

Right I don't drink so had offered to be nominated driver for some other family members.

Unfortunately I have a long standing medical problem that decided to hit part way through the wedding. This meant that I a) pushed the bride out of the way (she was walking to the bathroom in the entrance hall) so I would make it out side fast enough to not make a scene at the reception (this was epilepsy that had been stable etc)
B) one of the best men missed his s peach to sit outside with me as he was a paramedic
C) I of course bite my mouth badly during said fit and my dress was covered in blood bride picked this moment to come and check where 2nd best man and matron of honor where and got to hem of her dress covered in blood
D) the people I was driving home are now drunk and I can't drive obviously this includes brides new mil and dil who were very put out and start screaming at how I have ruined the day etc i should have been more considerate etc etc etc i start sobbing (day been hard on me I'd litter ally buried my dh a week before) groom who is also a paramedic takes exception to what his parents are calling me and offers to put them up at the hotel. His mum takes a swing at me bride steps i front of me to protect me and gets a black eye

This is the last I remember next thing I know is coming to in resus with bride and groom standings over me, apps remotely I had another fit and hit the back of my head on something groom and best man load me ambulance and bride and groom come with me

So bless them they spent there first night of marriage looking after me. And honeymoon photos bride has a black eye

I still feel terrible

inneedofrain · 27/08/2013 23:09

Oh and just to cap it off I had offered to take bride and groom to airport at some ungodly hour of the morning which of course I can't do (had to surrender my driving license again) the remote location and time of day means a taxi costs them alot of money

This was years ago and bride and groom do laugh about it now but I still feel terrible!

garlicbargain · 27/08/2013 23:48

No point YOU feeling terrible, inneedofrain, you didn't exactly choose to have a seizure at the wedding! I can't believe the PILs had a go at you for it! Love to know what they think a "considerate" seizure would look like Hmm Selfish twats.

The wedding couple sound absolutely lovely, by contrast. I bet they still dine out on your story Grin

YouTheCat · 27/08/2013 23:55

Inneed, you have lovely friends.

The pils on the other hand sound like twats.

MrsKoala · 28/08/2013 00:11

Inneed - wedding or not my DH and i would have been more concerned about you than anything else. That's why we married each other! Because we care more about people than anything. It sounds like your friends had their priorities right too.

It sounds awful for you and PILs are pricks (probably why they married each other too). Don't sweat what you can't help.