Tackiest Wedding Stories

Don't have cash bar, make a seating chart, don't keep your guest waiting, have a cocktail hour if taking photos after ceremony, don't blast music to where your guest are screaming at each other just to hold a conversation, don't play games at a wedding....it's not a birthday party, don't make toast an open mic night, don't decide to be Jay Z and Beyonce at your wedding and have a concert with just you two all night, don't have a ceremony outside in the scorching sun on the hottest day in July without coverage or cold beverages, arrive on time, don't get too drunk and garter removals are tacky....grandma doesn't want to see your DH buried under your dress....dry humping the floor to R Kelly....while you're laughing in the chair....nor does anyone else. Save it for your hotel room! Other than that....have fun!

Do an open bar, even if it's just wine and beer. I went to a wedding where the cocktail hour just had cheese, fruit, and water. The reception had an open bar that they had prepaid but the money ran out quickly so it switched to a cash bar. No one was prepared for that so we were all leaving the reception to get cash from an ATM. It wasn't a great experience. They also didn't have any menus on the table to tell you what the foods were so we were being served "chicken" or "beef" with no description. As a picky eater, that sucked.

My friend had yard games, no one played them at all.

Don't do a cash bar! We went to fh cousins wedding last year assuming it was an open bar (because it should be). We go up there and order drinks and the bartender is like "that'll be $12." Uhh.... what? We didn't have cash on hand because we weren't expecting to pay for our own drinks. So that was tacky to me. The garter and bouquet toss I like and we are doing since it's a traditional thing for our families. Please don't self cater. Don't expect family to work your wedding. Don't do a honeymoon fund. It's so tacky asking people for money for your wedding or honeymoon. I also find stocking the bar for a wedding tacky, for a housewarming it's fine. For a wedding it's a no no.

I went to a wedding where it was half in a barn, and half under a tent. And we were on the edge of the tent, so when it poured during the reception - half of our table got rained on, which meant half of the people sitting there got rained on - if you have a tent, don't put people right on the edge or have walls.

At the same wedding, we were served almost last (not the issue). And they ran out of food. I was given a tablespoon of mashed potatoes, one zucchini spear, and a half of a piece of chicken. And a salad with edible flowers, that had a bug in it. Needless to say, I didn't stay long, and got food on the way home.

Don't run out of food - the buffet was served by staff, so it wasn't like someone took too much personally, they either didn't cook enough, or they gave out too much. It was awful.

I love these stories.

Don't have a dry reception. People will get drunk in parking lots and you will see a bridezilla kick them out. That was tacky dry wedding #1.

At dry wedding #2 the bride invited 350 people. Didn't tell anyone it was dry. 350 people showed up, found out it was dry, and over 200 people left. There were about 100 of us left. I wish I was joking. When the bride found out she cried in the bathroom.

Cash bars and dry wedding are just terrible ideas, despite what you think or what anyone tells you.

I had a friend that I was very close with at one time ask if I would be her bridesmaid. She moved about 2 hrs away and between that and some other stuff I definitely said I would still be in the wedding. I'm not one of those friends that get all pissy if I don't get to see you as often as we would like.

I ended up getting a message that her venue fell through and she found another but it was on Halloween now. I was already kinda pissed, Halloween is a big deal to me and my family. Having a non Halloween wedding on Halloween wasn't optimal. Then I received a very pretty invite in the mail with a special thank you for being a bridesmaid card...Awwww..So I thought.

As I opened the card a slip of paper fell out that pretty much informed me as a bridesmaid it's my job to be there for her (read be her bitch), help her with her DIY EVERYTHING and here's the best part..."Prepare one main dish and one side dish for her potluck Wedding." W..T..F..

Fast forward to the wedding (we'll skip the terrible bachelorette party). I had argued about bringing food, how would I keep food temp safe for the 2 hour drive to her wedding etc. She got pissed at me because I only brought sides that wouldnt be affected by that. Her signature drink, a punch, involves guests bringing their half drank alcohol bottles in to put IN the punch.

They had no DJ so the same songs kept playing on her iPod. Her sister made an announcement for people to tip the bartender because he was a co worker she got to work the event and they weren't paying him.

But my favorite...Was the announcement that you should not throw away your disposable plates/cutlery because they didn't have anymore.

This, and her bridezilla attitude, totally ruined the friendship!

FH and I were recently engaged and invited to a wedding by a couple he knew. He had been asked by the couple about 6 months before their wedding to make these cake balls he handed out for Christmas, and my sweet FH said yes. When he told me that we were making them for a couple I had never met I agreed, but we were definitely not getting them a gift. So fast foward to the day before the wedding. Groom calls my FH, tells him one of the ushers bailed, asked FH to stand in. Sure, why not? So day of wedding, I show up 20 min before wedding, cake balls in tow. FH meets me at the car informs me that he will be serving the food and breaking down tables. Won't be able to sit, dance, eat with me. I have never met a single wedding guest at this wedding. Needless to say, I went home, and they're lucky I didn't take the cake balls with me. Oh, and the Invite said "NO Alcohol", and informed us were they were registered.

I went to a wedding in winter. It was 35 degrees that night (pretty typical in my area) and they had an outside ceremony at 7pm. They showed up 15 minutes late and it lasted 20 minutes so we all spent 35plus minutes outside in freezing weather. I couldn't believe they had an outside wedding ceremony but I thought it was even worse that they were late knowing guests were freezing their butts off. Later on I found out they could have done the ceremony inside but it was just too beautiful outside so they chose outside. It definitely irritated me. Why do that to your guests?

It's a tie between the wedding that I went to that was in someone's yard, was a potluck, no seating chart with warm bottles of wine at the table, and had port o'potties.

Or the wedding I was in at a state park. There were only outhouses with no lights - was terrifying. The seating was so squished you were bumping into the person next to and behind you. The food was late and half of it wasn't ready when we went through the line so we missed some stuff.

Nothing like wearing an expensive dress in a port o potty or outhouse. Ugh.

My ex BF's Dad who literally makes close to a million dollars a year had a cash bar at his (second) wedding. I was appalled.

Ooh! I have another one that I was in and almost forgot about! So I had a friend that I worked with at the Renaissance Festival and he met this girl and fell in love after a few months insisting she was the greatest thing in this whole universe. Keep in mind, this was only a few months after his breakup width what he insisted that was the most wonderful woman in the universe. So they got engaged, he did a beautiful elaborate proposal that I was part of. And then it was on to the wedding. She was from Chicago, so none of her friends and family we're here nor were they very supportive that she was basically marrying a carny. Her husband-to-be approached me one day and asked if I would be a bridesmaid because she didn't have anybody to stand up with her. They did offer to cover the price of my dress and said that I wouldn't be expected to do anything except stand up there with her and I feel bad for her so I said okay. While they actually did choose a nice venue, the venue called her a week before her wedding and asked if she would be willing to move her date since we were expecting a blizzard. She completely refused to move her date even though the venue was offering her a better day at a discounted price which would have been enough notice for her family from out of town. She also is having a dry wedding. Simply because she couldn't afford it and didn't feel like she had to pay for people to get drunk. She completely refuse to move her date even though the venue was offering her a better day at a discounted price which would have been enough notice for her family from out of town. She also is having a dry wedding. Simply because she couldn't afford it and didn't feel like she had to pay for people to get drunk. Needless to say only about 1/3 of her desk actually showed, and most left right after the first dance to go get a drink before the snow got bad

Dry wedding with sparkling cider during the cocktail hour. Why give me some crap that only looks like champagne? Why do you toy with me?

I had to cut and serve the entire wedding cake at my FH's brother's wedding because they didn't have anyone to do it for them. I do it all the time at weddings because I work part time at a catering company as a 2nd job, but I was NOT there to work. It really blind sided me because I was asked to do it right after the bride and groom did their cake cutting, and everyone was just standing around waiting for the rest of the cake to be cut. I didn't even have an apron and I was wearing a dress. Luckily I found some plastic gloves to wear... Oh and the caterer couldn't do it because the wedding was self catered, so there was no caterer! I will never forget that wedding, lol.

We waited 2 hours for "dinner". They had a food truck serving 2 tiny slider and I was beyond hangry.

It was a beer and wine reception and I don't drink either of them, so my only option was a water canister sitting out under the sun.

After dinner we were told that there were buckets for us to do our dishes.

It was a night of all kinds of NOs.

Wedding started almost an hour late. (It was a morning wedding) It was at the end of march and no one told us it was outside in a gazebo....in the rain when it was windy. We were all freezing. Make it back in side, no food while we wait for bridal party pics to be taken. We all just sat around for another 45 minutes. Oh and there was no music right away because the DJ was late (apparently he had the wrong date). Music started finally (before food was ready) and speaker was set up right next to our table, blasting the entire time. FH and I made a list of things we knew we didn't want at our wedding.

I have been to a wedding where the bride was 2 hours late to the ceremony and then 2 hours late for the reception. Due to this the food was cold and hard and there was barely any dancing. We got into the reception area at 8 and at 10pm the groom got on the mic and said "you don't have to go home, but you gotta get the hell out of here!" TACKY! Another wedding I went to the bride had 2 maid of honors. Their speeches took so long, reminiscing from their childhood until now. Nobody care to hear that shit. Her other maid of honor speech basically bashed the groom saying "I knew he was a bad boy and I told you not to date him but you went for him anyways." Like wtf!? The DJ ended up started up music like at the oscars to get her to shut up. TACKY!

1) Don't have your rehearsal dinner be a potluck/BYOB.

2) Don't make your guests stand in driving rain for your ceremony because a roof/tarp doesn't gel with your "vision." On that note, have enough chairs for your guests.

3) If someone takes an umbrella that was designated for the guests, don't allow your cousin to snatch it from a guest's hand and say it's for the wedding party. (It wasn't.)

4) A wedding isn't an Open Mic night. Except this one was. After some nine people got their say, speeches clocked in around 45 minutes

5) Don't make your guests do their business in an unlit outhouse, especially when it's a quarter-mile walk in the dark--in the same downpour--from the Rent-a-Tent.

6) Cornhole in the rain. Yeah. Uh-huh.

7) The DJ was an iDevice, but I'll look the other way on that.

8) Mosquitoes. Lots of mosquitoes.

My cousins wedding was self catered in her moms backyard, in august, outside, with not enough seats at ceremony. Guests were supposed to use the porta shits but I went inside to go to the bathroom because it's my AUNTS house and I'm not going to the bathroom in a fucking porta potty

I think the worst thing that's ever happened at a wedding I was in was that although it was an open bar, I had 8 cranberry vodkas within three hours and didn't feel a thing. I'm usually a lightweight kind of drinker and 4 or 5 would've been plenty. But no one else felt like they were serving liquor, it must've been watered down.

FH was a groomsman in a wedding that we travelled out of state for (to the couple's hometown). For days before the wedding we were setting the reception tables. This included polishing silver ware and folding napkins, etc. The actual reception was set up King's Table style with only bridal party at the table. I was seated with people I didn't know but had something in common with. (Oh, I live in NY too)