Strangest things you've seen at a wedding?

So are you a guest or hired help? That doesn't sound like fun.

Are they expecting an influx of this guy's cousins, the cupcake monsters, to be in attendance?

I'm a guest--but she's a close friend and is having only their children as the bridal party so I'm the "if-I-had-an-MOH-it-would-be-you". I'm totally fine with helping her prepare for the wedding the day-of (I'm flying across the country so I can't help in advance).

But...some of the wedding choices are a little scary to me. They didn't like the prices on chairs (it WAS ridiculous where they are) so they're doing a standing ceremony for possible up to 120. I'm the ceremony wrangler and cupcake protector, I guess (make people stand in a circle, keep away from cupcakes, etc).

I'm starting to worry.

How long are you expected to protect the cupcakes? You're a better woman than I. Haha. I wouldn't even GO to a dry wedding, let alone work one.

ETA----Just saw she was a close friend. Good for you. But man, that's quite the sacrifice.

...I would tell them no. It's a little weird that they would ask someone to stand at the buffet by the cupcakes and tell people to basically F off.

OH NO ... no chairs?

The cost of chairs where I am is crazy, too. So we are getting married somewhere where we don't have to pay per chair.

Is that job equivalent to guestbook attendant?

Valid job... people at my friend's wedding (JSmith2U) took cupcakes before dinner was even over. But those cupcakes were DELICIOUS!!!

Weirdest thing though...a man tackled his GF when she got too close to catching the bouquet.

It sounds like she needs to hire a DOC. You are also traveling for this wedding, you are a very good friend.

The weirdest wedding I went to didn't have enough seated places for their guests... it was a sit where ever but even with all the seats full a good percentage of people were left standing

Our DOC recommended renting stations to "protect" the dessert table. I hope they work!

ETA: At the last wedding I attended, the officiant forgot to tell everyone to be seated. Not that strange, but it was annoying.

Ha! @MsDani313 I have to admit I would enjoy watching someone's boyfriend tackle them to the ground to prevent a bouquet-catch (as long as it had nothing to do with me). That's live entertainment right there.

Oh my. You are a better woman than me too. How are you supposed to enjoy any part of being at her wedding if you are stuck babysitting the cupcakes?

I'd eat all the cupcakes. As many as I could anyway. I'd be a really bad cupcake babysitter.

You poor thing! I told my brother that he had to stand there and make sure guests only signed the white leaves on our guest book tree, but I was just joking and he knew it! The strangest thing I saw at a wedding was the open bar only lasted for the first hour. I had two cokes because I was thirsty and planned to have a glass of wine with dinner (which ended up hours later!!). I went for my wine and at some point it turned into a cash bar and even soda had to be payed for. I had never experienced anything like it!

Also, to answer your actual question. The weirdest thing I saw happen at a wedding was:

It was a cash bar, and my ex-husband found out that the outside bar for the golfers was cheaper than the wedding bar, so he kept going outside to buy beer. Then he spread the word. So throughout the night, more and more people kept going outside to buy the cheaper beer.

Thank you ladies. I just need to whine because like I said while I am so excited for her to get married, we have hugely different ideas of what's acceptable at a wedding, and I'm getting a little whiny about having to sit through a long dry wedding, AND have responsibilities. At least buy me a drink if I have to cupcake sit (and yeah Jaqui, I am definitely going to eat one myself.)

I would be the worst cupcake protector because I would sneak bites of cupcakes while on duty and then act like some little kid came and ate them while I wasn't looking!

That's crazy, I wouldn't make a good cupcake protector they would be all gone.

I feel like if the cupcakes are set up as if they are a wedding cake and not with all the other desserts it should be fine...

The no chair thing is really unfortunate. Can she find a rental company and get chairs that way??? Or maybe she can separate all the couples and have the short people at the front I'm jk in case that isn't clear...

How old are these kids??? Why doesn't she just make a sign saying something like 'Please admire, but don't eat... yet' to put on the cupcake table until they are ready to serve? That's what I'm doing - if someone dares grab a cupcake early they will meet bridezilla in person LOL

At least our wedding isn't dry - maybe she should have booze there so if someone does take a cupcake early she won't care as much ? lol

Better be a short ceremony if she expects people to stand during! That's awful!