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carriemichelle
VIP June 2016

Wedding Guest Faux Pas??

carriemichelle, on June 10, 2016 at 3:32 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 53

Did a little Googling earlier, and I was really surprise by some of the stuff I was reading. What faux pas have you experienced or are hoping to avoid?

Did a little Googling earlier, and I was really surprise by some of the stuff I was reading. What faux pas have you experienced or are hoping to avoid?

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  • Maria
    VIP March 2016
    Maria ·
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    @kpizzel I also took a fall while dancing and no I wasn't drunk I had barely been drinking all day. I was jumping up and down on the dance floor in my bare feet at this point. I landed in the inside of the back of my dress and slipped backwards landing on my ass. Luckily I was able to bounce back up again and my two brother in laws happened to be next to me. They both reacted very quickly lenth over with their elbows to help me up. I was mortified and pretended my ass and wrists werent sore (I had put them behind me to save myself) when I was in agony!! There is nothing as bad as bride in the floor. I was afraid people would think I was drunk!! Thankfully not too many noticed as it all happened so quickly..

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  • T&T Mrs C
    Master August 2016
    T&T Mrs C ·
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    I guess I'm with others and have to say someone proposing the day of my wedding. I could definitely see someone in my family doing it. I've already gotten jokes about having a double wedding. I will be spending money and time on creating our dream wedding please don't make our day about you.

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  • Darcie
    Super August 2016
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    @Erin wins!

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  • Alyssa
    Savvy August 2017
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    I'm terrified about how both sets of parents will act. My and fh's parents are both separated. And both our moms have moved on. His mom is already engaged, but mine has a "friend" ( as she calls him) who has three kids and is now moving in with my mom. Last week he invited himself and his kids to the wedding!

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  • A
    Savvy October 2017
    Ashley ·
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    Patches I know what you mean mine have not been in the the same place and if they were like my graduation and my sister they started to fight as I was walking the stage I was so mad hopefully it dosent happen again.

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  • MisstoMrsWeber
    Super October 2016
    MisstoMrsWeber ·
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    Terrified my brother is going to get secretly married and announce it at our wedding!

    Back story: my brother is about 5 years older than me and is turning 30 in September and with that comes his mental break down of a mid life crisis and he thinks he needs to be married and have a kid and family all before he is 30 and before his little sister does.... So he proposed to his girlfriend. Which would be great but we don't really know her and they have been dating for 2 months when he got the ring (no hate on short engagements but it just took the really close knit family by surprise- like damn take the family out the dinner before you drop that sh*t on us). Anyways so this was a couple weeks ago and now thy are dropping hints that they might get married before FH and I... Which is in 4 months lol

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  • patches
    Super June 2016
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    @Ashley M. Ita kinda sad I had to warn them both that I will not put up with their crap that day. They were 8 years divorced when my little bro passed away. They couldn't even get along to plan his funeral and my older brother and I both ended up walking out of the planning after an hour of yelling and snide remarks. That was in 2002 so hopefully they can be civil.

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  • Mrs. Coakley
    Master June 2017
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    @MrsAtwood sounds like something my mother would say! lmao!! I guess my biggest fear is people ignoring the no-kids rule and bringing kids. Sorry, this isnt chuckie cheese. leave the little brats at home!!

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  • Crescent 1894
    VIP March 2016
    Crescent 1894 ·
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    A bridesmaid at my cousin's wedding (there are 4girls, all in the same generation and we're all close in age and all got married in a 4 year span!) hooked up with a married groomsman at the reception. Not cool for a million reasons, but the kicker is that the bride's 14 year old half sister walked in on them because they went to the bridal suite. She left her phone up there and went to get it between the cocktail hour and the dinner hour. Bride was livid and kicked out bridesmaid and groomsman. She hasn't spoken to this bridesmaid since. This bridesmaid has a penchant for sleeping with married men. It's a very bad habit of hers.

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  • Rene
    Super January 2017
    Rene ·
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    I'm worried about sending an invite to a couple of family members and other people in the family assuming that means they can come to. I'll just have to tell them no. They are pretty tacky and don't understand not getting an invite means they are not invited.

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  • Lindsay Varner
    Lindsay Varner ·
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    Let's see...

    At my in-law's wedding venue, two guests decided that one bride's wedding day was the appropriate place and time for a custody battle that became so heated the cops had to be called. Also, that same bride got so drunk that she wet herself while still wearing her gown.

    I think one of my biggest frustrations is when I am shooting a ceremony in an indoor venue, and one or two of the guests decide to use flash photography the whole time.

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  • Almost Mrs. Wright
    Super September 2016
    Almost Mrs. Wright ·
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    I wouldn't mind someone proposing at the wedding as long as they ask us first. I kind of want one of our groomsmen to lol I would pass the bouquet to her instead of tossing it and then he would come out. I think its kind of cute. I wouldn't want an impromptu proposal though lol like let me know whats going on lol

    Im afriad my biological father is going to get upset about not being involved. My step dad has raised me since I was 2 and I know who my father is but we have never really had a functional relationship. He comes and goes. FH insists that I invite him but I'm afraid that as the day gets closer he's going to want to have a role.

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  • Helena Handbasket
    Master February 2016
    Helena Handbasket ·
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    My sister and her boyfriend showed up at the wedding after they RSVP'd no. Thank god some friends of mine were able to move around the seating chart to find them seats cause as far as I was concerned they could have sat in the parking lot.

    We had a guest who invited her son and his friend to the dance. I am sure they weren't there for supper(looking through pics) but I know they were there for dance.

    We went to a wedding a couple of years ago and in the next ballroom a fight broke out. Turns out a guest brought the grooms ex wife as his date and the bride got into with her.

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