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Just Said Yes September 2018

My wedding was a disaster!! What should do now?

Elaina, on September 6, 2018 at 6:35 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 1 18
Me and my fiancé have been together for 8 years. He has wanted me to marry him for a long time but I hesitated for some time because he had a lot more family and work freinds he wanted to involve and he seems to get lost in socializing when he is around too many people. He promised me if we got married he would stay by me the whole time and he promised we would be a team on our wedding day.

My wedding was on 09-02-18. Originally we were going to have our wedding at my grandmas house and I was going to have our local college do our professional catering for cocktail hour as well as doing a buffet style reception dinner.i an a vegetarian and my family does not eat hydrogenated oils or high fructose corn syrup. I also really wanted my family to connect to the ceremony. My mom never got married and my family is not very religious . I planned my wedding for a year but three months before our wedding date my fiancé godfather offered to be the officiant as well as offered to buy us a larger wedding venue so my fiancé could invite more of his family and friends , I agreed hesitantly .



I found an Airbnb venue that my fiancé’s god father agreed upon. He ask me to give him a playlist and he had great people to be a DJ and really nice DJ speakers and setup. I had a 100+ I gave to him while we went out to dinner. My fiancé’s god father sat there and entered each song into his computer asking me about artists and asking if he can add songs. It was insane in the middle of cocktail hours he came up to me and said he only had 5 songs from the playlist it was crazy. The venue owner told him when he gave her the deposits we needed to bring our own restrooms,chairs, tables and everything basically we needed to bring in . My fiancé god father put down the down payment and acted like it wasn’t a problem. He then tells us he will take care of catering.

He says that this person he knows will caterer our wedding and it will be way better then Our local collage catering. We get in a tiff but let his god father have his way since he was paying. He told us don’t worrie about it they have cooked for the Sonics team and he is the gratest caterer. It gets closer to and closer to the wedding date. I keep asking to try the food. I keep reminding him about the bathrooms.

A t this point I have scheduled a carriage to take me from the front of the farm the the river ceremony space.i made sure we had fresh flowers, a arch, my mom has a bakery and made my cake and sweets table, i scheduled a potato bar caterer to come out just to do a mashed potato/sweet potato setup because I was nerves about the food this random person he hirers would bring. I made sure we had all the supplies for the alcohol bar. Including a special drinking bar fountain that never got setup. We had all the tree ceremony supplies.

so a week before the wedding his god father showed us what he wants to say for the ceremony. It was very religious and projective. Said nothing that related to us and made me feel uncomfortable. I also noticed there was nothing about the tree ceremony and what it represents. I exspressd this to his god father as well as my fiancé. My fiancé and me told him our feelings. He gets very mad and text me in the morning asking if I’m still getting married? It was a shock and really weird. Then my fiancé calls him and asks him to please take the Bible verses we did not like out and to please add more about the tree ceremony.

His god father reassured us the ceremony will be beautiful, perfect and not to worrie about it. The day before my wedding my fiancé was suppose to stay the night at the AIR BNB venue with his best man to set up all the tables, bar, sighns and all the little diy projects that were done but just needed to be set out.

Long story short I did not have a relaxing night before the wedding. I could not get ahold of my fiancé. I wake up and head straight to the venue to find everything a mess and hungover/ passed out people all over my trashed venue. I had to get my makeup and hair done well getting staring at and watching how hungover everyone is and how bad everything looks. We decided we would have to just see each other before the ceremony instead of waiting till I walk down the aisle. My fiancé starts having a aditude and avoiding me because he know he did absolutely nothing he promised me he would do. The flowers were dropped off but NEVER got put out by his groomsmen. after my hair and makeup was done I ran around the venue and put up my own arch Flowers’s and aisle flower petals with my bridesmaids. My fiancé’s god father is down in the ceremony space just sitting there and doesn’t ask once if I need help.

Im running around in my robe all the way up until all the guests are arriving and I’m still trying clean up The mess my fiancé made the night before. My fiancé’s god father stays down in the ceremony space for hours all the way up up until the ceremony starts. I ride down to the ceremony space in my horse and carraige . I arrive and see a ugly cooler up on the table with no table cloth. Behind the arch on the floor there is the little tree for our tree ceremony that is suppose to be on the table.. The tree is on the floor with no water.

His god father starts the ceremony and says all the Bible verses and EVERYTHING we asked him not to say. Then we try to discreetly say we don’t want to do the tree ceremony because he did not put it on a table or bring water!

H e has the microphone and forces a weird gettoh tree ceremony. He asks for a water from the audience ! Out of the ugly gettoh cooler he put in the back of the ceremony space. There was only PEPSI in the cooler! Then someone gave us there water bottle that was sitting in the audiance and just my daughter and fiancé get to dump the water bottle into the tree. It was sooo embarrassing! I feel his god father ruined our ceremony on purpose because I didn’t agree with his preaching/ aggressive Bible verses at my wedding .

We get to cocktail hour and dinner and everything besides the potatoes had meat even the SALAD. The food maid my whole family sick and have to run to the bathroom. As soon as we had cocktail hour my fiancé gets drunk so fast we he never got any pictures with his family. We had a first dance we practiced for months and never preformed. We never did the garter toss or the bouquet toss. He was so smashed I went around to everyone alone and apologized as they all left hours early. I took all the pictures alone with my family. We NEVER even sighned the married papers/license so we are NOT legally Married.

My fiancé is constantly apologizing and is bagging me to still marry him. saying he wants to do the whole thing over again! when and wearever I want. Im at a point now that I planned for so long and it was such a disaster because of things that were taken out of my hands. I don’t even want to go through planning just to be disappointed again. I love him so much I’m just so disappointed. If I do ever get married again I feel like I should just go to Vegas were everything is already setup and ready to go... or should I just forget getting married altogether?:

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Latest activity by M, on September 8, 2018 at 7:29 AM
  • MrsBlah
    Devoted September 2016
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    Wow. First of all, breathe. There were so many things wrong from the get go. You probably don't want to hear this, but that's why friendors are such a no-no. You can't take legal action as I assume you did not pay him or sign a contract, right?

    Besides that, why would you let your fiance's god father be in charge of the venue, everything needed for the venue and the catering? There, you need to take some responsibility. It was asking for trouble.

    Lastly, your fiance. Does he always act like this? I would have serious doubts about marrying someone that I have to act like his mom.

    I would advise you to do a lot of thinking and see if you can move pass this in your relationship.

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  • Amber
    Dedicated October 2018
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    Girl, my heart is break for you! I am so sorry you had to go through all of that after all of your hard work! I wish I had advice for you, all I can say is I would feel the exact same way. I would definitely spend some time thinking. I wish you the best of luck! Sending you hugs!!
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  • B
    Dedicated July 2019
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    Yeah, I'm sorry!!!
    He sounds like he has a drinking problem and that day he should have been so excited to marry you, not see his friends and hang out smashed. I would take it as a blessing you aren't legally married. You deserve so much better, I'm so sorry!
    Please don't stay with someone who doesn't treat you right on the most special day of your life.
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  • LB
    Champion November 2016
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    Oh goodness, a few things:1) friendors are pretty much always a risky idea, and you didn't just have friendors, you had friends hiring their friendors... honestly you need to take some responsibility for that. 2) It sounds like your FH was completely out of order. Is that the norm for him?

    Honestly, I probably wouldn't sign the papers if my FH acted like that. If he was helpful and things went awry that'd be one thing, but he almost was purposely harmful...
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  • Camille
    Devoted October 2020
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    I think this is a red flag for your FH - it sounds like he completely disregarded your feelings the entire planning process and the actual day of, as well as acting like a child. It seems like he has some issues to work out, and you both do as a couple. I would do some serious thinking/talking before you decide if you want to go through with this, and maybe try couples counseling.

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    Just Said Yes September 2018
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    He is a great dad and hardly ever drinks. If we didn’t have our Four year old daughter together things would be a lot different . I love him very much and I know he was excited. whats kinda sad Is I know in the moment he thought he was just having a goodtime. It’s like he didn’t realize what had happend until after the fact of course. That’s why all I consider when he asks me to marry him again is going to Vegas just me and him and having a very intamite small wedding I don’t have to hassle with. I know my fiancé feels horrible and wants to make it up to me.
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  • 2d Bride
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    You need to consult with a lawyer as to whether you are in fact married, if you had the ceremony but have not signed the papers. If you're not, all of this would make me rethink whether to marry him (although if he's been otherwise well behaved for 8 years, maybe you can forgive him the one day). If you are married, you need to decide whether to get a divorce (or maybe even an annulment, if the marriage was not consummated).

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  • Laura
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    As PP have said, you do bear some responsibility for letting your wedding be controlled by someone other than you and your FH. I guess friendors really are dangerous.
    Now, about FH. Does he drink often? Why couldn’t he keep it together on the biggest day of your lives as a couple? That would honestly be my biggest concern here. Is he worth it? Because if my FH got trashed on our wedding day I would be seriously considering my life choices.
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  • Gen
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    I am SO sorry this happened to you, this is absolutely awful! The only “good” thing I suppose, is that was NOT your wedding! You didn’t sign the papers, so you are NOT married. Think of that as just a crappy engagement party or something, because it wasn’t your wedding if you didn’t get married.

    I would absolutely redo it. Maybe with just the two of you and a couple close friends or relatives. And I think Vegas or some venue where everything is already set so you don’t have to do much work, would be perfect. The simpler the better at this point. Years down the line, you’ll remember your lovely simple wedding and (hopefully) laugh about the first failed wedding!
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  • MrsD
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    Before signing legal wedding papers, I'd go to a couple's counselor and see if you can work through this. I would never speak to your fiance's god father again (if it were me), he made the wedding about himself and it wasn't. I'd be very concerned your fiance couldn't stay sober for his own wedding, even after you brought up all the things that were important to you and he disregarded that. I'd seek couples & individual counseling.

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  • HayMrsO
    Master October 2018
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    Completely agree. The fact that he got drunk and didn't do anything you asked the day before the wedding and then proceeded to do the same thing the day of does not really show any remorse to me. I would have a hard time looking past all of that.

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  • Daria
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    I think you are in need of some serious counseling before you decide to proceed with getting married or not. IF you do, I don't think you can ask your friends and family to attend a second wedding. Go to the courthouse (or Vegas, if that makes you happy) just the two of you and sign the papers. But, seriously...what's the rush? I'd give it some time and see if this pattern of behavior continues. This might turn out to be your sign. A big, flashing neon sign, that says GIRL DON'T DO IT.

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  • Angela
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    Not trying to be insensitive here, but if he’s prone to over drinking/has an alcohol problem, maybe Las Vegas is not the best place to go for a redo.
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  • Casey
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    I completely agree with all of this.

    Elaina, I'm so sorry this happened to you. But thank you for sharing your story as I hope people will read it and understand why friendors are not always the best choice and why contracts are always necessary.

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    Just Said Yes September 2018
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    Thank you for your positive advise!! I really appreciate it!💞
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    The biggest thing is he is a great man and a amazing dad to our 4 year old daughter. Hardly ever drinks, pretty much only on special occasions so its not like he has a drinking problem. We decided to go to. vegas for our bachlor/ bachelorette party, we went together and it was a blast. We already bought a house together a couple years ago so we have been through quite a bit together. Im not making excuses for him i just wanted to post this because i know what he did sucks but we have been through 8 years together so i cant disregard that. It was just shocking to go through all the effort and issues on my wedding and have him ask so sincerly for a redo. I was kind-of at a stand still with what to do. I posted this mostly to vent and get positive feedback/Opinions so thank you everyone!
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  • Camille
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    8 years is a lot more telling of who he is as a person, partner, and dad than one night! I still stand by my original recommendation of couples counseling, but I think a redo is perfectly fine. If you enjoyed Vegas so much for your bach parties, do it! Just make sure you have an honest convo with him about what upset you.
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  • M
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    I'm sorry your day didn't well. A lot of people say don't expect it to be perfect, but that did seem like one thing on top of another for various reasons.

    Venting is understandable, you did say strong things against him, so naturally flags raised for me and likely others responding.

    I don't think you should sign the papers and should insist on some counciling. He rarely drinks but gets smashed two days in a row, bailing on responsibilities, on the most important day. I'd like to know why. Not simply an apology. Is he having second thoughts on the wedding, is it too stressful? Is that how he manages stress, what happens if something happens to upset him. Well he just drink and bail on responsibilities, etc. How did he allow your in-laws to be disrespectful (no food, religion). It feels like he didn't step-up in a time he should have. Again OK if he apologizes but are you ok with being with someone who may not consider your feelings or stand up for you? Because now he has a record of not doing that.

    It's hard because of your daughter and I'm sure she was excited for the wedding and your marriage. Best of luck!
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