Best and worst wedding youve been to

The worst would have to be my cousin's! She got married at some shooting range and you could hear gunshots going off during the ceremony

View Quoted Comment Oh goodness.! That does not sound good. I recently went to a friends wedding- she got married in the basement of a bowling alley..all night and during the ceremony you could hear people bowling. They also did not have a DJ or lights on the dance floor...so it was basically music playing from a portable speaker and them dancing in a dark corner

The worst, probably a really good friend of mine. She was trying to be different! She got married at the base of a ski mountain. She skied down the slope, and fell right before the bottom, so she kinda rolled into the ceremony. Also, there was horrible communication with her photographer, because she showed up in a mini skirt and stilettos. Two of the groomsmen literally had to hold her up by her elbows so she wouldn’t fall in the snow while taking pictures.
It was a great idea in theory, but poorly executed.

The worst was a coworker of my FW. We drove almost 2 hours to find out that they were having an outdoor ceremony in August. It was at their family farm and they didn’t cut the grass or treat the ceremony area for mosquitos so we just sweat and got eaten alive for 30 minutes. We had to carry our chairs into the barn where the reception was held. The barn had a gravel floor and with 100+ people walking around, it was one giant cloud of dust. They had pasta catered, which is great, but it was literally just spaghetti noodles with red sauce. No other option, no meat, that’s it. It took so long for the couple to finally join the reception that the caterer was 75% packed up before anyone realized the bride and groom didn’t get any food, so they unpacked everything. After dinner they starting passing the mic for speeches and, no exaggeration, 15-20 people had to get a word in. Also it was BYOB.

Best wedding: I was a groomswoman for my best guy friend. The couple is really laid back and fun. They got married in a gorgeous outdoor garden (ceremony and reception were in the same space so no driving in between events). They had open bar and delicious cupcakes (I probably tried three flavors!). The toasts were really beautiful and it was very touching to see my friend cry as his bride came down the aisle. They did a family table instead of a head table which I thought was sweet and borrowing for my own wedding! Her dad officiated and it was a small group so it felt very personal.

Worst wedding: wedding of an old boyfriends friend where the couple decided to whisper their vows so it’d be private? But we just sat uncomfortably for fifteen minutes watching two people whisper to each other? Couldn’t hear anything and was really bored. It was a dry brunch wedding, which was fine for the time of day, but then the bride kept asking everybody to go bar hopping with her later that night, so it kind of seemed like she did want a more party like wedding but just didn’t want to pay for it.

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I may have just spit my beverage laughing at this.... Good thing I was not a guest, I could see us struggling to stifle our laughing as each shot rang out during the ceremony.... Wow!

Best wedding: one of my best friend's (and one of my bridesmaid's) wedding. I was a groomsmaid so I got the hang with both the girls and guys. It was a beautiful wedding without a dry eye at the ceremony. They were together for nearly 10 years as high school sweethearts before getting married so there were 100+ people looking forward to this day. We had a blast the whole night!

Worst wedding: my ex-boyfriend's brother's wedding. An outdoor reception held in a state park in the middle of one of Maryland's typical humid summer days. It was a dry wedding for religious reasons. Us bridesmaids could barely sit down to eat BBQ in our expensive dresses because the picnic benches were splintered. And there was no dancing because someone's boombox (yes, boombox) ran out of batteries.

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I'm sorry but I'm cracking up with that visual image hahahaha! Omg I hope she was okay but that's so funny.

My fiance absolutely hated my top choice simply cause when we were in the parking garage we went up a stairwell and it smelled. He felt like wow it smells so bad I don't want our guests to walk through something like that it ruins my experience and overall appeal of the place. But the actual venue itself was fine

Worst: wedding in Phoenix... in Aug... at noon. Although the ceremony & reception were inside, they were at different venues and in 120 degree heat we were all sweating like mad every time we got in/out of the car. 🥵

Best: several small DW weekends in beautiful small towns, cool venues, amazing food & drinks. Everyone had such fun all weekend. No DJ/dancing even needed!

Worst (that I have been to): Ex's step-cousin's wedding. It was a kosher wedding where no one wanted to/could pay for dairy or meat kosher catering. So it was non-dairy and non-meat. Brunch. There was essentially nothing but carbs. (And apparently only kosher wine, but I don't drink, so I didn't care.) After a long, traditional Jewish wedding, where everyone had been told to cover their shoulders and the bride walked in with a strapless dress. We were all so hungry afterwards we went straight to a restaurant. (To be fair, the bride and groom seemed upset that the food was so bad.)

Worst (that my parents have been to): My cousin's. (I was sent a separate STD, but then was put on my parents' invitation. We live on opposite sides of the country.) When my parents showed up to the wedding, the FOB, MOB, and BM/Sister of the bride were all drinking at the bar. Half an hour before the ceremony. The toasts were all about "how much you need to remember that you love each other" said in the tone of people who clearly believed the couple were fighting. The part where my father, the ONLY SIBLING of the FOB, was seated far, far away from family and right next to the speakers....

Best:
DJ: Friend's wedding had a DJ that took us from the 40s and 50s during dinner through the decades to now and then ended on a big giant anthem. There were slow songs mixed in with great upbeat dance songs, some classics, some a little more obscure. ...We have hired that DJ.

Food/venue: Friend's wedding. Venue was a restaurant/multi-wedding place, but the food was *excellent*. Also, the tables were a few steps up from the dance floor and behind a railing, so there was space to talk and space to dance.

Theming: Friend's wedding where the theme was a traditional wedding, but the decor was Godzilla Falls in Love with Jane Austen. Because the groom was a comics/anime nerd, and the bride was a Jane Austen/Shakespeare nerd.

Worst - outdoor ceremony in Georgia in July. BBQ buffet yet formal attire....? Bar switched to cash halfway through the night. We had to use the same mason jars all night. Really they cared more about how it looked than how they made guests feel.

Best- Black tie in Boca at the four seasons. 6 course meal. String quartet for cocktail and huge band for reception. One of the best parties I ever went to because they really really cared about their guests' experiences.

View Quoted Comment Wow, that's so weird they wouldnt pick dairy or meat! I've never heard if not doing either for a kosher meal. I wonder what the rationale was.

View Quoted Comment I wish I had the photos to show you!!!! We were all laughing.
Also, while they were in the middle of the ceremony, one of the groomsmen took like half a step back, and sunk waist deep into the snow. They had to pause the ceremony to have the other groomsmen pull him out 😂😂

Worst: My cousin's wedding to her ex husband. I was in the bridal party, I was only 16 at the time. My mom gave me money for my hair to be done. When it came time to pay another bridesmaid said I'm not paying and walked out of the salon; my cousin paid for it. Bridesmaid finally showed up for the wedding hammered. Then at the reception, I'm not sure what happened to the food but a bunch of guests got sick. I didn't because I didn't like it so I just pushed it around my plate to make it look like I ate something. The bride then got completely wasted, fell face first on the dance floor and her dress fell off because it was strapless.

Best: FH's cousin's wedding. The DJ was awesome and kept the dance floor packed all night. It was my first time meeting all of FH's family and everyone was so nice. The food was good too. Only thing I disliked was the ceremony was outside in the direct sun light and the bride was an hour and 45 mins late. I got sunburned on my shoulders, so my shoulders kind of hurt all night. I have super sensitive skin. And yes I did put on sun screen.

I have 2 for each.....

Best:

#1. Friend's Lake House Wedding. All in one location. Short ceremony, good food & drinks, great music, and casual atmosphere. FUN! Not much more needs saying.

#2. Friend's Beach Wedding. All in one location. Short ceremony on the beach, GREAT food, awesome music (they had 2 people playing steel drums at the beginning of the reception before the DJ and dancing started...and I really liked that touch, thought it was neat), and just relaxed (still semi-formal / elegant) and FUN environment!

Worst:

#1. Friend's Uptight Formal Wedding. A LOT of waiting around: ceremony didn't happen on time, cocktail hour was a lot of standing and waiting for pictures (no seats provided), even more standing around and waiting while they took forever to make their grand entrance, and waiting to eat, etc. Just so much waiting. It was boorrrriiinnngggg, and daunting.

#2. BIL's Semi-Destination Wedding. They asked wayyyy too much of their bridal party. My FH was best man. Groom (FH's brother) and his other groomsmen planned a very long and expensive bachelor party, before FH even had a chance to plan anything, then got mad that he couldn't attend. They required everyone to take a week vacation to attend their beach wedding 2 hours away and stay at 2 beach houses they rented (1 mile apart) after the wedding, for several hundred dollars each. I am not a fan of people dictating my vacations and time off work. AND they had their bridal party sit with them at a head table instead of with their families (spouses and children). It was awful! Plus there was a lot of sitting around and waiting for them to take 1 1/2 to 2 hours taking pictures...people were getting restless and hangry!

Best: my cousins wedding at a casino in NY. It was a beautiful fall weekend and there was so much to do on the property (besides gambling—pool, spa, restaurants, etc)! Decor and food was amazing, and the band was on point! A lot of us were traveling several hours to be there but it was so worth it and great to be together with family and celebrate my cousin (who’s such a sweetheart! And her husband is a great guy as well!)
Worst: another cousin. We all traveled to be there and the wedding was on a Thursday night—no holiday weekend either so we all took several days off work to be there. The bride did a few things that started drama with my grandma, who started drama with my mom and it ugly. Their signature drink was a margarita. Everyone was wasted. Brides brother tried to hook up with a bridesmaid—locked himself in his hotel room with the leftover cake. Oh, did I mention this was all the night before my birthday? Some of us went out drinking after and that was more fun, especially since the reception was over before 9.

Happy to say nearly every wedding I've been to has been great. The most extravagant wedding I've been to was one where the couple rented out a famous "rock and roll hotel" and had food trucks, a marching band, and an all day open bar, which then transitioned to a party in the hotel's actual lounge. I was not even friends with the couple, I was someone's plus one! It was quite a crazy day/night.

The worst time I'd had at a wedding was another I attended as someone's date and I completely overdressed. I was used to big city weddings with full meals, cocktail hour, etc this was a cake and punch reception in a community hall in a small town. My date was more than happy to have an overdressed city girl with him, but it was very awkward for me.

Best:: A friend's who I was almost surprised by it because it was black tie & her family is really wealthy & I was worried it was going to be stuffy - NOT AT ALL. They got married in a horticulture center & the reception was like an enchanted forest, they had a live band & everyone had so much fun being super fancy

Worst:: Friend of FH's - they were all set to get married and then called it off weeks before after the shower was done & dresses were bought because the bride had cheated. then they got back together & sent out new save the dates with "we mean it this time" on it, the whole wedding was such a joke, the best man started his speech with "(bride), glad you could make it" I felt so bad that her family was paying for this - shocker - they were divorced within months.

Worst: I was a bridesmaid in a wedding several years ago. The bridesmaids weren't fed the entire day, we paid for our own hair and makeup, our dresses were made by a local friend and didn't breath AT ALL, the ceremony was outside in a park and the officiant was so quiet I couldn't hear anything, there was no alcohol at all, the food was made at home by members of the church.

Best: My step-cousin's. It was a beautiful winery wedding with an open wine & beer bar. The meal was plated, the favors were wine stoppers that were adorable, and the DJ was a blast. The guests were SO much fun!