Disastrous weddings

[j712adrian]

I once went to a wedding about 40 years ago where the day itself went well - but the bride and groom didn't appear in the morning - eventually the groom appeared in the breakfast room and said him and his partner would be annulling the marriage due to her being in a relationship with another woman. Obvs, this has stuck in my memory.....

Has anyone else witnessed or gone through a similar wedding disaster?

Sadly the bride in question did move in with her woman, but died in her arms of cancer ten years later.

When I was a teenager, I worked in a tearoom opposite a church in a very touristy village. I remember a bride arriving in a horse and carriage, unfortunately all the guests were outside as the church was locked with no vicar in attendance. The village was full of tourists looking on. Felt really sorry for her.

I wasn't there myself but I read about one where the happy couple had requested the theme from the Robin Hood film (the Bryan Adams song) to walk down the aisle too at the end. Unfortunately, the elderly organist was of a different vintage and played the theme from the old TV series - "Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the Glen....." etc. Not too easy to style that one out.

Oh why didnt i think of that for my wedding? I really wish I had arrived to 'Robin hood, Robin Hood ....'
Whilst i realise it was a mistake, its perfect.

I have posted about this on here before.

Wedding would bring a tear to a glass eye.

Groom went from the reception to 'buy some cigarettes' and disappeared entirely for three months.

Turned out he had been shagging a nurse and holed up in the nursing home until the fuss died down.

The fuss never died down and he was cornered up an alley by the brides family a year later.

He still walks funny.

Divorce easier to get than annulment back then.

Mine was pretty shit. My Dad asked me if I was sure as we were walking down to the room. DS1 threw up on my dress. Ex MIL made a speech about how great her son was, completely ignoring me. Ex SIL stole wine and I suspect she stole some presents. DS2 wouldn't go to sleep so I had to sit with him and miss my reception so my new delightful husband took it as an opportunity to flirt with my best mate. So I locked him out of the honeymoon suite.

It was a unmitigated disaster. As was the marriage. Should never have done it.

Several years ago not long after having dd1 we went to the full day of a wedding. The meal was a hot buffet, I was feeding dd at the time the buffet opened, so was last in the queue. Myself and several other guests got nothing as they ran out of food. Not sure if there wasn't enough food or everyone before me was greedy! Had to wait until 10pm for some sandwiches came out - made sure I was first in the queue!!!